Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior Show, where I’m scrambling to get this finished before Tuesday, since I’m working the polls again on primary election day, which is a 17-hour day of work where I mostly have to remain offline.
So far, this has been a pretty great summer at the box office, mostly thanks to a couple of underdog indie horror movies that have both done far better than expected, and with the start of the ACTUAL summer, we just had a brand-new Pixar Animation sequel, which did huge business, that will lead to at least one more week at #1. Going up against it are three new wide (or wide-ish) releases that I discuss in this week’s Weekend Warrior Show, and I’ve also included my latest interview, this one with filmmaker Rod Davis Lurie, whose new movie, LUCKY STRIKE, is one of those three movies.
The big movie this weekend is the first superhero movie of the year (if you can believe that) with DC Entertainment’s SUPERGIRL spinning off from last year’s summer blockbuster, Superman, and continuing James Gunn’s reign as co-head of Warners’ DC universe. This one is directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella, I, Tonya), and it stars Milly Alcock from House of the Dragon (which I really must catch up on since its third season started this past Sunday) as well as Jason Momoa in his second DC role as the popular anti-hero Lobo. I’ll have a video review for this later this week, but in the meantime, you can learn my thoughts on its box office potential in this week’s Weekend Warrior Show above.
Oh, and you can watch my video review for Supergirl below:
Going up against that is Johnny Knoxville and company’s swan song with JACKASS: BEST AND LAST from Paramount Pictures, and as some of you may know, I have never EVER seen a Jackass film, nor do I plan to change that after 24 years. There is probably still a fanbase for Knoxville’s crazy bro stunts, although they’ve been showing diminishing returns with each new installment since Jackass 3D in 2010. Yes, that was 16 years ago. Time flies when you’re acting dumb. This one is a bit of a clip show with moments from the previous movies, as well as some new footage. You can hear my thoughts and analysis on that movie’s box office potential in this week’s show, as well.
Rod Davis Lurie (The Contender) is back with his second movie of the past year (after The Senior, starring Michael Chiklis), with the WWII survival movie, LUCKY STRIKE (Roadside Attractions/Saban Films). This one stars Scott Eastwood as Captain Jack Castle, a WWII army officer, whose small group is wiped out by S.S. agents, leaving him alone behind enemy lines trying to survive. As I mention in this week’s show, I haven’t been able to get a theater count for Lucky Strike yet, but hopefully, it will get at least as wide a release as David Mackenzie’s Fuze earlier this year.
It’s always exciting to get a new movie from Lurie, as I’ve been a fan since The Last Castle, and while I’ve tacked my interview with him at the tail end of this week’s Weekend Warrior Show, you can also watch it below, so you have TWO ways of learning more about Lucky Strike. (I’ll also have a review later this week, hopefully.)
UPDATED Box Office Predictions for 6/26/2026
Box Office Data Provided by The-Numbers.com
Weds 6/24 Update: With more information coming in and reviews about to hit for Supergirl, I’m significantly lowering my predictions for BOTH new wide releases this weekend, and I’m more bummed that early ticket sales for Supergirl seem to be pointing to an even lower opening than I previously predicted. Jackass: Best and Last is what it is, but yeah, this is bad news for both DC Entertainment AND Paramount if the latter is about to take over the former.
1. Toy Story 5 (Disney/Pixar) - $75 million -53%
2. Supergirl (Warner Bros.) - $51.8 million N/A (down. $4.4 million)
3. Jackass: Best and Last (Paramount) - $16.6 million N/A (down $4.2 million)
4. Obsession (Focus Features) - $10 million -25%
5. Disclosure Day (Universal) - $8.8 million -50%
6. Backrooms (A24) - $4 million -44%
7. Masters of the Universe (Amazon MGM) - $3.3 million -47%
8. Scary Movie (Paramount) - $3.1 million -52%
9. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Lucasfilm/Disney) - $2.1 million -46%
10. Lucky Strike (Roadside Attractions/Saban) - $1.6 million N/A
Again, I’m hoping there will be a Print Edition later this week with some reviews, although I’ve only seen a few movies to review so far, plus I won’t be able to do ANY writing on Tuesday (and Wednesday may be needed to recuperate), so we’ll see how that goes.
Next week, it’s the 250th birthday of the United States of America, and Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s animated sequel Minions and Monsters is going up against Angel Studio’s Young Washington.
