Disney and Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* will continue to storm the weekend box office in its second session with an estimated $30M; -60% or less. The movie Jake Schreier directed movie will cross the century mark today stateside in a weekend that’s littered with a bunch of single digit million openers. Summer competition doesn’t start until next weekend when New Line’s Final Destination: Bloodlines debuts with $30M-$40M. Thunderbolts* will have all the Imax and PLFs this weekend.
Hailee Steinfeld in ‘Sinners‘ (2025)
Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
Warner Bros.’ Sinners is not going to hell at the box office, but continues skyward ending week 3 with $46.6M, and a running total of $193.3M. The Ryan Coogler directed, Michael B. Jordan starring vampire movie is crossing $200M today with a fourth weekend that’s expected to be potent with $23M-$25M, -30%, per industry forecasts. Sinners will have Imax 70MM auditoriums May 15-21.
Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie is looking to ease another -35% to -40% in weekend 6, with around $8M after a week 5 of $16.5M and running total of $401M as of yesterday.
Amazon MGM Studios’ The Accountant 2 ends its second week with $13.1M and a running total of $44.7M.
IFC
In regards to the rest, the one movie that is expected to pop is IFC’s Clown in the Cornfield at 2,277 is expected to do around $5M. Critics love the movie at 80% fresh in the wake of its SXSW premiere back in March. The Eli Craig directed title is set in a fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. We just heard the movie did $600K previews.
Kerry Washington and Jahleel Kamera in ‘Shadow Force’
Lionsgate
Lionsgate’s Kerry Washington and Omar Sy action movie Shadow Force is eyeing $3M-$4M at 2,170. The movie was greenlit during the Joe Drake administration at the studio. Critics aren’t hot on it with 50% Rotten. Last night’s previews were $200K. In Shadow Force, an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Vertical is very excited about their airplane action movie Fight or Flight which carries a 78% fresh with both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The Josh Hartnett starring, James Madigan directed pic has the best previews of anyone with $550K, and that’s from last night and Monday Mystery screenings. Outlook is $2.5M. Out of the news movies tracked on PostTrak last night, Fight or Flight had the best scores with a 49% definite recommend and 3 stars. Pic’s blurb: A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they’re surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.
Briarcliff Entertainment has Juliet & Romeo at 1,350 theaters and it stars Jason Isaacs, Rupert Graves, and Rebel Wilson. The Timothy Scott Bogart pop musical movie is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s looking to do around $1M.