While it's highly possible that "Dawn" could become the sixth movie of the summer to open over $90 million, we think that opening later in the summer with ennui already starting to set in might hold it back slightly. We think that it's going to open well somewhere in the mid-$70 millions, and it should hold up well over the next few weeks against movies that probably won't open above $40 million. The quality and popularity of the film should help it achieve $220 to 230 million by summer's end, putting it in line with summer movies like Maleficent and X-Men: Days of Future Past to become the second or third biggest movie of the summer. (The way Transformers: Age of Extinction is going, that may have a struggle to achieve $250 million.)This Week's Predictions -
1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox) - $73.5 million N/A
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction (Paramount) - $16 million - 57%
3. Tammy (Warner Bros.) - $9.5 million -56%
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox) - $5.8 million -35%
5. 22 Jump Street (Sony) - $5.5 -44%
6. Earth to Echo (Relativity) - $5.1 million - 39%
7. Deliver Us from Evil (Screen Gems/Sony) - $4.7 million -52%
8. Maleficent (Walt Disney Pictures) - $4.0 million -35%
9. Jersey Boys (Warner Bros.) - $3 million
10. Begin Again (The Weinstein Company) - $2.3 million +84%
Read more: The Weekend Warrior: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/weekendwarriornews.php?id=120238#ixzz370Hql51u