{"id":44186,"date":"2026-08-14T11:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44186"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:08:52","slug":"the-end-of-oak-street-starts-with-2m-in-u-s-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44186","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The End of Oak Street&#8217; Starts With $2M In U.S. Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis weekend will belong to Sony\/Marvel Studios\u2019 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/spider-man-brand-new-day\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spider-man-brand-new-day\" data-tag=\"spider-man-brand-new-day\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>, <\/em>but the bright new shiny event title hopeful is Warner Bros\/Bad Robot\u2019s <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-end-of-oak-street\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-end-of-oak-street\" data-tag=\"the-end-of-oak-street\">The End of Oak Street<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which in U.S. previews Thursday night is estimated to do around <strong>$2 million-plus <\/strong>after showtimes that began at 1 p.m. at 3,200 sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNote that it\u2019s still early with that forecast, and this PG-13 feature is leaning family given how women are the most notable on tracking, not just with mothers but also with Anne Hathaway fans. Ewan McGregor also stars. Some PG-13 comps right now include pre-Covid <em>Rampage, <\/em>which did $2.4M in 2018, and post-Covid <em>Blue<\/em> <em>Beetle, <\/em>which did $3.3M in previews and opened in mid-August 2023 to $25M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRentrak reports that only 51% of K-12 schools are off as kids head back to school. On the brighter side for the motion picture industry, 95% colleges remain off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<em>It Follows <\/em>filmmaker David Robert Mitchell directed, wrote and produced <em>Oak Street<\/em>, about a neighborhood that suddenly finds itself next door to a prehistoric jungle with dinosaurs who become worse intruders than the neighbor\u2019s dog. The movie will share Imax with Universal\u2019s <em>The Odyssey <\/em>and PLFs with <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day <\/em>for a domestic outlook that\u2019s between $18M-$23M and a foreign estimate between $20M-$25M in 74 territories. <em>The End of Oak Street <\/em>will pave a way to France, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, UK, China and Japan this weekend at 24,000 screens. We\u2019ve heard a varying range for the production cost from net $80M to $92M (there\u2019s plenty of VFX in the movie). Rotten Tomatoes critics are at 85% certified fresh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/highest-grossing-movies-all-time\/\" data-type=\"pmc-gallery\" data-id=\"1235520083\">The 65 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlso opening wide this weekend is Paramount and Spin Master\u2019s <em>PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie <\/em>at 3,545 theaters and Angel Studios\u2019 <em>The Brink of War <\/em>at 2,083 in North America. As we told you, <em>Brand New Day <\/em>is expecting to do between $57M-$72M in its third weekend stateside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTonight\u2019s Thursday preview estimate comes from sources. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend will belong to Sony\/Marvel Studios\u2019 Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but the bright new shiny event title hopeful is Warner Bros\/Bad Robot\u2019s The End of Oak Street, which in U.S. previews Thursday night is estimated to do around $2 million-plus after showtimes that began at 1 p.m. at 3,200 sites. 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