A $30 million second weekend, coming after a $45 million opening weekend and $58 million opening week, means Disney/Pixar’s “Hoppers” could flirt with the $100 million mark by midnight Sunday, and that it owns the box office all the way through the Oscars.
But the big news this weekend is the $20 million that the Colleen Hoover romance novel adaptation “Reminders of Him” might hit. Mixed reviews aside, its engaging leads sell it and Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers have their first certified smash outside of the horror genre. So good on them.
But any way you shake it, that doesn’t measure up to the opening of the abuse-and-its-blowback Hoover adapation “This Ends with Us,” which did a whopping $50 million on its opening weekend. It had Blake Lively as its star, which was a huge boost.
“Reminders” did decent Thursday and Friday business — just under $8 million. And depending on how Sat. shakes out, could clear $20 by midnight Sunday, with $18 million the floor of what it could manage.
“Undertone” is also an over-performer, a sinister and sonic (sound is EVERYthing) single-hander starring “Handmaid’s Tale” handmaid Nina Kiri, it’s on track to clear $10. For a wide but not huge release horror tale that isn’t a franchise installment, that’s impressive. The discerning horror fans are finding this A24 outing, as they should.
That should push the fading and weary “Scream 7” to fourth place, as it’s on course to clear $7.
“GOAT,” the other animated choice for parents with cartoon-craving-kids, will enjoy one last weekend in the top five with a $5 million weekend, according to Deadline.com.
“The Bride!” (dying a mercifully quick death — it may barely clear $20 million before vanishing) and “Wuthering Heights” (over $80 thus far, a Margot Robbie blockbuster) exit the top five.
That “EPIC” Elvis doc, playing in the provinces to a much older crowd, should exit the top ten, with either “I Can Only Imagine 2” ($17 million+) or “Send Help” ($63 million and counting) leaving with it.
I’ll update these figures as more data is shared on Sat. and Sunday.
