Last year it was dueling White House in danger movies and in 2014, there are two Hercules pics and it begins Friday with The Legend of Hercules, Renny Harlin’s effort starring Kellan Lutz. In July comes Hercules: The Thracian Wars from director Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The Legend of Hercules is highly likely to be the least successful of the pair. Lutz is mostly known for his role in the Twilight franchise and recently for possibly being Miley Cyrus’s boyfriend. He is not a known box office commodity and shouldn’t bring in moviegoers like The Rock probably will. With a reported $70 million budget, The Legend of Hercules is surely looking for a debut above $20 million, but I don’t see it happening. It doesn’t help that Lone Survivor with Mark Wahlberg opens against it and that picture is competing for essentially the same audience.
Perhaps this first Hercules of 2014 could surprise with a healthy gross, but I suspect it’ll struggle to get much past double digits.
The Legend of Hercules opening weekend prediction: $11.9 million
For my prediction on Lone Survivor, click here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/01/05/lone-survivor-box-office-prediction/
For my prediction on Her, click here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/01/05/her-box-office-prediction/
For my prediction on August: Osage County, click here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/01/09/august-osage-county-box-office-prediction/
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