The weekend box office is proving to be more potent than expected, with Pixar’s Hoppers showing strong staying power. With only an expected 34% decline (as per Deadline), it’s going to top the charts with about $30 million ($5 million more than we anticipated), and a total in the $88.3 million range, which is a strong showing for the hit-starved Pixar. It should cross the $100 million mark by the end of the week.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is Reminders of Him, the Colleen Hoover adaptation starring Maika Monroe. It’s on track for about $19 million this weekend, with $20 million a real possibility. That’s a lot more than the last Hoover adaptation, Regretting You, made in its first frame. Hoover’s adaptations have proven to be reliable at the box office, with It Ends with Us, Regretting You, and now Reminders of Him all turning nice profits for their studios.
A24 also has a solid performer in the horror flick Undertone. They acquired this micro-budget horror film at the Fantasia Film Festival, and it’s on track for a strong $10 million weekend, which outperforms many of their more expensive in-house productions like Opus and Death of a Unicorn. However, the C rating isn’t unexpected, with the movie being divisive.
Scream 7, after a huge drop-off last weekend that puts it in the history books (in a bad way), is on track for another hefty fall of about 56%, for a $7.5 million weekend. Still, the $105 million gross is solid, and when all is said and done it will easily be the highest-grossing movie of the franchise.
But what about The Bride? Last week’s disastrous opening for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein reimagining already spelled doom, but it’s fallen a huge 70% as word-of-mouth has torpedoed any prospect of it showing any kind of legs. It will only make about $2 million this weekend and will likely be out of theaters by next weekend and streaming on HBO Max before Easter.
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