We’re predicting that, since neither new release will have a particularly strong debut, it will be a very close weekend, with Logan Lucky just barely coming out on top with $20.4 million, followed by The Hitman’s Bodyguard with $18.6 million and Annabelle: Creation with $18.2 million.
Standing in its way of a repeat are a pair of action-comedies arriving in wide release, Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Bleecker Street’s Logan Lucky, which both feature all-star casts.
Box Office Mojo reports that The Hitman’s Bodyguard will be released in approximately 3,000 theaters, while no estimate was given for Logan Lucky quite yet.
While Annabelle: Creation added to the notion that R-rated fare is making a big comeback, since it handily beat an animated sequel (The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature) and a critically-acclaimed drama (The Glass House) last weekend, we think this weekend, the edge goes to the PG-13 Logan Lucky over the R-rated Hitman’s Bodyguard.