Numbers are coming in and Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed “Weapons” looks set to land on the higher end of estimates.
The film is headed for an opening day of over $17 million, including $5.7 million in previews, giving Warner Bros. Pictures its eleventh No. 1 opener this year. Estimates for the opening weekend are now sitting around $38 million or more.
Coincidentally, $38 million is also the film’s production budget, and so the chances of this hitting profit look quite high.
Meanwhile, Disney’s “Freakier Friday” looks set to have an opening day of $12 million, including previews, with the overall weekend looking set to land on about $30 million. The original movie opened on a Wednesday and took in $33.1 million in its first five days.
In third is Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” with a Friday haul of $5 million. Presently, the studio is estimating a third weekend haul of $16-18 million – a drop of around 56% – though that’s a little on the generous side.
Fourth will be the second weekend of “The Bad Guys 2” with the film headed for a second weekend of $10.5 million, a drop of 52%. That’s a sharper drop than its predecessor which fell only 32% in its second weekend despite stiff competition.
“The Naked Gun” rounds out the top five with an $8.2 million take and 52% drop for its second weekend.
Source: Deadline
