A couple of new wide releases target urban markets this weekend, but Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [JURA5] will easily prevail again. Jurassic World declined 49% in its second weekend. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be more frontloaded and drop closer to 59% to about $61 million.
After dropping 56% in its second session, Incredibles 2 [NCRD2] is likely to level out at better than 50% for a third outing around $42 million.
Lionsgate targets basketball fans with PG-13 rated comedy...
STX has dropped a restricted trailer for the actioner Mile 22 [MIL22]. Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL] stars as a CIA operative who leads a top-secret tactical command team that must retrieve and transport an asset, played by Iko Uwais [IUWAI], with information against his Southeast Asian country. Mile 22 hits theaters on August 17th.
Universal has released the full-length trailer for the family-friendly fantasy The House with a Clock in Its Walls [THWCW], directed by Eli Roth [EROTH] of all people. A 10-year-lod boy goes to live with his uncle, who turns out to be a warlock, played by Jack Black [JBLAC]. Cate Blanchett star [JBLAN] co-stars as a witch in The House with a Clock in Its Walls, which opens on September 21st.
Neon has unveiled the official greenband and redband teasers for the black comedy Assassination Nation [ASNAT]. A small town collectively loses its mind when a hacker leaks private personal information about everyone's provocative online activities. Assassination Nation hits theaters on September 21st.
Amazon has uploaded the official trailer for the drama Beautiful Boy [BTFUB] based on the memoirs of father and son David and Nic Sheff, played by Steve Carell [SCARE] and Timothée Chalamet [TCHAL]. They chronicle a family struggling to deal with addiction and relapse over the years. Beautiful Boy arrives in select theaters beginning October 12th.
Fox has revealed the official, full-length trailer for the sci-fi sequel The Predator [PRED4], the fourth stand-alone installment in the franchise. Boyd Holbrook [BHOLB], Keegan-Michael Key [KMKEY] and Sterling K. Brown [SKBRO] lead the cast against the latest iteration of the alien that hunt with advanced camouflaging and infra-red technology. Directed by Shane Black [SBLAC], The Predator lands in theaters on September 14th.
Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter...
Fox has unleashed the official trailer for the drama The Hate U Give [HTUGV]. Amandla Stenberg [ASTEN] as Starr, who gets caught up in the Black Lives Matter movement after seeing a white police officer killing her unarmed black friend. Adapted from the Angie Thomas novel, The Hate U Give begins in theaters on October 19th.
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends....
Sony has uploaded a second full-length trailer for the action sequel The Equalizer 2 [EQLZ2]. Denzel Washington [DWASH] returns as a former government agent turned vigilante who's now moonlighting as a Lyft driver. He must turn vigilante once again when enemies come after his former colleagues. The Equalizer 2 hits theaters on July 20th.
Despite opening 28% less than 2015's Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [JURA5] dominated the weekend box office with an estimated $150.0 million. The sequel brought out an audience that was 54% male and 56% under the age of 25.
Last weekend's champ Incredibles 2 [NCRD2] tumbled 56% in its second weekend to $80.9 million. The Pixar sequel has amassed $350.3 million after 10 days.
Ocean's 8 [OCEN4] finished third with $11.7 million, bringing its total to $110.4 million.
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Arriving 3 years later rather than after 14 years of built-up anticipation, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [JURA5] is unlikely to match Jurassic World's $208.8 million opening, which was the second best ever at the time. Chris Pratt [CPRAT] and Bryce Dallas Howard [BDHOW] return to lead the PG-13 sequel, which lifts the CG dinosaurs off the island and put them onto the mainland. Universal has pull out all the stops in its marketing campaign, while opening Fallen Kingdom overseas first in...
