With a possible opening north of $50 million, Dangerous Boys: Journey or Die could be the primary actual cash maker of the summer time.
Over the previous couple of weeks, field workplace pundits have debated whether or not Dangerous Boys: Journey or Die had the makings of a field workplace hit. The predictions have been everywhere, with some considering it will open equally to The Fall Man and Furiosa with $30 million, whereas others thought it might hit $50 million (we predicted $40 million). In keeping with Deadline’s early field workplace figures, the film is opening above expectations with an estimated $52 million over the weekend. Whereas that’s about $10 million shy of what Dangerous Boys For Life made, let’s not neglect that the movie opened earlier than the pandemic, at a time when film theatre attendance was loads more healthy than it’s now. A $52 million begin is a serious success for Sony, with it arguably the primary main cash maker of the summer time.
Whereas some may level to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as one other hit (which it was), it was additionally a huge-budget film. Dangerous Boys: Journey Or Die reportedly solely value round $100 million, which is a cut price for a film like this and warranted the franchise will probably proceed for years to come back. Notably, it additionally proves that audiences are welcoming Will Smith again to the large display (post-Oscar slap), giving him a much-needed hit movie beneath his belt.
Sony additionally has the runner-up on the weekend field workplace, with The Garfield Film on observe for simply over $10 million this weekend, which is a really small 26% decline from final weekend. Nevertheless, the field workplace information isn’t all rosy, with Ishana Shyamalan’s The Watchers having a poor opening for WB, with it unlikely to make greater than $7 million over the weekend, with it posting a lethal C-minus CinemaScore score. Ouch.
We’ll be again tomorrow with our full field workplace wrap-up. Did you go see Dangerous Boys: Journey or Die this weekend? Tell us within the feedback!
