Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Box: Sherry Bobbins' Revenge

1. Aquaman - $68m / $68m / $225m
2. Mary Poppins Returns - $38m / $52m / $300m
3. Bumble Bee - $20m / $20m / $115m
4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - $18m / $66m / $130m
5. The Mule - $9m / $35m / $85m
**The Grinch - $9m / $253m / $275m
7. Second Act - $7m / $7m / $35m
8. Ralph Breaks the Internet - $5m / $162m / $185m
**Welcome To Marwen - $5m / $5m / $25m
10. Mortal Engines - $3.5m / $14m / $25m

Five openers, and two more on Tuesday, plus a lot of expansions! The 21st through the 1st promises to be crazy. Aquaman will open at #1 for the weekend, but I suspect Mary Poppins will take over on Christmas Day and be #1 into the new year. Bumble Bee has very good reviews, but it's competing with both Aquaman and the very well received Spider-Verse. Should still be enough to cross $100m. The J-Lo vehicle Second Act was supposed to open back in November, and probably should have kept that date. It'll most likely get lost in the competition. Welcome To Marwen has dismal reviews, so even its strong ensemble won't be able to save it. Mortal Engines looks to be the bomb of the season. It will probably only do about $25m domestic on a $100m+ budget. Ouch. 

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