March 6th-8th
Aesir Pictures, a newcomer studio drops its first film; the $140M One Piece: The Journey Begins, which is tracking at $55M-$65M. Despite mixed reviews so far at a 55 on Metacritic, the anime adaptation has a strong fan base that’ll come out.
One Piece: The Journey Begins: $61M/$157M (x2.57) (The Jon Watts directed movie is trending well in the young male adult demographic, and popularity will help but the Pillars will end up giving a cut in its legs.)
March 13th-15th:
Numerator’s franchise kickstarter, Pillars Of Eternity: The Hollow Vale is hitting the tracking boards at a strong $75M-$90M. The first two reviews are very strong for it and analysts believe with luck it may top Stitch’s $111M OW to be the biggest March OW in CAYOM. Red Cresent’s horror flick Spirit Curse is tracking $15M-$18M benefiting from the Friday the 13th date.
Pillars of Eternity: The Hollow Vale: $85M/$255M (x3) (Although I do believe previous action films like Blue and Gold and One Piece can slightly dampen the OW but I suspect legs will be stronger as it appeals to an older audience as well as Mass Effect crossover can help)
Spirit Curse: $14M/$30M (x2.14) (Seems about right for it)
March 20th-22nd
Blankments Lord/Miller sci-fi comedy, Marked Up Time is looking likely to underperform, tracking around $23M-$27M due to the amount of male skewing movies in March as well as mixed reviews (57 on Metacritic), however lack of comedies will help as well, to provide a bit of a booster shot.
Marked Up Time: $24M/$89M (x3.7) (although I suspect a deflated OW, it should easily be quite a crowd pleaser)
March 27th-29th:
Endless’s animated movie, Can You Imagine? hits hard on the tracking board at a strong $60M-$70M, thanks to strong reviews (currently 82 on Metacritic) and lack of family films since Pokémon as well as animation.
Red Cresent’s Carnosaur is tracking a bit soft at around $22M-$25M, due to the huge amounts of male aiming films in March and horror films in January/February.
Can You Imagine: $65M/$237M (x3.64) (with no competition until Our City: Growth and an apparent crowd pleaser, Can You Imagine should have strong legs)
Carnosaur: $22M/$58M (x2.65) (the dinosaur angle will help this film succeed only more but again think competition will prevent this from being big.)