Shyamalan's 'Glass' Set to Win Quiet Box-Office Weekend
by EG
Glass, M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to Split and Unbreakable, isn't impressing critics, but it won't face much real competition when it debuts in theaters this weekend. That should add up to an easy win even for a not-that-great movie. Read on for predictions.
M. Night Shyamalan's Glass looks to do near-record business at the box office over the long Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
Tracking shows the film debuting in the $60 million-$70 million range domestically, the best start for the holiday behind Clint Eastwood's 2015 film American Sniper ($107.2 million), not adjusted for inflation. Ride Along turned in the next-biggest holiday gross with a four-day debut of $48.6 million in 2014.
Usually, MLK weekend boasts several new Hollywood offerings. This year, rival studios stayed away because of Glass, a superhero thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and James McAvoy.
Glass is the final title in the original trilogy created by Shyamalan that began 19 years ago with Disney's Unbreakable, starring Willis and Jackson, and followed by Universal's Split, a surprise 2015 box-office hit starring McAvoy whose final scene linked to the filmmaker's 2000 film.
Shyamalan financed Glass himself. Universal is handling the movie domestically, while Disney has international distribution duties. The movie, which opens overseas this weekend in numerous markets, has enjoyed plenty of buzz in recent weeks, yet it remains to be seen whether the film's box-office performance is impacted by mediocre reviews.
Glass currently has a 39 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 76 percent for Split and 69 percent for Unbreakable.
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