The first full weekend of May at the box office brings us the Guy Ritchie directed action thriller Wrath of Man starring Jason Statham and Billy Crystal’s comedy Here Today with Tiffany Haddish. You can peruse my detailed prediction posts on both of them here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2021/04/28/wrath-of-man-box-office-prediction/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2021/04/29/here-today-box-office-prediction/
Considering the precipitous drops that Demon Slayer and Mortal Kombat experienced in their sophomore frames (more on that below), Statham’s latest should have no trouble topping the charts in the $8-9 million range. The 1000 theater count for Here Today should limit its potential, but I do have it managing to round out the top five.
Slayer and Kombat are unlikely to see the 70+ percentage falls in their third weekends and place 2-3 with Godzilla vs. Kong at fourth. And with that – here’s how I see the top 5 playing out:
1. Wrath of Man
Predicted Gross: $8.3 million
2. Demon Slayer
Predicted Gross: $2.9 million
3. Mortal Kombat
Predicted Gross: $2.7 million
4. Godzilla vs. Kong
Predicted Gross: $2 million
5. Here Today
Predicted Gross: $1.5 million
Box Office Results (April 30-May 2)
As mentioned, both Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer fell hard after their $20 million plus premieres the previous weekend. Demon Slayer vaulted to first with $6.4 million compared to my $6.2 million estimate for a $34 million ten day total.
Kombat dipped to 2nd with $6.2 million (well under my $9.1 million projection) and it also stands at $34 million.
Godzilla vs. Kong was third at $2.8 million (I said $2.9 million) for a five-week tally of $90 million. It could still manage to hit the century club and it would become the first COVID release to do so.
The critically drubbed horror pic Separation opened in fourth with $1.8 million, a bit below my $2.3 million take.
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon was fifth with $1.3 million (I went with $1.6 million). Total is $41 million.
And that does it for now, folks! Until next time…
