The penultimate weekend before WICKED: FOR GOOD storms theaters could end up much closer between three films than anyone expected in recent weeks.
James Cameron’s AVATAR franchise will again lord over the pre-Christmas weekend, but can FIRE AND ASH duplicate the same level of domestic success as WAY OF WATER?
Dan Trachtenberg’s well-received franchise sequel will provide some upside to the first full weekend of November as the industry awaits holiday tentpoles later in the month.
November and December tentpoles remain the great hope of an industry eagerly awaiting a fall box office rebound amid hopes for 2025 to crack $9 billion by the end.
It’s a scary Halloween frame for theaters as studios have avoided new major releases, positioning the frame as potentially the first since March without a film earning more than $10 million.
Expecting returns on par with 2023’s first adaptation may be asking for too much even with a theatrically exclusive window this time, but fans are clearly still excited for FNAF2.
Can “The Boss” and/or anime fans unseat Blumhouse’s hit sequel from its late October box office throne?
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.
