‘End of Oak Street’ Box Office Aims to Take Bite Out of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Warner Bros.’ sci-fi survival film The End of Oak Street and Paramount’s PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie are opening in North America as challengers to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is expected to lead the box office for a third consecutive weekend. The releases matter because they test whether an original adult-skewing dinosaur film and a family franchise entry can attract audiences against a major superhero hit.
The End of Oak Street is projected to open to $18 million-$23 million domestically from 3,400 cinemas, with a further $20 million-$25 million expected internationally, against an $80 million production budget. Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, it follows a 1980s family whose suburb is transported near prehistoric predators and has an 82% Rotten Tomatoes critics score. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie is forecast to earn in the mid-to-high teens domestically from more than 3,500 locations, after taking over $27 million in 30 overseas markets; its budget was $39.5 million.
- Two dinosaur films challenge Spider-Man’s box-office dominance.
- Oak Street targets an $18m-$23m North American debut.
- PAW Patrol arrives after strong international takings.
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The North American box office is the market for cinema ticket sales in the United States and Canada. Films opening on the same weekend compete for screens and audiences, while studios watch early takings to judge whether releases may recover their production and marketing costs.
Spider-Man is one of Hollywood’s best-known superhero film series, based on the Marvel character and usually aimed at a broad audience. A strong run for a major franchise can make it harder for new releases to draw viewers, particularly when they are targeting some of the same cinema-goers.
The End of Oak Street is an original science-fiction survival film, rather than part of an established series, and is aimed more at adult viewers. PAW Patrol is a children’s animated franchise about rescue dogs; its new film is designed for families, giving cinemas a different type of release alongside the superhero film.