A three-month drought in animated releases and tons of goodwill for the original film could help Disney enjoy back-to-back Thanksgiving helpings with ZOOTOPIA 2.
Scott Derrickson’s well-reviewed follow-up to 2022’s midsummer horror breakout looks to keep an underwhelming October box office afloat for at least one more week.
The global phenomenon that was WICKED last year is already signaling signs of a big encore with WICKED: FOR GOOD concluding the hugely popular musical adaptation.
Disney’s fifteen-years-in-the-making sequel is tracking well among core male audience fans with healthy business expected from premium screens, but will it break out beyond the brand’s inherent niche?
Pre-WICKED: FOR GOOD weekend’s key releases will be more about their eventual legs than their openings, but could Edgar Wright’s high-concept re-imagining upset a 2010s era franchise three-quel?
Taylor Swift is back to give the box office a much needed boost on a weekend where openers are looking muted and the holdover market lacks the benefit of recent tentpole performers in chase frames.
If models hold up, Taylor Swift will be second only to Taylor Swift in concert- and concert-adjacent box office opening weekends. Plus, can PREDATOR: BADLANDS mimic some of the ALIEN: ROMULUS franchise revival heat?
Pre-release narratives are already debating whether PTA and Leo’s crime comedy will be successful from a budget standpoint, but theaters and moviegoers are already winners with OBAA’s release.
The fall slate continues to take shape as reach the end of October’s outlook in our public report.
A fresh sports-horror hybrid and key holdovers will strive to keep September’s better-than-expected market rolling along.
