After a sleepy box office weekend that’s normal for when the Super Bowl is played (which was sleepy as well), things pick up considerably in this second frame of February. There’s four newcomers that could populate those top four slots. They are the animated sequel The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Taraji P. Henson comedic remake What Men Want, Liam Neeson action thriller Cold Pursuit, and horror flick The Prodigy. You can peruse my detailed prediction posts on each of them here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/01/29/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/01/30/what-men-want-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/01/30/cold-pursuit-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2019/01/31/the-prodigy-box-office-prediction/
The Lego follow-up should have little trouble topping the charts, but I have it debuting significantly under the $69 million achieved by its predecessor four years ago.
I have What Men Want placing a strong second with Cold Pursuit having a middling start in third. The five-spot could be a battle between The Prodigy and holdover The Upside. The latter should experience a smaller drop than three-week champion Glass, which means it may fall from first to sixth.
And with that, my top 5 projections for the weekend ahead:
1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Predicted Gross: $48.6 million
2. What Men Want
Predicted Gross: $26.4 million
3. Cold Pursuit
Predicted Gross: $12.8 million
4. The Prodigy
Predicted Gross: $6.1 million
5. The Upside
Predicted Gross: $5.8 million
Box Office Results (February 1–3)
Super Bowl weekends are never bountiful ones at multiplexes and that held true this year. It was the worst SB frame in 19 years. Glass stayed in 1st with $9.5 million, cutting close to my $9.8 million prediction. Its total is $88 million.
The Upside was close behind in second with $8.6 million (I said $9.1 million) for $75 million overall.
Action flick Miss Bala was the sole newbie and it was third with $6.8 million, ahead of my $5.8 million forecast. That’s nothing special, but not too shabby considering the reported $15 million budget.
Aquaman was fourth with $4.8 million (I said $5 million) for $323 million total. Spider–Man: Into the Spider–Verse rounded out the top five with $4.5 million (I said $4.6 million). The Oscar favorite for Best Animated Feature is up to $175 million.
And that does it for now, folks! Until next time…
