Fighting with My Family Box Office Prediction

WWE Studios hope to get fans out of the arena and into the multiplexes next weekend with the release of Fighting with My Family. The comedic drama is a biopic of female English wrestler Paige and her quirky brood. She’s played by Florence Pugh. Stephen Merchant (best known for his acting and collaborations with Ricky Gervais) directs with a supporting cast including Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, and Vince Vaughn. The world’s most famous brawler turned thespian Dwayne Johnson executive produces and plays himself.

Family premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rather strong reviews. It stands at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. With a reported budget of just $11 million, this should have no trouble turning a profit.

It’s a little tricky to figure out how this sport’s fans will turn out. The film is being released on a very limited basis tomorrow in four venues and it will be worth keeping an eye on its per theater average. Some may choose to simply wait for the On Demand release and watch this tale like they typically view wrestling itself. The participation of Johnson only helps, however. I’ll estimate that this basically grosses its budget out of the gate.

Fighting with My Family opening weekend prediction: $10.8 million

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Birth of the Dragon Box Office Prediction

Blumhouse and WWE Studios hope that martial arts fans turn out for Birth of the Dragon, opening next weekend. Set in 1960s San Francisco, it casts Philip Ng as legend Bruce Lee and chronicles one of his most famous showdowns with Shaolin Master Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu).

The film premiered nearly a year ago at the Toronto Film Festival and it’s getting a release stateside on approximately 1500 screens. The late summer release date and lack of promotion could hinder its box office potential.

If box office predictions were made by considering the amount of Wu-Tang Clan members who might attend a screening, I’d have this higher. Minus that, I’ll say it struggles to even reach $3 million.

Birth of the Dragon opening weekend prediction: $2.9 million

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The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Box Office Prediction

Faith based comedic drama The Resurrection of Gavin Stone debuts next weekend and it hopes to over perform like several other Christian themed pics have in recent years. Co-produced in part by Blumhouse Tilt and WWE Studios, it stars Brett Dalton, Anjelah Johnson, Neil Flynn, Shawn Michaels (yep, the wrestler), and D.B. Sweeney (yep, one half of the ice skating duo in early 90s flick The Cutting Edge).

Focusing on a washed up child star who pretends to be a person of faith to play Jesus in a megachurch production, Stone comes with just a teeny $2 million budget. Profitability shouldn’t be a tall order.

That said, I expect it to fall just under its budget in the opening frame with the caveat that it could surprise a bit.

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone opening weekend prediction: $1.6 million