Relying on who you speak to, the summer time field workplace this yr has both been a beautiful season, or a horrific catastrophe. Whereas crowds are flooding theaters for occasions like Barbenheimer double options, different big tentpoles have appeared to stumble on the field workplace. Franchises like Meg 2: The Trench want a hero, and Jason Statham might be that man; offered the opening weekend of this new creature characteristic is type.
Preliminary estimates for the sequel to Warner Bros.’ shock 2018 hit have are available in from Field Workplace Professional, and the image is a bit grim. The positioning’s numbers for Meg 2’s opening weekend at the moment sit in a variety between $22 – $27 million for its large debut. Ought to that maintain, it seems like not even feeding a Tyrannosaurus Rex to a hungry Megalodon shall be sufficient to place it in first place.
No, that severely occurs in director Ben Wheatley’s sequel, and we now have the Meg 2 trailer to show it:
Whereas we don’t know what kind of legs the Barbie/Oppenheimer machine could have in week three, the supply above has Jason Statham’s film being overwhelmed out by movies opening the identical weekend as nicely. Coming in at an estimated $27 – $36 million opening, and with two extra days of showtimes added into the combination, is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Paramount’s animated providing is already slated to have paid sneak preview occasions forward of its August 2 opening, and that’s primed to make this reboot a agency competitor.
But, that is the type of story that brings historical past again into focus, particularly contemplating how 5 years in the past The Meg’s opening weekend exceeded expectations. Again when the Jon Turteltaub-directed franchise starter was launched in 2018, Meg’s estimated home first body was within the $20-$22 million vary. In any case was stated and completed, the primary installment hauled in $44.5 million for its weekend complete, which led to the worldwide gross of $530.5 million being collected general.
Trying on the variations between 2018 and 2023’s film launch schedules, there’s some stiffer competitors for Meg 2: The Trench to beat. In fact, there’s another benefit this sequel has in its deck of playing cards: Meg 2 is rated PG-13, regardless of the presumed needs of followers that this subsequent flick would go for the R. A pause for the moviegoers who had been hoping that Jason Statham would get to sling some F-bombs, whereas these new Megs drew blood from their prey. Nevertheless, with a PG-13 score, it opens the film as much as a broader viewers.
It is nonetheless anyone’s sport as we head into the primary week of a brand new month of flicks, as Meg 2: The Trench dives into the depths of blockbuster season on August 4. In the meantime, The Meg is at the moment streaming for these of you who’ve an energetic Max subscription. This implies you may heat up for this new buffet of brawling within the consolation of your personal house, earlier than heading to the massive display for the massive present.
