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London Has Fallen Box Office Prediction

In 2013, there was a showdown of terrorism at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave pics between Olympus Has Fallen and Roland Emmerich’s White House Down. It is the latter that was expected to win the contest, but it didn’t turn out that way. Olympus debuted to $30.3 million on its way to a $98M domestic haul in the spring while its competitor opened at $24.8 million with a disappointing $73M overall gross.

While we won’t see Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx in White House Down Again, we do have London Has Fallen out next weekend. The sequel returns Gerard Butler’s Secret Service agent, Aaron Eckhart’s POTUS, Melissa Leo’s Secretary of Defense and the soothing sounds of Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House alongside new cast members Angela Bassett and Jackie Earle Haley.

Olympus was well liked by critics and audiences, though I’m not totally confident that a follow-up is being clamored for. I have doubts that it will match the $30M achieved by its predecessor and it probably won’t reach its reported $105 million budget domestically. I’ll say a premiere in the lower to mid 20s is the safest bet.

London Has Fallen opening weekend prediction: $24.6 million

For my Zootopia prediction, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2016/02/25/zootopia-box-office-prediction/

For my Whiskey Tango Foxtrot prediction, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2016/02/25/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-box-office-prediction/

For my The Other Side of the Door prediction, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2016/02/25/the-other-side-of-the-door-box-office-prediction/

My All-American Box Office Prediction

Seems like there’s been a whole lot of sports dramas recently as this Friday’s My All-American is, well, another one. The independent college football 1970s period piece, based on a true story, focuses on University of Texas player Freddie Steinmark. It stars Finn Witrock, Sarah Bolger, Robin Tunney, and Aaron Eckhart.

Opening on a relatively low 1500 approximate screens, it’s hard to imagine this making a run at any sort of solid business. It is worth noting that its director, Angelo Pizzo, is the man responsible for the screenplays of two genre classics, Hoosiers and Rudy. Still, if this gets past $5 million I’d be fairly surprised and it’s more probable that the football drama people are really waiting for is this December’s Concussion with Will Smith.

My All-American opening weekend prediction: $3.8 million

For my Love the Coopers prediction, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2015/11/06/love-the-coopers-box-office-prediction/

For my The 33 prediction, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2015/11/06/the-33-box-office-prediction/