Long Range Forecast: 'Spy'

Featured Stories - on April 10, 2015 by BoxOffice Staff

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Melissa McCarthy takes a step into the world of action/comedy hybrids with Spy. Will her fan base follow her? This week BoxOffice takes a closer look at Spy's commercial prospects.

Spy
(Fox)

PROS:

- We like that McCarthy is re-teaming with director Paul Feig, the guy behind two of her strongest earners: Bridesmaids and The Heat.
- Having Jude Law and Jason Statham in the cast means that key male demos may show up for this one as well.
- There's still a need for more female-driven films in the marketplace and this will help fill that need

CONS:

- McCarthy stumbled a bit with Tammy last summer.
- Opening a week before Jurassic World won't be an easy task.
- If Pitch Perfect 2 really breaks out it could still some of Spy's thunder.

Check out our predictions for this films and others in the table below.

Title Release Date Distribui]tor Opening Weekend Cumulative
Spy Jun 5, 2015 Fox
 $35,000,000 $130,000,000
Insidious: Chapter 3 Jun 5, 2015 Focus
 $25,000,000 $55,000,000
Entourage Jun 5, 2015 Warner Bros.
 $17,000,000 $42,000,000
San Andreas May 29, 2015 Warner Bros. / New Line
 $29,000,000 $80,000,000
Aloha May 29, 2015 Sony / Columbia
 $25,000,000 $78,000,000
Tomorrowland May 22, 2015 Disney
 $47,000,000* $143,000,000
Poltergeist May 22, 2015 Fox
 $34,000,000* $77,000,000
Mad Max: Fury Road May 15, 2015 Warner Bros.
 $38,000,000 $125,000,000
Pitch Perfect 2 May 15, 2015 Universal
 $39,000,000 $111,000,000
Hot Pursuit May 8, 2015 Warner Bros. / New Line
 $19,000,000 $58,000,000
Avengers: Age of Ultron May 1, 2015 Disney
 $215,000,000 $560,000,000
Little Boy Apr 24, 2015 Open Road
 $4,000,000 $10,000,000
The Age of Adaline Apr 24, 2015 Lionsgate
 $7,000,000 $17,000,000
Monkey Kingdom Apr 17, 2015 Disneynature
 $5,000,000 $18,000,000
Unfriended Apr 17, 2015 Universal
 $21,000,000 $48,000,000
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Apr 17, 2015 Sony / Columbia
 $25,000,000 $78,000,000

*4-day weekend

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

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