Yes, “Captain America: Give the ManChildren What they Crave” will probably collect another “win” in the doldrums of February’s box office.Will it earn the $15 million some are projecting, based on Friday’s numbers? Probably not. I’m thinking $12 is more like it, seeing as how it lost close to 70% of its opening weekend take on its second weekend, which was Feb. 21-23.
But “Last Breath” is the best movie opening wide this weekend. OK, it’s the ONLY movie opening wide this weekend.No, Fathom Events doesn’t really count.
“My Dead Friend Zoe” is taking up fewer screens in limited release, and it’s a good bet for a moving and entertaining afternoon or night out as well.
If you missed any or a lot of the Oscar contenders this year, most have fled the screens and you’ll have to wait for Sunday night’s outcome to see “Conclave,” if it cleans up as it has in some earlier awards outings, or “Anora” (God forbid), or anything that wins and isn’t already on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
“A Complete Unknown” is still in some theaters and steadily hanging around as it climbs towards the $80 million mark.
Deadline.com is predicting a $15 million weekend for the latest “Captain America” iteration. That may be high. $12 million?
“Last Breath” has Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu and little chance of clearing $10 million. Or $9. Maybe $7, based on the $1 million it earned from Thursday night previews. Good thrillers deserve better. Check it out.
“The Monkey” should clear $6, with the best kids film in theaters, “Paddington in Peru”($4.5), “Dog Man”($4) and “Ne Zha 2” ($1.6), “Heart Eyes” ($1.3), “The Unbreakable Boy”($1.2) and a new GKids (anime) release, “Mobile Sult Gundam GQuuuuuuX-Beginning,” ($1 million) whose title rolls off the tongue in Japanese, will pick over the scraps of what will be one of the worst performing box office weekends on Hollywood’s biggest night of the year.
As the theaters will be largely empty, it’ll be a great weekend to go — seeing as how measles is back in Texas and cranks are in charge of the nation’s health. You don’t want to be sitting too close to anybody, especially with your kids.
I’ll update these figures as the weekend progresses.


