Where SUPERMAN lands will depend as much on the crowd-friendly quotient of the film itself as well as how willing audiences are to embrace Gunn’s vision of optimism personified by the Man of Steel.
F1 shows early promise as an original midsummer sleeper hit, while Memorial Day continues to look like a potentially record-breaking weekend thanks to STITCH and Tom Cruise’s final MISSION.
There haven’t been many slow weekends on the box office front lately, and this is likely to be among the last for a little awhile as summer truly begins to ramp up.
After a forgettable May last year, the industry is in a much better spot this time around with THUNDERBOLTS* looking to exceed SHANG-CHI, and possibly BLACK WIDOW, among post-ENDGAME Marvel debuts.
Are FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES and SINNERS the answers to a so-far sluggish year in the horror genre?
MINECRAFT will ride the ‘chicken jockey’ meme into the start of healthy chase weekends, while THE KING OF KINGS looks to set a new Biblical animation record and a slew of releases add variety to the spring market.
Theaters (and studios) need something to move the needle after one of the lowest-attended first quarters at the box office in the last four decades. MINECRAFT looks to be it.
Disney’s latest remake will (probably) help the domestic box office avoid a fourth consecutive weekend under $60 million, but the wait for move-the-needle theatrical performers will linger.
Will the horror genre finally deliver its first breakout since NOSFERATU?
Can Bong Joon Ho’s PARASITE Follow-Up Reach Beyond a Sci-Fi Audience with a Coveted March Release Window?
