A strike year following COVID years means that 2024 won’t generate the $9 billion the domestic box office pulled in for 2023.

That’s foretold by the month of January, traditionally a slow month for new releases anyway, made more so by titles shifting around, Pixar pictures getting re released and the like.

The only wide release opening fresh this weekend is the mediocre horror tale “Night Swim,” starring Kerry Condon and Nepo Baby Wyatt Russell. It’s a good looking picture with almost no frights or thrills to brag about.

But it’s a horror film, so there’s a guaranteed audience of at least $11 or $12 million worth of ticket sales coming its way.

That might not be enough to dethrone the holiday blockbuster “Wonka,” which is heading over $12 for another weekend, per deadline.com.

Disney is reloading Pixar titles into theaters because Universal’s “Migration” is the only animated choice out there at the moment. “Migration” is on track to add another $10 million+.

“Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom” may be a critical bust, but it’s still adding to Warner Brothers’ bottom line, another $10 million and change for that one this AM.

And that’ll edge the R-Rated rom com “Anyone But You,” which Deadline.com is saying has $9 5 million more in the tank.

“The Color Purple,” “The Boys in the Boat,” and a couple of other titles round out the top ten.

As always, I’ll update these figures as more data comes in