‘Rampage’ Tracking For $35 Million Opening Weekend
Blockbuster kingDwayne “The Rock” Johnsonprobably has another hit on his hands with the video game adaptationRampage. EarlyRampagetracking indicates the disaster film will take in a cool $35 million for its opening weekend. In other words, it’ll do better thanBaywatch.
Are you excited to see Dwayne Johnson interact with a giant CGI gorilla inRampage? There’s a good chance you are, because according toVariety, there’s 44% “definite interest” in seeing the film among general audiences. On top of that, the film is tracking for a $35 million opening weekend, which will put it in line with most of Johnson’s non-Fast and the Furiousfilms. Here’s a breakdown of the opening weekend box office of Johnson’s last six films.
Dwayne Johnson Box Office Breakdown
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle– $36,169,328Baywatch– $18,503,871The Fate of the Furious– $98,786,705Moana– $56,631,401Central Intelligence– $35,535,250San Andreas– $54,588,173
It’s kind of bizarre to me that among all the non-Furiousfilms (and excludingMoana, which features Johnson in voice only),San Andreashad the biggest opening weekend. Were people reallythatexcited to seeSan Andreas? If so, why? No wonder the studio gave the greenlight toa sequel.
InRampage, Johnson plays a primatologist who gets caught up in a destructive adventure involving his genetically mutated gorilla George, and some other big-ass monsters. Here’s a trailer.
Rampage Trailer
Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Rampagewas originally set for a late-April, but Warner Bros.shuffled the dateto April 13 afterAvengers: Infinity Warmoved from May to April 27. Dwayne Johnson may draw a crowd, but not even his considerable star power is enough for Warner Bros. to take onInfinity War.
This isn’t the only Dwayne Johnson film pummeling multiplexes in 2018. The actor also hasSkyscraperhitting theaters in July.
Rampage,starring Dwayne Johnson,Naomie Harris,Malin Åkerman,Joe Manganiello,Jake Lacy,Marley Shelton, andJeffrey Dean Morgan, opensApril 13, 2018.
