Can 'A Quiet Place' Beat 'Ready Player One'?

Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One eeked out a modest win at the box office last weekend, but it's facing formidable competition in its second weekend. John Krasinki's thriller A Quiet Place is getting good reviews and generating a lot of buzz. Will it be enough to pull the film ahead of Spielberg's.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

After a troubled run at the box office, Paramount could make a comeback with A Quiet Place, a high-concept horror-thriller directed by John Krasinski.

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In addition to helming duties, Krasinski also stars in the Platinum Dunes-produced film opposite Emily Blunt (his real-life wife), Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. According to tracking, A Quiet Place should open in the $20 million-$25 million range, possibly enough to unseat Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, which heads into its sophomore weekend.

A Quiet Place — sporting a near-perfect 99 percent Rotten Tomatoes score — follows a family of four who must remain silent to ward off mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. The pic cost a modest $17 million to produce before marketing.

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Krasinski's movie opens opposite several other films, including the latest R-rated comedy from Universal, Blockers.

Helmed by screenwriter Kay Cannon in her feature directorial debut, Blockers is a raunchy coming-of-age tale about a group of teenagers determined to lose their virginity on prom night. The big hitch: Their parents learn of their plan.

Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena star alongside Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Indira Viswanathan and Gideon Adlon.

Blockers, with a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 88 percent, could hit $20 million in its debut, a strong showing considering the recent R-rated comedy slump.

Both Blockers and A Quiet Place staged their world premieres at the SXSW Film Festival, as did Spielberg's Ready Player One, which debuted domestically last weekend to $41.8 million.

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