With potential MLB playoff games this weekend in addition to the NFL in full swing, the majors have booked the upcoming box office weekend adequately without any mega-tentpole fare, instead offering lower-budget pics aimed at specific demos.
Sometimes during the tricky days of early October, studios will go with a tentpole and watch a film crater as men flee to sports, especially if it doesn’t have electric word of mouth, i.e., last October’s Tron Ares ($33.2M). That wasn’t the case in October 2021 when theatrical was coming out of Covid with a backlog of big tentpoles like Dune, No Time
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