Warner Bros.’ “American Sniper” will see its three-week reign at the U.S. box office end this weekend as Paramount’s “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” is pegged for a $35 million opening at over 3,600 locations.
“American Sniper” appears likely to battle for the No. 2 slot with another Warner Bros. entry, the Wachowskis’ sci-fier “Jupiter Ascending” — carrying an eyebrow-raising $175 million pricetag — launching in about 3,150 sites. Both titles should finish in the $21 million to $23 million range.
This new film, which cost $74m to produce, should pull in around $52m for the weekend, which basically sounds like pretty much the same figure in terms of inflation and the 3D bump. The original SpongeBob adventure earned $85m domestic and $140m worldwide. If this new film does hit $52m tomorrow and follows the same 2.6x weekend-to-final multiplier, it gets to $140m in America alone.
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