Weekend Predictions: April 5-7
1. Evil Dead - $25.5m - $8.430 PTA2. The Croods - $20.3m (-24%) - $5,233 PTA
3. G.I. Joe: Retaliation - $19.2m (-52.6%) - $5,142 PTA
4. Jurassic Park 3D - $14.5m - $5,232 PTA
5. Tyler Perry's Temptation - $8.3m (-61.6%) - $4,054 PTA
8. Olympus Has Fallen - $8m (-43.5%) - $2,576 PTA
7. Oz: The Great & Powerful - $7.8m (-33.3%) - $2,685 PTA
8. The Host - $5m (-52.8%) - $1,624 PTA
9. The Call - $2.9m (-41.1%) - $1,448 PTA
10. Admission - $1.8m (-44.4%) - $1,279 PTA
We've got two throwbacks this weekend, each of a different variety. One is a grisly remake of one of the scariest movies ever made, whereas the other is a 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg's beloved 1993 hit film, Schindler's List. (I kid, I kid)
Evil Dead has enjoyed much online buzz (Including huge twitter buzz and a #1 rank on Fandango.com's top 5 sellers) thanks to the effective marketing touting an epic gorefest from cringeworthy trailers. Indeed, people will be up for the challenge, and given the strong buzz and the brand name of one of the most famous horror franchises out there, you can bet that this film is going to do well.
Jurassic Park may not do quite as well. The 3D re-release will surely draw film buffs into the theater, but recent 3D re-releases, such as The Phantom Menace and Finding Nemo 3D, have disappointing at the box office, and are currently going on a downward trend. It doesn't help that the film was recently released on blu-ray, one of the problems of The Phantom Menace's re-release. It should still perform decently, but don't expect T-rex sized numbers for this.
Also, you can expect animated caveman comedy The Croods to pull ahead of G.I. Joe: Retaliation this weekend. The film has been pulling great weekdays, and without another animated option until Epic, this could be primed for some very good legs.
