The Johnny Depp comeback film “Ebenezer” looks to take the top spot at the box-office this weekend with an opening around $20 million.
The Ti West-helmed feature pulled in $6.7 million in its opening day (including Thursday night previews). Paramount is bullish as they expect family audiences to show up over the weekend.
Boosting their confidence is that while the critics’ reviews were mixed, audience reviews are solid with an A- CinemaScore and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
It’s faring far better than the other newcomers this week. The Jim Caviezel-led “Ghost Soldier” opened on Wednesday and is charting for $4.9 million for Friday-Sunday and $8 million for the five-day Wednesday-Sunday haul.
The David Leitch-directed action film “How to Rob a Bank” pulled in just $2.2 million on Friday and is targeting a $4.7 million opening. Whereas his last film, “The Fall Guy,” got a solid A- CinemaScore, this one has landed a fairly unfortunate B- grade. It’s the worst critically reviewed and lowest-opening film of Leitch’s to date.
“The Cat in the Hat” is expected to come in second with $12 million, followed by “Godzilla Minus Zero” in third with $8 million and “Ramayana: Rise of a Legend” in fourth with $5 million. Talked about doco “You Can See Everything” is expected to land around $4 million for the weekend.
Everything is readying for the release of “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” next weekend, which is expected to open above $100 million domestically.
Source: Deadline
