Back to Black Box Office Prediction

Focus Features hopes audiences don’t say no no no to Back to Black when it arrives stateside on May 17th. Sam Taylor-Johnson, best known for making Fifty Shades of Grey, directs the Amy Winehouse biopic with Marisa Abela as the late crooner. Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, and Lesley Manville costar.

Despite middling reviews (only 38% on RT), Black premiered in the #1 spot in the UK about a month ago. Of course, its earnings should be more impressive across the pond. Stateside audiences might be more ambivalent and the shaky word-of-mouth won’t help.

Rolling out on approximately 2000 screens, this could open similarly to last fall’s Priscilla. It did $5.1 million in its wide release and I’ll forecast that this gets just under that.

Back to Black opening weekend prediction: $4.5 million

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