Friday Estimates: The Maze Runner Franchise Sputters in the end with $8.4 million

January 27, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

As expected, Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in first place on Friday. The film pulled in $8.4 million during its opening day, which is about 30% lower than its immediate predecessor. If this film has the same legs, it will open with $23 million during the weekend. I think that seems likely, as the two films have earned nearly identical reviews and both films earned a B plus from CinemaScore. This should be enough for the film to nearly match its $62 million production budget domestically, so if it can top $150 million worldwide, it will break even.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was pushed to second place with $3.77 million on Friday for a running tally of $325.43 million after 38 days of release. The film should earn over $15 million after over the weekend, meaning it held on even better than expected.

Hostiles is the only other wide release of the week and it did better than expected with $3.4 million. In fact, ESMP is estimating a weekend total of just over $11 million, putting it within a rounding error of its $12 million prediction, and well above our $8 million prediction. On the other hand, it only managed a B from CinemaScore, which is disappointing compared to its reviews.

- Friday Box Office Chart

- Maze Runner: The Death Cure Comparisons
- Hostiles Comparisons

Filed under: Friday Estimates, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hostiles