It’s interesting to look at this weekend and realize it could be a little closer at the top of the box office than some are predicting. Last night 22 Jump Street opened to the tune of $5.5 million and How to Train Your Dragon 2 brought in $2 million. The obvious disparity is R-rated comedy vs. family film as Dragon will do much better on the weekend, but the two films could be neck and neck come Sunday, though looking at Laremy’s and the readers’ predictions that’s not the case.
At the top of both prediction charts is Dragon 2 with the readers going above Laremy’s $71.8 million prediction averaging out at $75 million. Meanwhile, they agreed exactly with Laremy’s $58.3 million prediction for 22 Jump Street and if these Thursday numbers are any indication both could end the weekend around mid $60 million, though I personally would give the edge to Dragon.
That said, 22 Jump Street‘s Thursday night opening is more than double the $2.6 million Neighbors brought in on its way to an opening weekend of $49 million. There were no early screenings for the first How To Train Your Dragon, which wrapped up its opening weekend in 2010 with $43 million. This one will clearly do better business than that.
I’ve included Laremy’s predictions and the average reader predictions directly below and I’ll be back on Sunday with box office estimates. To see Laremy’s full list of predictions and all 90 reader predictions for this weekend click here.
Laremy’s Predictions
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $71.8 million
- 22 Jump Street – $58.3 million
- The Fault in Our Stars – $19.2 million
- Edge of Tomorrow – $13.8 million
Your Predictions
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $75.0 million
- 22 Jump Street – $58.3 million
- The Fault in Our Stars – $19.3 million
- Edge of Tomorrow – $13.7 million
