Overview
- Industry trackers project Avengers: Endgame Encore will open domestically in the $25 million to $30 million range this weekend, with a chance to surpass $30 million and set the pre-inflation record for a re-release.
- Sony’s Resident Evil, after a roughly $60 million debut last weekend, is forecast to drop into the mid-to-high tens of millions this weekend and is the main rival for the top spot.
- Three new wide releases — A24’s Primetime, Paramount’s Heart of the Beast, and DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island — have strong reviews and are each projected to open in the high teens, competing for third place on the charts.
- Endgame Encore includes a few minutes of new footage and mid/post-credit teasers that tie directly to Avengers: Doomsday, which has already generated more than $50 million in presales.
- Disney is rolling out an ‘Infinity Vision’ premium‑format push because IMAX will not carry Doomsday due to a prior Dune: Part Three exclusivity, a move that shifts premium-ticket opportunities to Dolby, 4DX, D-Box and theater chains and could redraw exhibitor revenue patterns.