The North American box office faces a crowded weekend as two new dinosaur-themed films challenge the massive run of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Warner Bros. brings The End of Oak Street to 3,400 theaters. The sci-fi survival story features Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor. The studio anticipates an opening between $18 million and $23 million. Director David Robert Mitchell wrote and directed this project about a 1980s suburban family encountering prehistoric predators.
Paramount Pictures offers a different take on the dino theme with PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie. The film arrives in more than 3,500 locations and targets family audiences. This third installment of the animated franchise holds a production budget of $39.5 million. It looks to match or exceed the performance of previous entries in the series, which have seen growth in global returns over recent years.
While these new arrivals seek their place in the market, Sony Pictures expects Spider-Man: Brand New Day to maintain the top spot for the third consecutive weekend. The film remains on a record-breaking trajectory, with projections suggesting it will hit a $700 million domestic total shortly. It is closing in on the $1.9 billion global mark set by its predecessor.
The summer movie season has surpassed $4 billion in revenue thanks to hits like this latest web-slinger installment. This milestone marks only the second time the summer box office has reached this level since the pandemic began. Other new releases this weekend include the thriller The Rivals of Amziah King and the comedy The Wrong Girls.