Long Range Forecast: 'Sex Tape'

Featured Stories - on May 30, 2014 by BoxOffice Staff

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On July 18th, Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz enter a summer season that's full of comedies with Sex Tape, a new effort that reunites the stars with Jake Kasdan, their Bad Teacher director. Will Sex Tape match the success of Bad Teacher or will the comedies that come before it be an overshadowing force?

Sex Tape
(Sony)

PROS:

- Cameron Diaz is coming off the success of The Other Woman. The female-friendly comedy is already up to an impressive $166 million globally.
- Bad Teacher earned $100.3 million domestically and another $116.4 million overseas. Reuniting the team behind it is a smart move. 
- Reactions to the film's first trailer have been generally positive on Facebook and Twitter. 

CONS:

- This summer is full of R-rated comedies. Sex Tape's potential could be diluted by Neighbors, A Million Ways To Die In the West and 22 Jump Street.
- Jason Segel has been hit-and-miss lately. He stumbled in a major way with 2012's The Five-Year Engagement.  

Check out our prediction for Sex Tape and others in the table below. Notable changes this week include The Fault In Our Stars (up), Edge of Tomorrow (up), 22 Jump Street (up) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (down).

Title Release Date Distributor Opening Weekend Cumulative
Hercules (2014) Jul 25, 2014 Paramount
 $21,000,000 $52,000,000
Lucy Jul 25, 2014 Universal
 $23,000,000 $67,000,000
Step Up All In Jul 25, 2014 Lionsgate / Summit
 $10,000,000 $28,000,000
Sex Tape Jul 18, 2014 Sony / Columbia
 $24,000,000 $81,000,000
Planes: Fire and Rescue Jul 18, 2014 Disney
 $19,000,000 $71,000,000
Jupiter Ascending Jul 18, 2014 Warner Bros.
 $22,000,000 $58,000,000
The Purge: Anarchy Jul 18, 2014 Universal
 $20,000,000 $41,000,000
And So It Goes Jul 11, 2014 Clarius Entertainment
 $5,000,000 $17,000,000
The Fluffy Movie Jul 11, 2014 Open Road
 $4,000,000 $10,000,000
Dawn of The Planet of The Apes Jul 11, 2014 Fox
 $66,000,000 $200,000,000
Tammy Jul 2, 2014 Warner Bros. / New Line
 $25,000,000 $105,000,000
Earth to Echo Jul 2, 2014 Relativity Media
 $9,000,000 $35,000,000
Deliver Us from Evil (2014) Jul 2, 2014 Sony / Screen Gems
 $17,000,000 $55,000,000
Transformers: Age of Extinction Jun 27, 2014 Paramount
 $115,000,000 $320,000,000
Think Like a Man Too Jun 20, 2014 Sony / Screen Gems
 $37,000,000 $95,000,000
Jersey Boys Jun 20, 2014 Warner Bros.
 $14,000,000 $49,000,000
22 Jump Street Jun 13, 2014 Sony / Columbia
 $57,000,000 $170,000,000
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Jun 13, 2014 Fox / DreamWorks Animation
 $75,000,000 $290,000,000
Edge of Tomorrow Jun 6, 2014 Warner Bros.
 $28,000,000 $87,000,000
The Fault in Our Stars Jun 6, 2014 Fox
 $36,000,000 $107,000,000

Phil Contrino, Daniel Garris and Shawn Robbins contributed to this report.

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