Box-Office: ‘Mercy’ ($11M) Dethrones ‘Fire and Ash’ ($7M); ‘Bone Temple’ ($3.8M) Plummets 71% [Updated]

With an intense weather event hitting North America right now, it’s looking like this weekend at the box office will be affected. The Chris Pratt–led “Mercy” is headed for a $11M gross, following a $4.9M Friday. The film has a $60M budget, terrible reviews, and a mediocre “B-” CinemaScore.

Still, that’ll be enough to knock “Avatar: Fire and Ash” off the top spot. James Cameron’s epic is set to fall 51% this weekend, taking second place with $7M and bringing its domestic total to $378.4M. Will it hit $400M domestic?

Yesterday, I mentioned how ‘Bone Temple’ was dropping hard, following a limp $13M opening last weekend—and now we have some numbers to back that up. Nia DaCosta’s sequel only made $1.2M on Friday and is looking at a $3.6M weekend. That’s a 70% drop, and only good enough for fifth place.

Set to slot ahead of “Bone Temple” this weekend, alongside “Mercy” and ‘Fire and Ash,’ are “Zootopia 2” with $5.9M and “The Housemaid” with $4.6M. Meanwhile, “Marty Supreme” pulled in $3.4M in its sixth weekend, bringing its tally up to $86M domestic, and $116M worldwide.

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