Weekend Forecast: 'Carrie', 'Escape Plan', & 'The Fifth Estate'
Featured Stories - on October 16, 2013 by BoxOffice Staff
This Friday, October 18 will see the wide release of three new films: Carrie, Escape Plan, and The Fifth Estate. Will two-week champion Gravity be dethroned?
Carrie
PROS:
- The original film is regarded as something of a horror classic, bringing built-in appeal to this remake.
- Star Chloe Grace Moretz is a budding star thanks to the Kick-Ass franchise and Hugo, among other recent films, in which she turned heads. Julianne Moore adds some veteran star power.
- Flixster and Facebook activity have been very encouraging leading up to release.
- The horror genre is hot right now, and recent remakes have been able to do well.
- As the lone horror offering during Halloween season this year, genre fans should turn out.
CONS:
- Twitter activity has been sluggish this week.
- Moretz isn't yet a proven draw outside of the film community and genre fans.
- The success of Gravity and Captain Phillips could limit the potential adult audience that is most familiar with the Carrie name.
Escape Plan
PROS:
- Bringing Arnold and Stallone together worked fairly well for The Expendables franchise.
- Twitter activity is somewhat healthier than The Last Stand at the same point before release.
CONS:
- Arnold's The Last Stand and Stallone's Bullet to the Head were box office bombs earlier this year.
- Facebook and Flixster activity are very sluggish.
The Fifth Estate
PROS:
- Benedict Cumberbatch is becoming a more recognizable name/face thanks to his presence in a number of successful films lately, most recently Star Trek Into Darkness.
- The WikiLeaks story was widely publicized in recent years, adding some needed familiarity to the film's reason for being.
CONS:
- Online activity leaves much to be desired.
- The success of other adult-leaning films lately has diminished potential demand for this.
- Critical reviews are in the cellar.
- Cumberbatch isn't yet a proven box office draw.
Check out our weekend forecast for these films and the remainder of the top 10 in the table below.
| Title | Release Date | Distributor | Opening Weekend | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravity | Oct 4, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
$33,000,000 | $172,300,000 |
| Carrie (2013) | Oct 18, 2013 | Sony / Screen Gems |
$24,000,000 | $24,000,000 |
| Captain Phillips | Oct 11, 2013 | Sony / Columbia |
$19,000,000 | $55,100,000 |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Sep 27, 2013 | Sony / Columbia |
$9,700,000 | $92,600,000 |
| Escape Plan | Oct 18, 2013 | Lionsgate / Summit |
$9,000,000 | $9,000,000 |
| The Fifth Estate | Oct 18, 2013 | Disney / DreamWorks |
$4,200,000 | $4,200,000 |
| Prisoners | Sep 20, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
$2,400,000 | $57,600,000 |
| Runner Runner | Oct 4, 2013 | Fox |
$2,300,000 | $18,200,000 |
| Insidious Chapter 2 | Sep 13, 2013 | FilmDistrict |
$1,800,000 | $81,200,000 |
| Machete Kills | Oct 11, 2013 | Open Road |
$1,700,000 | $6,900,000 |
| Enough Said | Sep 18, 2013 | Fox Searchlight |
$1,600,000 | $10,600,000 |
| 12 Years a Slave | Oct 18, 2013 | Fox Searchlight |
$1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
Phil Contrino, Daniel Garris, Alex Edghill, and Shawn Robbins contributed to this report.
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