This year we saw several breakout hits in the horror genre (Don't Breathe, Lights out, to name a couple). Will the trend continue in 2017? How many horror movies do you think will top the $50m mark domestically in the Jan-Mar period?

In the first three months of 2017, there will be eight horror movies going wide, compared to five in 2016.

Jan 6
Amityville: The Awakening

Jan 13
The Bye Bye Man

Jan 20
Split

Feb 3
Rings

Feb 17
A Cure for Wellness
Patient Zero

Feb 24
Get out

March 17
The Belko Experiment

Which will make the most money domestically? Will any of them pass the $50m mark?

There seems to be one too many. I am hoping for Split to make the most but it doesn't look mainstream.

Voted for Split.

Are Amityville and Rings even making those dates?

I think Rings should make it. Not sure of Amityville.

Split might make more than the rest of these combined.

Yeah, I guess Paramount probably just wants to wash their hands of Rings at this point. I don't understand the Weinstein/Amityville thing at all (it was filmed in 2014 or something?)

Edit: Bloody Disgusting ran an article yesterday saying Amityville is not being released in January.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/34173 ... l-delayed/

Split seems like the safe bet. More trailer views and director's goodwill. But will Get Out or The Belko Experiment surprise? Their trailers have got people talking. Or can the mysterious and aesthetic A Cure for Wellness get leggy on good WOM?

They finally found a good dumpster spot but now they abandoned it. Intriguing.

There's got to be some contractural reason they haven't dumped it DTV, I guess? Perhaps they're looking to sell it to someone else? Maybe it'll just pop up on Netflix one day with zero fanfare ala Underdogs.

Someone needs to compile a complete list of all the Weinstein productions/acquisitions that have been shelved for years on end (or never released at all). Their process is fascinating.

Split seems like the obvious choice here, but just on brand value alone I think Rings will give it a run for its money as Split may find it hard to find an audience beyond Shyamalan lovers.

The rest are DOA, though The Bye Bye Man could do well if utilised correctly.

Amityville: The Awakening said bye bye to January.

Has anyone changed their mind? I think A Cure for Wellness has a chance if it is really what Lecter described as Shutter Island mixed in with Jacob's Ladder. Get Out has a shot too if the play on the racial theme catches on with the public.

Shutter Island without DiCaprio/Scorsese becomes a $15m grosser, which is what A Cure for Wellness will make.

I am at once very excited for A Cure for Wellness and extremely skeptical of its financial prospects. It almost reminds me of Stay (the Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling movie) or The Jacket. Or Splice. Or this year's Morgan. It just screams, "This will not connect with audiences," with the whole ambiguous, European-leaning, eerie-but-not-HOLY-SHIT-JUMP-SCENE-SCARY vibe. Even the title is a bit indigestible for the thronging young-adult crowd. It is rated R, too.

The Bye Bye Man might be one to watch if the eleventh-hour ad campaign is strong. It seems an easy enough concept to sell to an not-highly-discerning teen audience. Reminds me of The Boy, which earned a respectable 35 million last January.

I agree on A Cure for Wellness somewhat. But it should do better than the films you mentioned given the bigger scale of its promotional campaign. It might do Crimson Peak number.

Poll closes in less than eight hours.

The Bye Bye Man will likely end up with $31m. STX Entertainment seems to know how to handle these low-budget movies (The Boy, The Gift).

Split will run away with this. I don't see anything approaching it.

Split did very well last night.