This weekend won’t set any records — even bad ones — for the motion picture box office in North America. COVID and the slow start-up after it lowered the bar on that.
But lacking fresh wide theatrical releases, theaters are returning to “social distancing,” if wholly by accident.
“Mean Girls” and “The Beekeeper” are both earning in the $6.5 million range, with Deadline.com having the edge by midnight Sunday, says Deadline.com.
“Wonka” will earn just under $6, “Migration” will clear $5 million and the $100 million mark by the end of this weekend.
The season’s sleeper hit, the sexy rom-com “Anyone But You,” adds another $4.5-4.7 to push it over $70.
As I’ve been griping, theaters need more titles on their screens because Oscar nominees aren’t packing people in and there’s only so much that specialty programming and Indian films and Spanish language releases can do to help.
As always, I’ll be updating these figures as more data comes in.

