The horror remake Carrie, the Stallone/Schwarzenegger action pic Escape Plan, and the Wikileaks drama The Fifth Estate all join the box office fray this weekend. You can find my predictions on all three at these links:
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/carrie-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/escape-plan-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/the-fifth-estate-box-office-prediction/
Will any of them have any enough firepower to unseat Gravity from the #1 spot? As I see it, only Carrie stands a chance. However, I’m only putting it at a low 20s opening and that should not be enough to keep Alfonso Cuaron’s space phenomenon from the #1 perch for a third weekend. Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks scored a solid $25 million opening this past weekend and with an A Cinemascore grade, its second weekend decline should be small.
Based on my prediction for The Fifth Estate, it should open at #6 while Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stays in the top five. And, with that, my predictions for the weekend’s top five:
1. Gravity
Predicted Gross: $29.7 million (representing a drop of 31%)
2. Carrie
Predicted Gross: $22.4 million
3. Captain Phillips
Predicted Gross: $18.5 million (representing a drop of 28%)
4. Escape Plan
Predicted Gross: $10.1 million
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Predicted Gross: $9.3 million (representing a drop of 32%)
I’ll have an update posted Saturday on the blog’s Facebook page with a final report Sunday on the blog!
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