‘Send Help’ & ‘Iron Lung’ Continue To Battle Over Slow Super Bowl Weekend – Box Office Preview

‘Send Help’ & ‘Iron Lung’ Continue To Battle Over Slow Super Bowl Weekend – Box Office Preview

This year's Super Bowl weekend has Sam Raimi island thriller Send Help and Markiplier's Iron Lung fighting over first place (again).

Box Office Predictions: Send Help will lead a quiet Super Bowl Weekend

Chris Super Bowl weekend is notoriously quiet as far as new releases go, but usually at least one studio “tries” with a fairly notable release. After all, some movies have unexpectedly broken through. I remember vividly when Taken, a movie that actually sat on the shelf for a full year and had already leaked online (in addition to getting a European release), was an unexpected smash, making Liam Neeson an unlikely (at the time) action star. Yet,…

Raimi’s survival thriller ‘Send Help’ splatters onto screens

“No help is coming, this is how things are now,” says Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) in Sam Raimi’s new comedy thriller “Send Help,” released Jan. 30. After the private plane taking Linda and her insufferable boss Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien) on a trip for work crashes into the Pacific Ocean, the unlikely duo must survive long enough to be rescued while tensions grow between the two.  Bradley dislikes Linda because of her less than ideal workp…

Box Office Breakdown! Send Help Gets Rescued! Iron Lung Gets Choked Up! And More!

Send Help was rescued, opening at number one with $19 million. Iron Lung got choked up, opening at number two with $17.8 million. Melania was third lady and Zootopia 2 was wild at number four. Mercy was cruel, plummeting to number seven after one week on top, while Marty Supreme hung on to the chart at number nine. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple rounded out the top ten.    Check out the full box office chart below. Until next time, happy movie g