Black Cellphone 2 Set to Prime Field Workplace with $24.7M Debut, Outpacing Good Fortune and After The Hunt

The box office doldrums of October will proceed this weekend, with three new extensive releases that may seemingly all underwhelm in theaters. This comes simply days after Disney’s Tron: Ares got here in far under industry projections, debuting with a lackluster $33.2 million. There might be three new releases — Black Cellphone 2, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt.

Common’s Black Cellphone 2 brings again Mason Thames as Finney, Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, and Madeleine McGraw as Gwen, Finneys sister within the upcoming horror sequel. Lionsgate’s Good Fortune marks the directorial debut of comedian Aziz Ansari, who additionally stars alongside Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen. Amazon/MGM’s After The Hunt stars Julia Roberts from director Luca Guadagnino.

Whereas Tron: Ares will seemingly nonetheless issue into the highest 5 — barring a colossal second-weekend drop — which very effectively could occur contemplating its sluggish begin, a brand new field workplace winner might be topped this weekend. That new field workplace champion might be Black Cellphone 2, which we’re predicting will debut with $24.7 million this weekend.

Black Cellphone 2 Will Dial Up Large Field At The Field Workplace

Common’s The Black Cellphone was a horror hit in the summertime of 2022, reuniting the artistic crew of director Scott Derrickson and author C. Robert Cargill. The movie debuted with $23.6 million en path to $90.1 million home and $161.4 million worldwide from a price range estimated to be between $16 million and $18 million.

It did not take lengthy for a sequel to be put into growth, with Finney returning after seemingly vanquishing The Grabber on the finish of the unique movie. Nevertheless, The Grabber has in some way returned to terrorize Finney and his sister Gwen, who’s now having weird visions herself within the sequel, set in 1982, 4 years after the unique.

The sequel ought to be arrange for some delicate field workplace success, opening only a hair above the unique, as we’re predicting Black Cellphone 2 to simply take the highest spot this weekend. It shouldn’t have any drawback dethroning Tron: Ares on the field workplace this weekend with a projected $24.7 million.

Good Fortune Will not Make A lot Fortune At The Field Workplace

Keanu Reeves makes his long-awaited return to comedy in Good Fortune, which Aziz Ansari wrote, directed and produced for Lionsgate. The comedy follows a downtrodden man named Arj (Ansari), who has been struggling to make ends meet by a collection of wierd jobs, even on the level the place he has to sleep in his automotive.

He crosses paths with an angel (Reeves), who oversteps his boundaries of solely stopping folks from stepping into automotive wrecks whereas texting and driving, and turns into Arj’s guardian angel. He makes use of his divine powers to change his life along with his rich former boss (Rogen), who fired him after he used an organization bank card to purchase dinner on a date.

Whereas the reviews are strong for Good Fortune (presently at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes), it is not anticipated to rake in an enormous fortune on the field workplace whereas opening in extensive launch. Tron: Ares is anticipated to drop to second place, and we’re projecting a $12.6 million, with Good Fortune sliding into third place, with $8.4 million.

After The Hunt Will not Hunt Down The Large Bucks At The Field Workplace

Director Luca Guadagnino has a star-studded solid for After The Hunt like Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edibiri, although it would not have the critical acclaim of his previous movies. After The Hunt is presently at 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, and whereas a nasty RT rating would not all the time result in a poor field workplace exhibiting, this time it would.

The movie facilities on a professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at odds when an accusation is leveled towards certainly one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield). The movie debuted on the prestigious Venice Movie Competition final month, which is usually one of many barometers for the Oscar race, although the opinions popping out of the pageant had been fairly blended.

After The Hunt is not anticipated to make a lot of a dent on the field workplace, as we’re projecting it to absorb $3.5 million after its restricted launch debut, coming in fifth place behind Tron: Ares ($11.8 million), Good Fortune ($8.4 million), and Roofman ($4.4 million). Check out our full Prime 10 projections under.