If Rogue One is a success (
which box office tracking suggests is a no - brainer) and K - 2SO does indeed match the popularity of past droids, it's possible that we could see him pop up in other media or future films.
Not exact matches
The five films Murdoch's 20th Century Fox division put out this summer season (
which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day in the entertainment industry) grossed $ 783 million as of earlier this week, according to film revenue -
tracking website
Box Office Mojo.
For one thing, the recent
track record of these late summer dramas is decidedly mixed - while The Help indeed connected with Oscar, Lee Daniels» The Butler's summer
box office went unrecognized by the Academy, and it is the latter film that Get On Up seems to resemble more, what with it being a biopic that attempts to tell the entire life story of its subject,
which, as discussed in the previous installment in regards to Unbroken, is a questionable proposition with today's Academy.
The Clint Eastwood - directed war drama,
which shattered several
box -
office records and surpassed
tracking expectations over the busy four - day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, cost Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow about $ 58 million to make.
Starring Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo, Donald as Lando, and Emilia Clarke, the new movie is already on
track to make $ 150 million (# 170 million) at the
box office which would just about take over the $ 155 million (# 110 million) debut for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
which hit cinemas in December 2016.
I've said this before, but one of the problems with modern
box office analysis is that it treats studio
tracking numbers,
which are supposed to be internal figures that can be used to adjust marketing in the run up to release, as ironclad
box office predictions.
But while the reviews of Zemeckis» films were for the most part slightly favorable, the
box office returns were regularly beneath expectations,
which were heightened on the bases of the filmmaker's steep budgets and strong
track record.
So far, the buzz has been great and the sequel is on
track to earn over $ 350 million at the worldwide
box office,
which will be enough to knock Infinity War down a peg or two.
It's
tracking around $ 100 million,
which feels a little soft, but
box office has been so crazy this year there's no telling how things will play out (but Thor will be big and I won't be surprised if it beats that estimate).
David Ayer's film is
tracking through the roof, suggesting a blockbuster opening the likes of
which the wan American summer
box office desperately needs.