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Heres how this weekends box office race might play out. Thats similar to howAnchorman 2performed when it bowed the weekend before Christmas with $26.2 million. Reviews havent been great, andDaddys Homecurrently holds a27 percent ratingon Rotten Tomatoes. Credit: David James/2015 Lucasfilm LTD. Its opening in about 3,200 locations with a budget of about $50 million. Opening in about 2,700 theaters, its expected to debut somewhere in the low to mid teens....

Which beast will come out on top? Check out EWs March 10-12 box office estimates below. The only thing standing inLogans way is the potentially mammoth earning power of fellow tentpoleKong: Skull Island. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures 1 finish is still on the table for the James Mangold-directed picture. ExpectThe Shackto follow in that films footsteps, falling between 20 and 40 percent through Sunday. Both should do solid business thanks to pre-release buzz, thoughPersonalShopperwill likely edge outRawthanks to Stewarts star power....

The fourth installment in theHunger Gamesfranchise is the first film to pull a threepeat sinceStraight Outta Comptonin August. (The Martianwas No. 1 in four out of five weekends after its release in October.) Credit: Murray Close/Courtesy Everett Collection Starring Adam Scott and Toni Collette,Krampusopened in 2,902 theaters and earned a B- grade from CinemaScore. (Although its close enough that things could change when final numbers are released on Monday.) Although Pixars latest film was expected to challengeMockingjayfor first place this weekend, it actually ended up in fourth....

Ron HowardsIn the Heart of the Searan aground this weekend, debuting to a measly $11 million. The story is believed to have inspired Herman MelvillesMoby Dick. Warner Bros. last release of 2015 will bePoint Break, which opens on Dec. 25. Credit: Jonathan Prime/Courtesy Everett Collection (The Martianspent four non-consecutive weekends at No. Its domestic total is now at $79.3 million. AndKrampusfell to fifth in its second weekend, dropping just over 50 percent to $8 million....

Not even three new wide releases could dethrone the king of the jungle. The Huntsmanearned $9.39 million toKeanus$9.35 million, falling 52 percent in its second weekend. The sequel to 2012sSnow White and the Huntsmannow has a domestic total of $34 million. Credit: Disney Sylvester Stallone and Paul Giamatti lent their voices to the animated adventure, which only earned a B CinemaScore. The third installment in theBarbershopseries has now earned an estimated $44....

Po the Panda is back at the top of the box office. But whileKung Fu Panda 3soared, this weekends other new releases fell a little flat. DisneysThe Finest Hoursfaced rough waters, debuting to only $10.3 million in 3,143 locations. Fifty Shades of Black,on the other hand, barely managed to scrape ninth place. While the non-animated new releases flopped, three holdovers instead populated the rest of the top five. Last weeks champion,The Revenant,fared the best with an estimated $12....

Talk about making the jump to lightspeed. On Friday,The Force Awakensmade $49.3 million domestically for thehighest-grossing Christmas Day of all time. The PG-rated comedy, which stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, earned a B+ CinemaScore. Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd./Courtesy Everett Collection It earned a B+ CinemaScore and opened in 2,896 locations. Two holdovers rounded out the top five, withSisterspulling ahead to secure fourth place with $13.88 million. Its domestic total is now at $39....

Internationally,Zootopiaadded another $83.1 million for a global total of $431.3 million. But whileZootopiamaintained its claim to first place,four new wide releases also hit theaters, to mixed results. As for the three other new releases? Credit: Walt Disney Animation Studios They didnt even manage to crack the top five. The Young Messiahonly pulled in $3.4 million in 1,761 theaters. Cohen stars inGrimsbyas a football hooligan who teams up with his brother on a spy mission....

Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians crew have done it again! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. This weekend bringsGotGV2s worldwide total to $632.3 million. Credit: Film Frame/Marvel Studios However, in terms of box office hauls,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Coming in second is new releaseSnatched. This doesnt bode well for the film, which was reportedly made for around $170 million. Also cracking the top 10 at No. 8 isLowriders, which stars Demian Bichir, Eva Longoria, Melissa Benoist, and Gabrial Chavarria....

Making a dismal $10.3 million at No. 5 is the video game adaptationAssassins Creed, a $125 million production starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. On the prestige front, Denzel WashingtonsFencesadded 2,229 locations over the weekend, finishing the weekend at No. Credit: Sony Pictures; Kerry Brown; Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm LFL 2016 The number drastically increases to a much brighter $11.4 million with Mondays sales included. The presumptive Best Picture contender has thus far earned $35....

The film also earns an A grade on CinemaScore from polled moviegoers. In terms of total global numbers,Rogue Oneamasses $290.5 million, opening at No. 1 in all markets around the world. Credit: Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm Internationally, the films $135.5 million gross notches the fourth highest December opening of all time. Still on the films docket are openings in heavy-hitting territories like China and Korea. The film sees a larger-than-average fall for a winter comedy....

Transformers: The Last Knighthas touched down in a prime position. The latest movie in the franchise brought in an estimated $45.3 million in its opening weekend. (Dark of the Moonscored the rare Aandwent on to make $1.1 billion worldwide.) (Age of Extinctionalso crossed the $1 billion mark.) As forWonder Woman, this weeks figures prove to be another impressive feat for DCs latest big-screen superhero. This brings the films domestic total to $38....

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Does the world really need another boxing movie? Then again, boxing movies are rarely about just boxing. Credit: ILLUSTRATION by RYAN INZANA for EW Theyre ready-made metaphor machines.The Fighteris about blue-collar pride and brotherly love. Ali is about political defiance and principle. Rocky, of course, wants to make his gruff, cauliflower-eared father figure, Mickey, proud. It doesnt even have to be between men....