Box Office Battle: 'Infinity War' expected to dominate for second weekend - InvestingChannel

Box Office Battle: ‘Infinity War’ expected to dominate for second weekend

Last weekend, Disney’s (DIS) “Avengers: Infinity War” opened to a record-setting $250M in North America and $380M overseas for a global total of $630M, the top worldwide debut of all time. The superhero spectacular, which is playing at 4,474 theaters, is expecting another big weekend, with Box Office Mojo forecasting a $116M second weekend. This should push the global box office take to $1B by the end of the weekend. Note that “Infinity War” has not yet released in China, where it will open on Friday, May 11. Opening this weekend, and expected to take second place, is Lionsgate (LGF.A, LGF.B) backed Pantelion Films’ romantic comedy “Overboard,” starring Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, and Eva Longoria, which is expected to gross $10M-$15M. Also opening this weekend is Comcast (CMCAS, CMCSK) subsidiary Universal’s Focus Features’ comedy “Tully,” directed by Jason Reitman, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Charlize Theron, which is expected to gross between $2M-$4M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox (FOX, FOXA), Sony (SNE), Time Warner (TWX), and Viacom (VIA, VIAB).