‘Death Race’ looks to run down ‘Thunder’
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The comparable frame from last summer rung up less than $109 million, the second-smallest tally of the boxoffice season. A similarly underwhelming industry performance is likely this weekend, despite four new titles hitting the marketplace in wide release.
Still, one of the market entrants is well-positioned to capture the boxoffice flag of the summer’s penultimate session, thanks to relatively weak competition from new releases and holdovers alike. “Death Race,” Universal’s remake of the 1975 thriller “Death Race 2000,” will try to go for the gold — supported primarily by young male moviegoers — with a bow in the mid- to high-teen millions.
- from THR