Box Office Battle: 'Jigsaw' likely to carve out first place weekend - InvestingChannel

Box Office Battle: ‘Jigsaw’ likely to carve out first place weekend

Opening this weekend at 2,941 theaters is Lionsgate’s (LGF.A, LGF.B) “Jigsaw,” which is a return to “The Saw” franchise after seven years. The horror film is expected to domestically gross in the $18M-$20M range. Another Lionsgate film, comedy “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” is expected to bring in an additional $10M in its second weekend at theaters. Also in its second weekend at theaters is Time Warner’s (TWX) Warner Bros. climate disaster film “Geostorm,” starring Gerard Butler, which is expected to earn an additional $6M-$7M at 3,246 theaters. Also opening this weekend is Viacom’s (VIA, VIAB) Paramount crime comedy”Suburbicon,” written and directed by George Clooney and starring Matt Damon, which is expected to gross about $6M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox (FOX, FOXA), Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK), Disney (DIS), and Sony (SNE).