Box Office Preview: ‘Ocean’s 8’ Places Bets on $35 Million Bow

Sandra Bullock’s badass girl gang is looking to steal the box office crown this weekend.“Ocean’s 8” is eyeing a domestic debut between $33 million and $38 million when it opens on over 4,000 screens — about 500 more than any of the previous “Ocean’s” movies.

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heist film will get a small head start on Wednesday night, as AMC Theatres is hosting preview screenings in 36 locations as part of a girl’s night out promotion.A mid-$30s opening should be enough to edge out “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which has barely held onto the top spot for the last two weeks.

If the Disney and Lucasfilm anthology film continues on a similar downward trajectory, it should make between $11 million and $15 million over its third weekend.

So far, the tentpole has pocketed $152 million in North America and $115 million overseas.The projected release for “Ocean’s 8” would be a solid start,

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