The first two Riddick movies, 2000's Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick, have a combined domestic gross of $97 million. While neither wowed critically, Diesel's Furyan mercenary has an ever growing fanbase. This is most easily seen by comparing the opening weekends of Pitch Black ($11.5 million) and Chronicles ($24 million), which shows about a 110% increase. If Riddick continues that trend, then it's in for a $50 million opening weekend. The factors that will make that impossible include the nine year wait since Chronicles and the move to the first weekend of September rather than the beginning of June. However it is the only new nationwide release this weekend, so matching that film's $24 million opening should be possible.
Tune in next week to see if The Family will get scared away by Insidious Chapter 2.
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