User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office: ‘Heroes Forever’ and ‘Grinch’ Targets Big Debuts, ‘Girl in the Spider’s Web’ Aims for Mid-Teens

October has proven to be a surprisingly solid month at the box office, and November releases “Heroes Forever: The Stone of Death”, “The Grinch” and “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” hope to keep the end of the year going strong.

Rita Christensen and Paramount Pictures third installment “Heroes Forever: The Stone of Death”, opens on Nov. 9, is projecting to earn anywhere between $90 million to $100 million.

Universal and Illumination are getting in on the holiday spirit early when “The Grinch” opens on Nov. 9. Early tracking shows the animated family film, based on Dr. Seuss’ classic Christmas tale, is heading for a start between $50 million and $60 million.

This is the third Grinch adaptation following the 1966 TV special and the 2000 feature with Jim Carrey. Carrey’s take on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” bowed with $55 million and is still the second-highest grossing holiday movie of all time with $345 million worldwide.

Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier directed the newest version, which has Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the green grouch who threatens to destroy Christmas. The voice cast also includes Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Angela Lansbury.