DC and Warner Bros.’ The superhero pic Black Adam will have no trouble topping the Halloween weekend box office, although it looks like it’s going to drop more than expected.
Based on Friday earnings, Black Adam is projected to earn around $25.5 million in its second outing. That’s a 63 percent drop, one of the biggest drops for a movie starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role (excluding the flagship Fast & Furious franchise). However, the film will cross $100 million at the domestic box office sometime on Saturday and is expected to end Sunday with a domestic tally of $108 million.
Universal’s romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise shines in its second weekend and could drop just 37 percent to $10.4 million for a 10-day domestic total of $34.1 million and north of 100 million dollars worldwide.
Lionsgate’s new horror entry Prey for the Devil is expected to open in third place with a solid $7 million. The film has a lot of competition between Smile, which remains a standout in its fifth weekend, and Halloween Ends.
Paramount’s Smile is poised to hit No. 4 with $5 million as it tops $90 million domestically. Universal, Blumhouse and Miramax’s Halloween Ends should follow with about $3.8 million for a domestic tally of more than $60 million (pic also plays at Peacock).
There’s plenty of action at the specialty box office as awards season heats up in earnest. UAR’s MGM and Till, which is expanding nationwide to 2,058 theaters, should settle in at No. 7 with an estimated $2.8 million for a domestic take of $3.6 million. The critically acclaimed film received a coveted A+ CinemaScore from audiences.
Tár is also expanding in a big way and should land at No. 11 with around $1M from 1,087 theaters for Focus Features for a total of $2.5M through Sunday.
However, James Gray’s Armageddon Time and abortion drama Call Jane are struggling in their releases.
Also from Focus, Gray’s film opens in six theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Its average predicted opening location is less than $10,000.
Roadside Attractions chose to release Call Jane in 1,070 theaters. The film may earn less than $250,000 in the weekend.