In 2024, there will be blood at the box office. And not the kind that includes two studio tentpoles slugging it out. Negativeness, as Barbenheimer demonstrated last year, is very beneficial to business. We’re talking of analyzing trends and projections for future box office success. And it will affect both studios and movie theatres. The latter may collapse in the springtime among midsized circuits because of the unpredictable product pipeline.

Wonka

Blumhouse’s Night Swim had a mediocre opening, but Wonka looks set to top the box office chart for the third time this weekend after another stronghold. This weekend’s predictions are still clouded by the New Year’s legacy, making it difficult for predicting the top-grossing films of the next few months where everything will end up. Night Swim and no fewer than four returning films are still in the running to be the top films.

The Flash

With a ton of excitement and overwhelmingly positive initial reactions, Michael Keaton’s comeback as Batman and the Man of Steel elements will draw in a wide range of DC fans, and the movie will serve as a prelude to James Gunn’s DC reboot in retrospect.

Migration

With many movies debuting on Friday and three wide releases on Christmas Day, it was an intriguing week at competing films in the battle for box office supremacy. With an estimated $27.7 million in revenue, the newcomer Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom won the weekend at the domestic box office. Wonka and the animated film Migration came in second and third, with estimated revenue of $18.05 million and $12.45 million, respectively.

Volume 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy

James Gunn’s last movie with Marvel and the final film starring the core cast of the Guardians looks to be the last for several well-loved characters. After far too many cheerful, lighthearted movies, Marvel fans have been hankering after a darker, more poignant tale, which gets hinted at in the marketing.