Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor's 'The End of Oak Street' Opens to $2.5 Million in Previews as Spider-Man Dominates
Warner Bros.' "The End of Oak Street" grossed $2.5 million in box-office previews, entering a weekend where "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" still holds the top spot after twelve days of release. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as suburbanites transported back to prehistoric times, a high-concept adventure built on a budget above $80 million. Warner Bros. projected a domestic opening — the United States and Canada — of $18 million to $23 million, with $20 million to $25 million more from international markets, according to Variety.
The competition is stiff. Opening alongside "The End of Oak Street" is "Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie," which took $1.9 million in previews and is tracking toward a $20 million opening weekend, good for third place. "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," now in its third weekend, was estimated to gross $65 million to $70 million — a roughly 55% decline from its prior frame but still enough to remain the box-office champion. After just twelve days on screens, the Spider-Man sequel had already grossed $1.68 billion globally, making it the year's highest-grossing film and putting it on track to cross $2 billion worldwide.
For context, preview grosses — Thursday-night showings before the official Friday opening — offer an early read on audience interest but don't always predict the full weekend. A $2.5 million preview haul for a film of this scale suggests a modest start, though the projected domestic range of $18 million to $23 million would still represent a respectable opening for an original property in a summer dominated by sequels and franchises.
The weekend shapes up as a three-way contest across very different audiences. "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" continues to draw the widest crowd. "Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie" targets families with younger children. "The End of Oak Street" leans on its star power and its time-displacement premise to carve out adult and older-teenage moviegoers — a segment that has proven harder to reach in the streaming era.
Warner Bros. placed the film on an August release date, a corridor often used for late-summer titles looking for breathing room before the autumn prestige season. The studio's projected international grosses reflect a strategy of selling the film's spectacle — prehistoric landscapes, marquee names — across global territories, where Hathaway and McGregor carry strong recognition.
All preview and weekend figures cited here are studio estimates. Final actuals arrive on Monday.
