Box Office Headed to 22-Year Weekend Low Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Pixar's latest release, Onward, will maintain its hold on the top spot at the box office while the box office as a whole tumbles to its lowest numbers in 22 years. The overall box office is expected to bring in $58.5 million, its lowest weekend total since 1998. Analysts estimate that new releases like The Hunt and Bloodshot will underperform at the box office by 15-35 percent due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop from last week is precipitous, as this weekend's overall box office is down 42 percent from last weekend's box office gross of $100 million.

ComicBook.com's Charlie Ridgley gave Onward a 4 out of 5 in his review. He writes, "You're not going to have the exact same reaction to Onward that I do, because we're all different people who carry different stories into the theater, but it's sure to make you feel something. Personal experience is the heart beating at the center of Scanlon's film, and no matter what you're bringing to the table, it's going to find a way to stick with you. There are a couple of speed bumps in the first act that cause a slow start to the film, but the world created and the expertly crafted finale make it more than worth the wait. Onward is a treasure that will connect with Pixar fans for quite a long time."

As for Vin Diesel's Bloodshot, ComicBook.com's Brandon Davis gave the film a 3-out-of-5 review, writing "Bloodshot is not reinventing the crowded and competitive superhero genre. It's a simple popcorn flick that honorably adapts the source material and ends up being an entertaining, albeit slightly dated action flick. Now, had it come out back in 2005, we might all be losing our minds over it."

Keep reading to see what the box office looks like this weekend.