We always knew it was going to be slow, the question is by how much. Right now, 20th Century Studios’ Sam Raimi movie Send Help is eyeing $10 million in its second weekend at 3,475 sites after a $3M second Friday. If that keeps in line, that’s a -48%, which is pretty damn good for a genre movie. Pic’s ten-day total would move up to $35.8M in North American.
Second for the weekend, is Angel Studios’ Kevin James rom-com Solo Mio, which is also eyeing $3.1M today, including yesterday’s $744K previews, for a $7.6M opening at 3,052 theaters.
‘Solo Mio’
Angel Studios
Third is going to Bleecker Street’s K-pop concert movie Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience with $3.2M today (including $900,000 from 351 Imax Wednesday previews), and around $5M for this weekend at 1,724 sites. Again, 100% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics haven’t dared sit through this yet.
Fourth is Vertical’s Luc Besson-directed Dracula with $2.3M today and an $4.8M opening, which would be the distributor’s best yet ahead of We Bury the Dead‘s $2.5M. As we told you, audiences on Rotten Tomatoes like it better than critics, 75% to 57% Rotten.
Fifth is the second weekend of Markiplier’s Iron Lung with an estimated $4.65M at 2,930 theaters, which would rep a 74% drop after a second Friday of around $1.5M. Running cume by Sunday looks to be $29.45M.
Lionsgate’s The Strangers – Chapter 3 at 2,565 is looking at $1.7M today and about a $3.7M opening. Strangers 2 last September opened to $5.8M, while The Strangers – Chapter 1 posted the best beginning of three at $11.8M in May 2024. No RT audience score yet for the critically panned horror pic at 19%.
Where’s Amazon MGM Studios’ second weekend of Melania? She’s seeing $3.5M, off 51%, with a running 10-day total by Sunday of $14.5M.
Last year, Super Bowl weekend was led by the second frame of DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man ($13.8M), with all titles grossing $54.2M, the second worst weekend of 2025.