Following a slower than expected Memorial Day and a slow first June weekend, two titles entering nationwide release hope to shake things up; Warner Brothers’ new franchise-reboot Ocean’s 8 and A24’s buzzy indie horror drama Hereditary, which looks poised to be a potential sleeper hit. Meanwhile, Hotel Artemis will hope to grab some attention as it also opens nationwide.

The biggest opening of the weekend is Ocean’s 8, the Warner Brothers reboot of the Steven Soderbergh franchise, this time featuring a smaller cast comprised of all women. Comparisons to the Ghostbusters remake have been tossed around, obviously, but Ocean’s 8 is in a significantly better place; not only is the budget far smaller ($70 million versus Ghostbusters‘ $144 million) but has also not received nearly the same dose of controversy that plagued Sony’s remake leading up to release. Current tracking has the heist-comedy at around $35-$45 million. Considering its less action-heavy nature, it may serve as solid counter programming to the summer mega blockbusters, most of which have already hit theaters.

Next up is the much buzzed about horror flick Hereditary, which made a big splash at Sundance and has rode a wave of hype since then. A24 is opening the title in a massive 2,800 locations, by far their biggest release to date. However, the smaller nature of the fledgling studio makes it a bit hard to predict, as most of their titles begin in limited release and expand later on; currently, their highest grossing film is Lady Bird, which made just shy of $49 million without reaching more than 1,557 consecutive theaters. Their widest release up until now was It Comes at Night, another buzzed film released on this same weekend last year, which underperformed following toxic word of mouth and allegations of false marketing.

While predictions are currently targeting an opening between $5-9 million, there’s reason to believe this could break out; for one, horror has been on a roll this year. If Hereditary manages to match the per theater average of Winchester, it will be over $10 million. Considering the film is much more true to its advertising (having seen an early screening a few weeks ago) it could become a breakout hit. Anything in the low teens or higher would be a big win for A24.

Also opening is Global Road’s Hotel Artemis, which could possibly miss the top 10 based on early tracking. The review embargo just lifted today, and critics are generally on board with 71%. The problem is that there hasn’t been much marketing, and the premise isn’t particularly commercially viable. Despite opening in over 2,400 locations, the film looks poised to open more in line with titles like Gringo and The Hurricane Heist than something like Upgrade.

Among holdovers, Solo and Deadpool 2 will both be scoring around $12-14 million, while last weeks titles Adrift and Upgrade will likely drop around 50% in their second outings.

Predictions

Oceans 8 – $38.5M Deadpool 2 – $13.5M Hereditary – $13.2M Solo – $13M Adrift – $6M

Hotel Artemis – $2.5M