Box Office: The Crow, Blink Twice Open in Previews

BLINK TWICE, Channing Tatum, 2024. © Amazon MGM Studios / courtesy Everett Collection
©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection

As August comes to a close, two new films, Lionsgate’s “ The Crow ” reboot and Amazon MGM’s thriller “ Blink Twice ,” are hitting theaters — but the summer box office peak has long passed.

“The Crow,” starring Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs, earned $650,000 in advance screenings; meanwhile, “Blink Twice,” directed by Zoe Kravitz and featuring Channing Tatum, took in $820,000.

Neither movie is expected to crack the top three films of the box office this weekend. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Alien: Romulus” and “It Ends With Us,” a trio of holdover hits, are projected to outpace the new releases.

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After surpassing the R-rated Marvel blockbuster in its debut last week, Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” is on track to earn $16 million to $19 million in its second week of release.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” will be climbing its way back to the top of the charts with an expected $16 million to $18 million in its fifth week of release.

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Lastly, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s romance novel adaptation “It Ends With Us” is projected to earn between $10 million and $12 million in its third week of release.

“Blink Twice” is aiming for a box office opening between $7 million and $8 million from 3,000 theaters. The film stars Tatum as a tech magnate who invites a group of women to his private island, where the situation quickly takes a sinister turn. The movie, distributed internationally by Warner Bros., has a budget of just $20 million, meaning it will likely be profitable even after a modest opening weekend.

“The Crow” is projected to bring in $6 million to $9 million from 2,500 locations. Lionsgate acquired the reboot of the cult classic 1992 film, which featured the late Brandon Lee, for $10 million, so a single-digit opening won’t be a major setback. Skarsgard portrays Eric Draven, aka the Crow, who seeks revenge as a resurrected killer after he and his girlfriend are murdered.

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