Stephen King is arguably bigger than he's ever been. Edgar Wright is a beloved director. Glen Powell is one of our most promising rising movie stars. That all feels like an equation for a winning movie, right? That's certainly Paramount's hope when it comes to "The Running Man," a new adaptation of King's dystopian story of the same name. The question is, can Wright's remake avoid becoming a box office flop like the original in 1987? For now, it's tough to say.

"The Running Man," which is more of a re-adaptation than a remake , is looking at a domestic opening in the $19 to $28 million range when it arrives next weekend, per Box Office Theory . It will be opening against "Now You See Me: Now You Don't," which is looking at $12 to $17 million in its debut. Oz Perkins' horror flick "Keep

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