Topping WICKED’s $112.5 million domestic launch a year ago is a no-doubter, but how high can the hotly anticipated conclusion fly?
The penultimate weekend before WICKED: FOR GOOD storms theaters could end up much closer between three films than anyone expected in recent weeks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The fall slate continues to take shape as reach the end of October’s outlook in our public report.
