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Weekend Box Office Predictions

Forecasts driven by cultural trend signals — with a public, scored track record.

This weekend's forecast

Weekend of Jul 17, 2026

Generated 2026-07-16 · model weekend-v1.2
Projected #1

The Odyssey

#1 opening

$61.6M

$52.4M–$72.7M

Top-10 total

$124.8M

Track record

56 /100

6 scored weekends

The Odyssey (2026) opens at the top with a projected $61.6M. Projected top-10 weekend total: $125M. 1 new wide release in the mix, projected from pre-release cross-platform reach — the trend signal that best predicts opening gross.

Predicted top 10

opener holdover

#FilmStageProjectedRange
1The Odysseyopening$61.6M$52.4M–$72.7M
2Moanaholdover$25.9M$22.0M–$29.8M
3Toy Story 5holdover$10.6M$9.0M–$12.2M
4Minions & Monstersholdover$8.9M$7.6M–$10.2M
5Evil Dead Burnholdover$7.8M$6.6M–$9.0M
6Young Washingtonholdover$2.8M$2.3M–$3.2M
7The Inviteholdover$2.5M$2.2M–$2.9M
8Obsessionholdover$2.0M$1.7M–$2.3M
9Supergirlholdover$1.4M$1.2M–$1.7M
10Disclosure Dayholdover$1.3M$1.1M–$1.5M

How these forecasts work

We backtested recent wide releases and found that a film's cross-platform reach — how broadly buzz breaks out across platforms in our trend engine — tracks opening gross at roughly +0.77 correlation, while the raw trend score is actually anti-correlated (−0.83) because it saturates on niche titles. Openers are projected from pre-release cross-platform reach × estimated screens; holdovers decay from last weekend's actuals, modulated by current trend momentum. Every forecast is scored against actuals after the weekend — the track record below is real, not curated.

Track record

56/100 avg 100% called #1

Weekend of Jul 10, 2026

9 films scored

Called #1: Moana

Weekend total error +34% · in-range 11%

50/100

Weekend of Jul 3, 2026

9 films scored

Called #1: Minions & Monsters

Weekend total error +45% · in-range 11%

13/100

Weekend of Jun 26, 2026

8 films scored

Called #1: Toy Story 5

Weekend total error +2% · in-range 38%

79/100

Weekend of Jun 19, 2026

8 films scored

Called #1: Toy Story 5

Weekend total error -49% · in-range 25%

63/100

Weekend of Jun 12, 2026

6 films scored

Called #1: Disclosure Day

Weekend total error +24% · in-range 50%

62/100

Weekend of Jun 5, 2026

7 films scored

Called #1: Scary Movie

Weekend total error +10% · in-range 29%

67/100