2020 Box Office Predictions
In release order
NOTE: This prediction list is archived due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I will keep this list for a reminder of what could have been. Though updates may happen due to a film’s reception. Explanations for my thoughts will be given to films that didn’t make their release dates.
NOTE: This prediction list is archived due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I will keep this list for a reminder of what could have been. Though updates may happen due to a film’s reception. Explanations for my thoughts will be given to films that didn’t make their release dates.
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- DirectorCathy YanStarsMargot RobbieRosie PerezMary Elizabeth WinsteadAfter splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.Opening: $55,000,000
Domestic: $143,000,000
Overseas: $293,000,000
Worldwide: $436,000,000
Predicted RT: 63%
Actual RT: 78% - DirectorJeff FowlerStarsBen SchwartzJames MarsdenJim CarreyAfter discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help him defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on him.Opening: $57,000,000
Domestic: $165,000,000
Overseas: $338,000,000
Worldwide: $503,000,000
Predicted RT: 73%
Actual RT: 63% - DirectorDan ScanlonStarsTom HollandChris PrattJulia Louis-DreyfusIn a magical world full of technological advances, elven brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot set out on an adventure to resurrect their late father for a day.Opening: $65,000,000
Domestic: $234,000,000
Overseas: $467,000,000
Worldwide: $701,000,000
Predicted RT: 91%
Actual RT: 88% - DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntMillicent SimmondsCillian MurphyFollowing the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.Opening: $75,000,000
Domestic: $195,000,000
Overseas: $267,000,000
Worldwide: $462,000,000
Predicted RT: 84%
Actual RT: 91% - DirectorNiki CaroStarsLiu YifeiDonnie YenGong LiTo keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.Opening: $79,000,000
Domestic: $206,000,000
Overseas: $550,000,000
Worldwide: $756,000,000
Predicted RT: 54%
Actual RT: 73% - DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsDaniel CraigAna de ArmasRami MalekJames Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.Opening: $82,000,000
Domestic: $219,000,000
Overseas: $688,000,000
Worldwide: $907,000,000
Predicted RT: 74%
Actual RT: 83% - DirectorWalt DohrnDavid P. SmithStarsAnna KendrickJustin TimberlakeRachel BloomWhen the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.Opening: $32,000,000
Domestic: $115,000,000
Overseas: $312,000,000
Worldwide: $427,000,000
Predicted RT: 60%
Actual RT: 71% - DirectorCate ShortlandStarsScarlett JohanssonFlorence PughDavid HarbourNatasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.Opening: $136,000,000
Domestic: $365,000,000
Overseas: $708,000,000
Worldwide: $1,073,000,000
Predicted RT: 83%
Actual RT: 79% - DirectorTony CervoneStarsWill ForteMark WahlbergJason IsaacsScooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.Opening: $34,000,000
Domestic: $107,000,000
Overseas: $209,000,000
Worldwide: $316,000,000
Predicted RT: 65%
Actual RT: 48% - DirectorJustin LinStarsVin DieselMichelle RodriguezJordana BrewsterDom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother.Opening: $91,000,000
Domestic: $223,000,000
Overseas: $912,000,000
Worldwide: $1,135,000,000
Predicted RT: 70%
Actual RT: 59% - DirectorTim HillStarsTim HillClancy BrownBill FagerbakkeAfter SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to the Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.Opening: $60,000,000
Domestic: $184,000,000
Overseas: $354,000,000
Worldwide: $538,000,000
Predicted RT: 76%
Actual RT: 67% - DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineKristen WiigDiana must contend with a colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.Opening: $145,000,000
Domestic: $375,000,000
Overseas: $554,000,000
Worldwide: $929,000,000
Predicted RT: 85%
Actual RT: 58% - DirectorPete DocterKemp PowersStarsJamie FoxxTina FeyGraham NortonJoe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.Opening: $73,000,000
Domestic: $279,000,000
Overseas: $475,000,000
Worldwide: $754,000,000
Predicted RT: 97%
