Sony/Marvel Studio’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day will not only reign supreme this weekend, but for the entire month of August. Nonetheless, studios and indie distributors are hoping for a tide that lifts all boats in summer’s finale beginning this weekend with Universal’s romantic comedy One Night Only from Anyone But You director Will Gluck which did $1.35M in combined Thursday night and Monday secret screening previews. That’s exactly what Anyone But You did in Thursday night previews in its pre Christmas weekend, which wound up with a $6M start and immense 14.7x multiple over the 2023 year-end holiday. The hope here is that One Night Only which is a first choice for women over/under 25, will exceed $10M.
The sole Thursday preview take for One Night Only was $750K. Rotten Tomatoes film review score is low for the Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro romcom at 47% which is under Anyone But You‘s 53%, but the movie isn’t for critics. The movie follows two New Yorkers who search for love on the one night of the year when sex is legal. The pic is booked at 3,012 theaters today.
As we already told you, Spider-Man: Brand New Day was the fastest move to cross half billion in seven days, beating Avengers: Endgame‘s pace to that benchmark which was eight days. Updated Thursday number for the Tom Holland and Zendaya feature is $29M putting its running stateside cume at $510.8M. Even at a -60% ease in weekend 2, which is the general hold for these solid superhero movies, Brand New Day would land at $144M, which would be the third best sophomore frame ever behind Force Awakens ($149.2M) and Avengers: Endgame ($147.3M).
Also opening this weekend is Searchlight’s Super Troopers 3 at 2,760 theaters with an expected single digit opening. The distrib isn’t reporting any previews, but sources tell us it’s around $350K. The last one, Supertroopers 2, was released on April 20, a big day for potsmokers, and before the Disney-Fox merger was completed. It was a big surprise posting $1.35M in previews and a massive $15.1M opening for the crowd-co-funded $13.5M sequel. Critics don’t think it’s funny at 32%. Searchlight gave the threequel a big push at Comic-Con two weekends ago with a world premiere and beer pong games pub.
Horror Section has Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man at 1,671 theaters with an eye at low single digits. No previews were reported. Blurb for pic: An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results. Critics are ice cold on Ice Cream Man at 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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