Variety is reporting that Marvel/Fox's The New Mutants is projected to win the box office this weekend with an estimated cume in the $7 million to $10 million range from 2,412 North American locations (which is about 2,000 less theaters than it was originally scheduled to open in back in April).
While Hollywood will attempt to restart moviegoing this weekend, many theaters in some of the biggest U.S. markets, including both California and New York, remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It's definitely going to be interesting to see how major studios will react to the performance of The New Mutants, as well as the diminished performance of Christopher Nolan's Tenet next weekend.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter's long-awaited comedy threequel Bill & Ted Face the Music is expected to finished in second, opening in 1,007 locations, but the film is also launching simultaneously on premium video-on-demand, so it's box office numbers will likely be significantly altered.
20th Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror thriller set in an isolated hospital where a group of young mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When strange occurrences begin to take place, both their new mutant abilities and their friendships will be tested as they battle to try and make it out alive.
The New Mutants features:
Director: Josh Boone
Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane
Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin/Magik
Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie/Cannonball
Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar/Mirage
Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa/Sunspot
Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes
The New Mutants hits theaters August 28
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