Last weekend demonstrated most moviegoers prefer to stay away from theaters during a pandemic. Even after fudging the weekend box office with previous box office, Tenet [TENET] proved too embarrassingly low for Warner Bros. to break down the actual box office. Without the real numbers for opening weekend, it’s hard to project how Tenet will do during its second weekend. There’s some good news as Tenet will play at Drive-In theaters in the previously shutout Los Angeles County as well as at newly opened theaters in neighboring Orange County. Tenet is likely to gross anywhere from $5 to $9 million.
After hopscotching around the release calendar, The Broken Hearts Gallery [BHGAL] finally opens wide in 2204 theaters. Sony targets young women with the PG-13 rated romantic comedy. The Broken Hearts Gallery may admit about $2.5 million.
The New Mutants [NMUTN] looks to lock up another $1.5 million for its third weekend.
That’s the whisper from the virtual trading floor.