Welcome to "Box Office Battle," The Fly's weekly preview projecting what the top films will be at the box office this weekend.
IT SEQUEL FLOATS INTO THEATERS: AT&T (T) subsidiary Warner Bros.' horror film sequel "It: Chapter Two" is looking to kick off the Fall movie season, opening at 4,570 theaters domestically. The film, adapted from a Stephen King novel, already earned $10.5M from preview showings Thursday night, and is looking to domestically gross $105M or more in its first weekend at theaters.
ALSO PLAYING: No other film is expected to earn much more than $5M this weekend, with Lionsgate (LGF.A, LGF.B) and Millennium's action film "Angel Has Fallen," Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK) subsidiary Universal's R-rated comedy "Good Boys," Disney's (DIS) live-action remake of "The Lion King," and Sony (SNE) and AFFIRM's faith-based drama "Overcomer" expected to round out the top five.
OVERALL DOMESTIC PROJECTIONS:
Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include CBS (CBS) and Viacom (VIA, VIAB).
AT&T
+0.48 (+1.34%)
Lionsgate
+0.755 (+7.43%)
Lionsgate
+0.815 (+8.57%)
Comcast
-0.02 (-0.04%)
Comcast
+ (+0.00%)
Disney
+0.83 (+0.60%)
Symbol now SONY
-0.36 (-0.60%)
Use VIAC, VIACA
+0.51 (+1.19%)
Via Renewables
+0.22 (+0.80%)
VIAB
+