DreamWorks Pictures murder mystery “The Girl on the Train,” starring Emily Blunt, is expected to have an easy time topping the box office this upcoming weekend.
An adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel of the same name, the film revolves around a troubled and eccentric divorcée who inserts herself into a missing persons case.
Trackers have the thriller topping $30 million, though studio estimates from Universal, the film’s distributor, are more conservative, have it safely exceeding $20 million in box office receipts.
“The Birth of a Nation,” produced for a reported $10 million, stars Parker as Nat Turner, who led a 48-hour slave rebellion against his white masters. Armie Hammer and Aja Naomi King co-star alongside Jackie Earle Haley and Jayson Warner Smith. It will likely finish in third place this weekend, behind holdover “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
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Another book adaptation opens this weekend with CBS Films and Lionsgate’s “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.”
Opening in 2,822 theaters, the coming-of-age comedy is expected to debut at just under $8 million. It was made for a reported $11 million, less marketing costs.
Directed by Steve Carr (“Paul Blart Mall Cop,” “Movie 43”), the film stars Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham and Rob Riggle.
36 Movies That Have Grossed $1 Billion Worldwide (Photos)
Billion-dollar movies aren't as rare as they used to be. Still, there aren't that many of them. See them all here:
Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox
"Incredibles 2" -- $1.00 billion and counting (Disney-Pixar, 2018)
"The Dark Knight" -- $1.00 billion (Warner Bros., 2008)