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Sorry, but it’s going to be another blasé weekend at the box office with college and high school students still in scholar mode. Two new titles — Universal/Blumhouse’s The Visit and Sony/Screen Gems’ thriller Perfect Guy — are each looking at $15M-$17M per industry projections. Perfect has an edge given the momentum…

FINAL UPDATE, TUESDAY, 2:45 PM: With Top 20 chart Sony/Affirm’s War Room came in better than expected over four days with $13.38M, giving the Kendrick Brothers film an 11-day cume of $28.7M. However, in a complete eye-opener, Broad Green’s A Walk In The Woods stole No. 2 from Universal/Legendary’s Straight Outta Compto…

6TH UPDATE, Monday 2:05PM with final B.O. chart: Following 8:35AM post. Sony/AFFIRM’s Kendrick Brothers’ War Room came in higher at $11.4M, thanks to a better-than-anticipated hold on Sunday of $3.4M which reps a -12% dip from Saturday’s $3.87M. As is standard with faith-based titles, its target audience heads to…

Newcomers this weekend are performing as expected in what is anticipated to be a weak, end-of-summer three-day. Three new films are competing for moviegoers in the final weekend before Labor Day, and the faith-based War Room from Fireproof director Alex Kendrick is leading the new entries so far to pull in (as it…

In previous years, a Zac Efron title and an Owen Wilson-Pierce Brosnan combo would have moved the needle at the box office. But these are the dog days of August, and if you think last weekend was slow, you might enjoy the luxury of being the only person in the theater if you head out to a matinee on Friday. That’s…

Sony’s Tristar Pictures has slotted faith-based drama War Room, the fifth film from Alex and Stephen Kendrick (Fireproof, Courageous) for an August 28 premiere. The film follows Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But…