The Equalizer Movie Likely To Bring In Between $28 Million And $30 Million In The Box Office!
American actor, film producer and director Denzel Washington is probably Hollywood's most persistent hitter.
The Oscar-winning actor's name above the title plays a crucial role in fetching adult crowd to his dramas and thrillers. Washington's upcoming, 'The Equalizer" is estimated to bring in between $28 million and $30 million. The movie is produced by Village Roadshow and Sony Pictures for $55 million. Scheduled to be released in 3,234 locations, the studio says it will be satisfied with a mid-to-high $20 million range debut.
Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com said, "Denzel Washington doesn't miss," he continued, "He's one of the last foolproof actors working. He hasn't really had any bombs."
Over the course of his career, Washington's films have earned a whopping $2.1 billion besides a pair of Academy Awards. Between 2003 and 2004, Washington starred in numerous thrillers performed excellent at the box office, including Out of Time, Man on Fire and The Manchurian Candidate. Since 2003, no film starring him has earned less than $20 million.
Sony is hoping that "The Equalizer" will surpass the success and spark a new action series. The Equalizer will get together Washington's team of "Training Day", a crime thriller film and film director Atoine Fuqua. The return is believed to stoke audience interest. The thriller is an extremely loose adoption of the CBS show which revolved around an affable crime fighting Brit. It sets Robert McCall (Washington) in competition with the Russian criminal with an inclination towards cruelty and tattooing. Anticipate seeing innovative and brutal uses for corkscrews and power drills.
"The Equalizer" will compete with 3D stop motion animated fantasy-comedy, "The Boxtrolls". The film in 3D and 2D will be distributed across 3,464 locations and is estimated to pick up between $15 million and $16 million. The movie is directorial venture of Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi and is based on Alan Snow's novel Here Be Monsters!
The movie features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning and Tracy Morgan and revolves around a young boy who's raised by trolls.
Jeff Bock, an analyst at Exhibitor Relations said, "Fans of stop motion are more cinephiles and that doesn't always translate into really big box office," he added "even though there hasn't been a new animated film in the marketplace for two months, there's a limit to the audience that it can reach."