Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim represents a major gamble on the part of Warner Bros. The science fiction action pic, del Toro’s ode to giant monster movies, comes with a reported $180 million budget. It has no stars and, unlike most summer pics, is not based on any well-known property.
Due to all of that, predicting the opening weekend for Pacific Rim is a tricky proposition. It’s certainly had a lively marketing campaign and I can’t see it doing anything below $30 million. I also can’t help but wonder if certain moviegoers will treat Rim with ambivalence. Those who aren’t aware that del Toro is responsible for the visually stunning Hellboy films and Pan’s Labyrinth may simply look at the pic as a Transformers knock-off and decide to skip it. I would be surprised if Rim earns over $50 million in its debut, though I’d say its chances of doing better than I expect are better than doing less.
That leaves a range between $30 and $50 million as I see it. I’ll pretty go right down the middle here. A gross around $40M will likely be greeted as a decent debut, but not much else.
Pacific Rim opening weekend prediction: $39.7 million
For my prediction on how this weekend’s other opener, Grown Ups 2, will perform – click here:
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/grown-ups-2-box-office-prediction/
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