Actual RT: 95% - DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles TellerAfter thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.Opening: $84,000,000
Domestic: $236,000,000
Overseas: $518,000,000
Worldwide: $754,000,000
Predicted RT: 84%
Actual RT: 97% - DirectorKyle BaldaBrad AblesonJonathan del ValStarsSteve CarellPierre CoffinAlan ArkinThe untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.Opening: $70,000,000
Domestic: $211,000,000
Overseas: $682,000,000
Worldwide: $893,000,000
Predicted RT: 61%
Actual RT: 70% - DirectorJason ReitmanStarsCarrie CoonPaul RuddFinn WolfhardWhen a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.Opening: $75,000,000
Domestic: $216,000,000
Overseas: $407,000,000
Worldwide: $623,000,000
Predicted RT: 75%
Actual RT: 63% - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJohn David WashingtonRobert PattinsonElizabeth DebickiArmed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.Opening: $68,000,000
Domestic: $239,000,000
Overseas: $471,000,000
Worldwide: $710,000,000
Predicted RT: 93%
Actual RT: 69% - DirectorLoren BouchardBernard DerrimanStarsH. Jon BenjaminKristen SchaalDan MintzWhen a sinkhole in front of Bob's Burgers threatens the Belchers' plans for a successful summer, Bob and Linda try to keep their business going, while the kids attempt to save the restaurant by solving a mystery.Opening: $27,000,000
Domestic: $93,000,000
Overseas: $52,000,000
Worldwide: $145,000,000
Predicted RT: 84%
Actual RT: 86% - DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsDwayne JohnsonEmily BluntEdgar RamírezBased on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.Opening: $67,000,000
Domestic: $209,000,000
Overseas: $469,000,000
Worldwide: $678,000,000
Predicted RT: 68%
Actual RT: 62% - DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsJared LetoMatt SmithAdria ArjonaBiochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.Opening: $57,000,000
Domestic: $153,000,000
Overseas: $371,000,000
Worldwide: $524,000,000
Predicted RT: 77%
Actual RT: 17% - DirectorMichael ChavesStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRuairi O'ConnorArne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.Opening: $42,000,000
Domestic: $107,000,000
Overseas: $266,000,000
Worldwide: $373,000,000
Predicted RT: 74%
Actual RT: 56% - DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsRalph FiennesGemma ArtertonRhys IfansIn the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.Opening: $30,000,000
Domestic: $79,000,000
Overseas: $241,000,000
Worldwide: $320,000,000
Predicted RT: 49%
Actual RT: 41% - DirectorAndy SerkisStarsTom HardyWoody HarrelsonMichelle WilliamsEddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.Opening: $73,000,000
Domestic: $193,000,000
Overseas: $667,000,000
Worldwide: $860,000,000
Predicted RT: 46%
Actual RT: 59% - DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJamie Lee CurtisJudy GreerAndi MatichakSurviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.Opening: $67,000,000
Domestic: $150,000,000
Overseas: $100,000,000
Worldwide: $250,000,000
Predicted RT: 76%
Actual RT: 40% - DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsGemma ChanRichard MaddenAngelina JolieThe saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.Opening: $91,000,000
Domestic: $250,000,000
Overseas: $434,000,000
Worldwide: $684,000,000
Predicted RT: 90%
Actual RT: 47% - DirectorAdam WingardStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMillie Bobby BrownRebecca HallThe epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.Opening: $90,000,000
Domestic: $234,000,000
Overseas: $602,000,000
Worldwide: $836,000,000
Predicted RT: 62%
Actual RT: 75% - DirectorDon HallCarlos López EstradaPaul BriggsStarsKelly Marie TranAwkwafinaGemma ChanIn a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.Domestic: $273,000,000
Overseas: $518,000,000
Worldwide: $791,000,000
Predicted RT: 88%
Actual RT: 93% - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.This one’s extremely hard to predict, It could be a Billion dollar goldmine, Or a massive Box Office Bomb. So no prediction until we see how big the hype is. But one thing’s for certain, Considering it’s directed by Denis Villeneuve, It will very likely be critically acclaimed.
Predicted RT: 89%
Actual RT: 83%