'Avengers: Endgame' faces 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu' this weekend, but it will likely still dominate the box office.
Boxoffice.com's chief analyst Shawn Robbins wrote that"Detective Pikachu" will"benefit from both its multi-generation appeal and the fact that it provides a shorter, PG-rated, family-friendly option" but added that the movie"hasn't quite excelled to the levels once expected in long range reports."CNN's Brian Lowry wrote
that it"isn't that bad, and the movie arrives helpfully armed with a couple decades worth of equity and goodwill; still, once you've gotten your fill of its wisecracking namesake, even grading on a curve, it isn't good." While"Endgame's" domestic gross last weekend was huge at $147 million, it fell short of the second-weekend record held by"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" . It had a bigger second-weekend decline than"Avengers: Infinity War." In its third weekend,"Infinity War" fell another 46% with $62 million. If"Endgame" were to drop that much this weekend, it would earn around $80 million.
"Detective Pikachu" is the first major summer release to try to give"Endgame" a run for its money. Last weekend saw smaller films hit theaters that ultimately didn't have a chance, including the romantic comedy"Long Shot" and STX Entertainment's animated flop,"UglyDolls." The latter became theSTX is releasing another movie this weekend,"Poms," which is expected to be another stinker at the box office.
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