Hotel Transylvania 3 arrives at 4,200 locations and should take the box office title with more than 40 million dollars. The two previous films in the animated franchise also opened in the range of 40 million.
Dwayne Johnson stars in the action-thriller Skyscraper. The production budget exceeded 120 million dollars, meaning a debut at 35 million dollars would be a disaster. The movie is set in Hong Kong and The Rock attracts crowds in Asia, which is where the movie will have to make up for red ink in North America.
It is possible that Ant-Man and the Wasp will earn more than Skyscraper. It’s very rare for a Dwayne Johnson movie to open in third place. Only the really bad ones like Tooth Fairy and Baywatch start that low. (Box Office Mojo)