‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel and ‘Inside Out 2’ Duke It Out for No. 1, ‘Horizon’ Left in Dust

The June box office is ending on a high note as A Quiet Place: Day One becomes the latest film to overperform. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for Kevin Costner’s big-budget Horizon: An American Saga.

Lupita Nyong’o as Samira and Joseph Quinn as Eric in A Quiet Place: Day One — Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn in **A Quiet Place: Day One** PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is in closer-than-expected race with Pixar’s reigning champ Inside Out 2 for the weekend box office crown

Quiet Place 3 won Friday with estimated $22.5 million, on course for a domestic debut of $53 million to $55 million, the best of the franchise for a three-day number.

Heading into the weekend, the sci-fi horror thriller was tracking to open to $40 million-plus, considering franchise creator John Krasinski didn’t direct this time; nor did Emily Blunt star.

Michael Sarnoski (Pig) was brought on to helm Day One, based on a story he and Krasinski came up with together. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn star in the $70 million picture, which boasts generally strong reviews and a B+ CinemaScore, a good grade for a horror pic.

The 18-to-24 crowd is fueling the film, along with an ethnically diverse audience.

It also took over many Imax and premium large-format screens from Inside Out 2, which is now in its third weekend.

A Quiet Place Franchise

The Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place was a sleeper hit at the 2018 box office, opening to $50 million despite virtually no dialogue.

A Quiet Place: Part II, hitting theaters over Memorial Day in 2022 as the box office was still in recovery mode from the pandemic, posted a four-day holiday gross of $57 million, including $47 million for the three-day weekend.

Day One continues the June box office rebound, begun by Bad Boys: Ride or Die and cemented by Pixar and Disney’s blockbuster Inside Out 2.

Inside Out 2: The “New” Barbie Phenom

Inside Out 2 is on the verge of becoming the first film since Barbie nearly a year ago to clear the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It’s already one of the top 10 grossing animated films of all time, not adjusted for inflation.

Inside Out 2 grossed an estimated $17 million on Friday for weekend haul in the $55 million to $59 million range.

A Quite Place: Day One–Prequel Outperforms at Box-Office

‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel and ‘Inside Out 2’ Duke It Out for No. 1, ‘Horizon’ Left in Dust

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