Brec Bassinger in “Final Destination Bloodlines.”
The Final Destination franchise reboot, Final Destination Bloodlines, is projected to set a franchise record at the weekend box office.
Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth film in the Final Destination series, which began in 2000. In this chapter, a woman has a premonition about the collapse of a Seattle Space Needle-like tower in 1968, saving everyone dining and dancing in the restaurant atop the structure from falling to gruesome deaths.
But unlike the previous Final Destination movies, death goes after not only the people who cheated fate on the tower, but all of its blood relatives throughout the ensuing decades.
Produced by Warner Bros., Final Destination Bloodlines is projected by Deadline to earn $35 million to $40 million in its opening weekend from 3,400 North American theaters, which would be the franchise’s best opening for the Final Destination movies, the trade publication noted.
The weekend estimate by Deadline for Final Destination Bloodlines is modest compared to the forecast by Box Office Pro, which projects the film will open anywhere from $48 million to $60 million domestically.
Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour in “Thunderbolts.”
‘Thunderbolts*’ Dropping To No. 2 In Weekend No. 3
After two weekends at the top of the domestic box office following its May 2 opening, Disney’s Thunderbolts* is projected by Deadline to earn $19 million, while Box Office Pro is pegging a $14 million to $18 million take for the Marvel Studios’ antihero movie.
Starring Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan and Hannah John-Kamen, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure is heading into the weekend with a domestic tally of $136.8 million.
Box Office Pro projects a $10 million to $14 million weekend domestically for Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s vampire thriller Sinners, while Deadline is being a bit more optimistic with a $15.4 million estimate.
Sinners comes into the weekend with $223.1 million in domestic ticket sales to date.
Deadline is projecting a mid- to high single-digit debut for Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Jenna Ortega’s psychological thriller, Hurry Up Tomorrow.
While Box Office Pro doesn’t have a recent projection for the film, their long-range tracking for the film in mid-April forecasted a $3 million to $4 million opening.
This weekend’s newcomers will need to make the most of their opening frame at the box office. Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible swan song, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Disney’s live-action remake of the animated classic Lilo & Stitch both open next Friday for a four-day Memorial Day weekend frame.