“Blink Twice” poster with Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum.
Channing Tatum’s Flash twice and Bill Skarsgård’s The Crow are no match for Deadpool and Wolverine at the weekend box office.
After being pushed out of first place last week by Alien: Romulus, Deadline predicts that 20th Century Studios Deadpool and Wolverine will reclaim the top spot at the domestic box office with estimated $17.8 million in ticket sales from 3,840 North American theaters. If the estimate holds true, the superhero film will have grossed $576.6 million in the United States.
Another release from 20th Century Studios, Alien: Romulusis expected to gross $16 million from 3,915 theaters in its second weekend, securing second place and bringing its domestic total to $72.5 million, according to the trade publication.
Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Entertainment reports that Blake Lively’s romantic drama It ends with us is expected to debut at number three with $11.8 million from 3,839 North American theaters, bringing its total to $120.8 million in its third weekend of release.
Flash twice—a psychological thriller from debut director Zoe Kravitz—is projected by Deadline and grossed $7.1 million in 3,067 theaters, finishing fourth at the box office that weekend.
The Amazon/MGM Studios-released film – which stars Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater and Alia Shawkat – had a production budget of $20 million before printing and advertising costs. Deadline noted.
The religiously motivated film lands in fifth place The Forgepublished by Sony subsidiary Affirm. According to the studio The Forge is expected to gross $6.4 million domestically in its opening weekend.
Bill Skarsgard in The Crow.
“The Crow” plummets to 8th place
The opening weekend was catastrophic for The Crowa remake of the 1994 supernatural thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, who reprises the role of the late Brandon Lee.
Deadline predicts that the film will debut at number 8 on the domestic box office charts and gross between $4.5 million and $5 million in ticket sales from 2,752 theaters.
Accordingly diversity, The Crow had a production budget of $50 million before P&A. If there is a rescue, Lionsgate will only have to pay the $10 million it spent on the film’s distribution rights, diversity noted.
The Crow was crushed by Rotten tomatoes Critics who gave the film a total of 20% “bad” ratings, based on 80 reviews. At least The Crow was well received by the audience with RTwhich gave the film a 64% “fresh” audience rating based on over 250 verified user reviews.
While bad reviews do not always mean the end for a new film, good reviews on the other hand do not automatically guarantee success, as the positive reviews for Flash twice.
RT Critics gave the film a 78% “fresh” rating based on 144 reviews. RT The audience score was 68% and was based on over 250 verified user reviews.
Also released this weekend in limited edition is the thrilling horror thriller Strange darlingwhich Deadline The film is estimated to gross $1 million in ticket sales at 1,135 theaters domestically.
Screenplay and direction: JT Mollner, Strange darling The main roles are played by Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner. The film is the cinematographic debut of actor Giovanni Ribisi.
Note: This article will be updated on Sunday with final domestic weekend estimates as well as international box office totals. Final numbers for this weekend’s box office totals will be released on Monday.
