Sony/Rovio’s The Angry Birds Movie is flying higher than Captain America: Civil War for the weekend according to matinees, on course for a No. 1 take between $42M-$44M, putting the Disney Marvel movie at $36M-$37M, down 50% which will take Civil War to $351.3M by Sunday, which is still 6% behind at Avengers: Age of Ultron at the same point in time ($372M).
Coming in much lower as of now is Universal’s Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising despite posting the biggest Thursday preview. Friday is looking at an estimated $9.85M-$9.5M with a shot at a $25M weekend, which would is 49% less than the original’s $49M opening weekend. Perhaps, the late night crowd clicks in after 9PM for this R-rated comedy. We’ll see.
Warner Bros.’ The Nice Guys is projected at a $4.5M Friday for an opening weekend of $11.5M-$12M.
Welp, poor Neighbors I enjoyed the original and this one still has good reviews so I don't feel like it deserves this plunge. The Nice Guys looks hilarious as well. Angry Birds at #1 was inevitable no matter what, though.
Hmm. The first one was Efron's only B- on Metacritic this decade.
Though even a 58 makes this his 3rd best this decade. (In the middle is some movie I've never heard of, At Any Price, which couldn't even make half a million dollars.) He's not known for quality.
I'm surprised, the first Neighbors was hilarious (up there with the new Jump Street movies) and this one looks really funny as well, plus it has a ton of buzz.
Chloe is a great actress but she keeps flopping. Too bad.
I can't believe Angry Birds is shaping up to be a hit It looks so lame and that whole fad peaked like 4 years ago...