It looks like our rather mediocre box office predictions for The End of Oak Street are coming true. Despite exceptional reviews, a high concept (suburbanites vs. dinosaurs), and two legit heavyweight stars in Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, the Warner Bros. film is falling flat at the box office. While the studio is still hoping for a $20 million opening, Deadline is reporting it may well get overtaken by PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, which is looking at $20–21 million. Losing to PAW Patrol will be a black eye for this J.J. Abrams-produced film, which continues WB’s troubled run at the box office following other flops like The Bride, They Will Kill You, and the underperforming Evil Dead Burn.
Any hope that word of mouth might carry The End of Oak Street will be dashed, as the movie earned a poor B CinemaScore rating, which suggests mediocre word of mouth. The writing seems to be on the wall for this one—it’s a flop. That’s a shame because it’s a great movie.
As expected, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is swinging into first place with $67 million, with it likely to end the weekend with a staggering $782 million gross, making it the fifth-highest-grossing domestic movie of all time—with it possible that it might top that list by the end of its run. The Odyssey is also still doing killer business, with a $23 million weekend and a massive $504 million total, with it only $30 million shy of becoming Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing movie domestically (it’s already his biggest worldwide), beating The Dark Knight. Remember when folks thought it might flop? Yeah—didn’t pan out that way, did it?
Two specialty releases, KATSEYE: Wild Hearts, about the girl group, and the West End musical SIX: The Musical Live, are looking at over $3 million apiece for the weekend, beating Angel Studios’ The Brink of War, which is coming in on the low end at $2.6 million.
We’ll be back tomorrow with a full box office roundup.