The lull before the box office bonanza of Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 will look to be interrupted by Steven Speilberg's Ready Player One this weekend. The film earned $3.75M from Wednesday night previews and will look to take the #1 box office spot from Pacific Rim: Uprising this weekend as estimates have the film tacking for a $52-$55M domestic opening across four days.
Ready Player One currently has a 78% certified fresh score from Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which stars Mark Rylance, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller, and Simon Pegg carries a hefty $175M production budget so it will need strong word-of-mouth and international returns to turn a profit for WB.