This final weekend of February/first weekend of March could provide a real showdown at the box office between Liam Neeson’s action pic Non-Stop and the Biblical pic Son of God. Both could be poised for healthy debut weekends and you can find my detailed predictions posts on each here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/02/23/non-stop-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/02/23/son-of-god-box-office-prediction/
While my estimates put the newbies at spots 1 and 2 – if both underwhelm, it could open the door for a fourth week at the top spot for The Lego Movie. The rest of the top five is likely to be filled with holdover action flicks suffering pretty large drops.
And with that, my predictions for this weekend’s top five:
1. Non-Stop
Predicted Gross: $28.2 million
2. Son of God
Predicted Gross: $26.7 milion
3. The LEGO Movie
Predicted Gross: $20.5 million (representing a drop of 34%)
4. 3 Days to Kill
Predicted Gross: $5.1 million (representing a drop of 58%)
5. Robocop
Predicted Gross: $4.6 million (representing a drop of 53%)
Box Office Results (February 21-23)
As for how I did this past weekend, The LEGO Movie did hold #1 for a third frame with $31.3 million, just below my $33.7M estimate. I vastly overestimated how well the rom com About Last Night would hold up in weekend #2. The Kevin Hart flick dropped a steep 70% to $7.5 million, well below my $13.6M prediction. Furthermore, I didn’t give enough credit to Kevin Costner’s 3 Days to Kill. It debuted at second with an OK $12.2 million – well above my modest $7.7M projection. Newcomer Pompeii fared badly with a third place debut at only $10.3 million, below my $13.3M projection. In fourth was Robocop with $9.8 million, in line with $10.4M projection and rounding out the top five was The Monuments Men with $7.9M, under my $10.3M estimate.
As always, I’ll have updates on the blog’s Facebook page this weekend with final results Monday!
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