Red 2 joins an extremely crowded marketplace this weekend at the box office. This is the sequel to the action/comedy which was a surprise hit in the fall of 2010, earning $90 million domestically.
Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, and Helen Mirren are back for the second installment and this time joined by Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones. While the original did exceed expectations, I ask the following questions: are audiences clamoring for a sequel to this?
I’m highly skeptical, but I asked the same very question just last week with Grown Ups 2, which I wrongly predicted would earn less in its opening weekend than the first installment. I was wrong. The sequel ended up doing $42 million, two million higher than the original.
The comparison may be apples to oranges, but I’m hopeful my sequel radar isn’t off in this case. As I see it, Red made $22.5 million in its debut. I figure Red 2 will do about exactly the same. There’s always the chance that anticipation is higher than I believe, but I don’t see it.
Red 2 opening weekend prediction: $22.7 million
There are four new films opening this week. For my prediction on The Conjuring, click here:
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/the-conjuring-box-office-prediction/
For Turbo, click here:
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/turbo-box-office-prediction/
For R.I.P.D., click here:
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/r-i-p-d-box-office-prediction/
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