Long Range Forecast: 'Dark Skies' & 'Snitch (2013)'
Featured Stories - on December 29, 2012 by BOXOFFICE Staff
Joining our Long Range Forecast this weekend are two films scheduled to open on Friday, February 22, 2013: Dark Skies and Snitch.
Snitch
PROS:
- Dwayne Johnson has experienced a career resurgence with Fast Five and Journey 2.
- The Rock will likely be in the middle of having added attention from the lead up to WrestleMania in early April.
CONS:
- The film may come across as too similar to some of Johnson's previous vehicles. Fans will wait for Johnson's higher profile 2013 films instead.
- Will face major competition from the second weekend of A Good Day to Die Hard.
Dark Skies
PROS:
- Will have the horror marketplace all to itself when it opens.
- Will hope to attract the same crowds that made Insidious a surprise hit back in 2011.
CONS:
- The trailer is very by the numbers; doesn't appear to offer a lot to horror fans.
- Opening the week before The Last Exorcism Part II could lead to increased front-loading.
Notable changes on our forecast this week include Texas Chainsaw 3D, A Haunted House and Movie 43.
Check out our predictions for these and other upcoming films in the table below.
| Title | Release Date | Distributor | Opening Weekend | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Skies | Feb 22, 2013 | Weinstein / Dimension |
$10,000,000 | $23,000,000 |
| Snitch (2013) | Feb 22, 2013 | Lionsgate / Summit |
$13,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
| Safe Haven | Feb 14, 2013 | Relativity Media |
$20,000,000 | $52,000,000 |
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Feb 14, 2013 | Fox |
$47,000,000* | $125,000,000 |
| Escape From Planet Earth | Feb 14, 2013 | Weinstein Company |
$13,000,000* | $35,000,000 |
| Beautiful Creatures (2013) | Feb 13, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
$21,000,000 | $57,000,000 |
| Side Effects (2013) | Feb 8, 2013 | Open Road |
$21,000,000 | $65,000,000 |
| Identity Thief | Feb 8, 2013 | Universal |
$19,000,000 | $62,000,000 |
| Bullet to the Head | Feb 1, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
$8,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| Warm Bodies | Feb 1, 2013 | Lionsgate / Summit |
$19,000,000 | $50,000,000 |
| Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters | Jan 25, 2013 | Paramount |
$13,000,000 | $30,000,000 |
| Parker | Jan 25, 2013 | FilmDistrict |
$10,000,000 | $27,000,000 |
| Movie 43 | Jan 25, 2013 | Relativity Media |
$13,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
| The Last Stand | Jan 18, 2013 | Lionsgate |
$15,000,000* | $33,000,000 |
| Mama | Jan 18, 2013 | Universal |
$17,000,000* | $37,000,000 |
| Broken City | Jan 18, 2013 | Fox |
$20,000,000* | $48,000,000 |
| A Haunted House | Jan 11, 2013 | Open Road |
$16,000,000 | $42,000,000 |
| Gangster Squad Zero Dark Thirty |
Jan 11, 2013 Jan 11, 2013 |
Warner Bros. Sony / Columbia |
$16,000,000 $15,000,000 |
$47,000,000 $70,000,000 |
| Texas Chainsaw 3D | Jan 4, 2013 | Lionsgate |
$17,000,000 | $32,000,000 |
* = Four-day weekend (Friday-Monday)
Phil Contrino, Daniel Garris, Alex Edghill and Shawn Robbins contributed to this article.
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