Warner Bros. is getting ready to roll out its highly-anticipated female leadOcean’s 8, a spin-off of director Steven Soderbergh’sOcean’s Eleventrilogy, and it seems this could be a sleeper hit of the summer. Early box office tracking has putOcean’s 8between $30 million and $45 million for its opening weekend. While we’ll have to wait about three weeks to see how it really fares in theaters, this high-profile spin-off has the advantage of debuting right in between some of thissummer’s biggest movies.
Ocean’s 8will be going up against Global Road’s action-thrillerHotel Artemisand A24’s thrillerHereditary, and while both of those movies will arrive in wide release, they likely won’t get quite as wide a release asOcean’s 8, which will likely be somewhere between a 3,500 and 3,750 theater-count debut. The movie has an estimated production budget of $70 million, a modest figure that could meanOcean’s Eightmight be profitable right away, provided it fares well at the international box office as well.
Ocean’s 8also has the advantage of being far enough removed fromAvengers: Infinity War, and even fromDeadpool 2, which is projected to open big around $150 million this weekend.Solo: A Star Wars Storyopens next weekend and, depending on how big its opening weekend is (currently projected at $170 million), it may still have enough juice to remain in the top spot in its third weekend, whenOcean’s 8arrives, but that also depends on how much it drops off during its second and third weekends.
Thisnew heist adventurehas no shortage of star power, with Sandra Bullock starring asDebbie Ocean, the sister of George Clooney’s character Danny Ocean from Steven Soderbergh’sOcean’s Eleven,Ocean’s TwelveandOcean’s Thirteen. She leads a team of female thieves as they plan a daring heist at the annual Met Gala in New York City.Her team includesCate Blanchett’s Lou, Anne Hathaway’s Daphne, Helena Bonham Carter’s Rose, Mindy Kaling’s Amita, Sarah Paulson’s Tammy, Rihanna’s Nine Ball and Awkwafina’s Constance. The supporting cast includes Richard Armitage, Dakota Fanning, Olivia Munn and originalOcean’sfranchise stars Matt Damon as Linus Caldwell and Carl Reiner as Saul Bloom.
Gary Ross directsOcean’s 8from a screenplay he co-wrote with Olivia Milch, with Steven Soderbergh producing. There had long been rumors that George Clooney would reprise his role as Danny Ocean, since Sandra Bullock is playing Danny’s sister, but those rumors were frequently debunked. However, if thisOcean’s 8spin-off is a success, it could lead to more crossover possibilities with the rest of theOcean’scast, but that all depends on how wellOcean’s 8actually performs when it hits theaters June 8. This new report also reveals that “first choice” and “definite awareness” is strongest in females over 25, while “unaided awareness,” a huge statistic when it comes to ad buyers, is strongest among females under 25. you may head over toDeadlinefor their full report onOcean’s 8and its box office prospects.
