According To The variety Will Optimus Prime and Megatron be able to scare off the
Ghost With the Most?

Paramount
and Hasbro’s animated “Transformers
One,” an origin story about the feuding
Autobots and Decepticons, is targeting $30 million to $40 million in its
opening weekend. Based on those projections, it’ll easily dethrone the two-time
champion, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The spooky Warner Bros. sequel is looking
to add roughly $25 million in its third weekend of release. “Beetlejuice 2” has
grossed $188 million domestically and $264 million globally to date.

“Toy
Story 4” director Josh Cooley helmed “Transformers One,” which cost $75 million
and features the ensemble voice cast of Chris Hemsworth (as Optimus Prime),
Brian Tyree Henry (as Megatron), as well as Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael
Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm. It is the franchise’s
first theatrical animated film since 1986’s “The Transformers: The Movie.” That
film was a box office disappointment, though its
reputation among fans has improved over
the years. “Transformers One” has been favorably reviewed and holds a 91% on
Rotten Tomatoes. Variety’s Todd
Gilchrist described the movie as a “fun
but refreshingly sophisticated retelling of the events that made enemies of
Optimus Prime and Megatron.”

This weekend’s other newcomer is
Lionsgate’s “Never Let Go,” a survival thriller starring Halle Berry. It’s
aiming for $4 million to $6 million from 2,600 locations in its debut. If
those estimates hold, “Never Let Go” will be the latest single-digit start for
Lionsgate after last weekend’s assassin thriller “The Killer’s Game,” which
misfired with $2.6 million in its debut. Directed by Alexandre Aja
(“Piranha 3D”), “Never Let Go” follows a mother and twin boys who are tormented
by an evil spirit. When one of her sons begins to doubt the existence of the
malicious presence, the family’s bond is broken and it’s every person for
themselves. Reviews have been mixed, with Variety’s Courtney Howard writing
“Though not all of its clever ideas come together efficiently in the finale,
its thematic ruminations on grief, sanity, rebellion and redemption are intrinsically
intertwined to harrowing, claustrophobic effect, heightening the hallucinatory
horrors and dread-soaked atmospheric pull.”