Box Office Prediction: LEGO Ninjago vs. Kingsman 2

Welcome to the Screen Rant Box Office Prediction . Every week we put together an informal lean of box office picks for the coming weekend to pop the question reader a gravelly idea of how new release ( and yield holdovers ) will perform in theaters .

For a review of last workweek ’s box office totals , interpret ourbox business office wrap - upfrom last weekend , and scroll to the bottom of this post to see how our picks matched up .

Full disclosure : Box government agency predictions are not an exact science . We recognize our picks may not always be correct . For the sake of offering a jumping off point for word , here are our choice for the weekend of September 22 - 24 , 2017 .

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This weekend , Friend Requestplays in 2,569 positioning , Kingsman : The Golden Circledebuts in 4,003 theaters , andThe LEGO Ninjago Movieopens in 4,047 locations .

#1 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle

If there ’s one hurdleKingsman 2needs to brighten , it ’s that the critical receipt has been much more muted when compare to its predecessor . While some finger it ’s an entertaining extension of the world , others think it failed to retake that magic and does n’t find as fresh . The mixed answer could deter some daily looker from making the trek to the theater to see it , but it should n’t outright obliterate the moving picture ’s commercial prospects . activity fans have had to wait for a while for a new movie , and outside ofIT , the landscape is still passably barren in regards to contender . cut across indicatesGolden Circlewill make $ 41.5 million in its first three twenty-four hour period .

#2 - The LEGO Ninjago Movie

Our pick for second isThe LEGO Ninjago Movie , which is the later spinoff picture in Warner Bros,‘LEGOfilm enfranchisement . The property looked like it would be a flagship steel for the studio back in 2014 when the originalLEGO Moviebrought in $ 257.7 million in the U.S. However , in the years since , exuberance for the make seems to have chill off a small bit . Despite garner plus reviews from critics and fans , The LEGO Batman Moviearguably underperformed at the box office staff earlier this yr when it gross $ 175.7 million in its domestic political campaign . Even with a popular character reference like the Caped Crusader at the forefront , there was n’t a short ton of involvement in seeing more of the LEGO universe onscreen . That does n’t bode well forNinjago , and it has something else to master .

Ninjagocan accurately be key out as theLEGOfranchise ’s first real critical washout , with some foretell it derivative and lazy as it delivers diminished returns . Whatever goodwill Phil Lord and Chris Miller ’s energeticLEGO Movieearned seems to have been spent , and as a result , Ninjagofaces an uphill climb . Its position as a family film entail not all is lost , but it for certain is n’t work to dispute the number typically post by Pixar and DreamWorks due to the poor word - of - mouth and oecumenical deficiency of bombination ( there were n’t any Thursday trailer screenings ) . projection have it pegged for $ 38 million in its first three 24-hour interval , which would be the lowest unveiling for aLEGOmovie by far .

#3 - IT

The two - clock time reigning champ , IT(read our critique ) , wait like it will slide to third in its third weekend . After a prolonged depression at the box office , the Stephen King adaptation gave the marketplace the gibe in the arm it needed by rewriting the September criminal record Book on a ostensibly daily groundwork , making all of its challenger float in its wake . Now , however , with two novel wide releases come in theaters , ITis set to take a niggling second of a hit in terms of just the ticket sale . There will still be interest due to the word - of - mouth , but Pennywise is about to yield the # 1 position .

#4 - American Assassin

Our pick for fourth isAmerican Assassin(read our review ) , which come in second last workweek with $ 14.8 million . Though the thriller was the first raw arriver of its kind in a while , it did n’t make much of an encroachment at the box office in its opening weekend . As such , it ’s improbable the picture show has strong legs and does n’t attend around the top of the charts for much longer .

#5 - Home Again

round down out the top five should beHome Again . The picture came in 4th last week with $ 5.1 million and should carry on to play as a antagonistic - programming option for its butt demographic for at least one more weekend .