Box Office: 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Back on Top as 'Blink Twice ...

New players at the late-summer box office are struggling to find their footing.

Holdovers Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus and It Ends With Us are easily beating new offerings on the August marquee, including suspense thriller Blink Twice and The Crow reboot.

Marking Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut and starring Channing Tatum, Blink Twice looks to open in fourth place with $7.1 million to $7.4 million, the low end of expectations after receiving a B- CinemaScore from audiences and despite relatively strong reviews. The film is from MGM and Amazon, with Warner Bros. handling the film overseas.

Blink Twice reportedly cost just $20 million to produce before marketing so the film doesn’t appear to be in financial peril.

The story follows tech billionaire Slater King (Tatum), who invites cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. Wild nights blend into sun-soaked days, and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality and becomes convinced something is amiss.

The Crow — opening 30 years after the original hit the big screen — won’t crack the top five, according to early returns. Distributed by Lionsgate, the reboot is expected to come in No. 7 with an estimated $4.5 million to $5 million. The reboot’s budget is a reported $50 million before marketing.

Bill Skarsgard takes on the titular role in this modern-day reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O’Barr. The Crow likewise received a B- CinemaScore but, unlike Blink Twice, was rebuffed by reviewers.

The only new film to receive a glowing recommendation from audiences was faith-based The Forge, which looks to round out the top five with an estimated $6 million-plus after receiving a glowing A- CinemaScore.

Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is reclaiming the top spot in its fifth weekend with $17 million to $18 million after briefly relinquishing the crown last weekend to 20th Century and Disney’s Alien: Romulus, which is falling to second place in its sophomore outing with an estimated $16 million.

Sony’s female-skewing It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively, continues to impress and will come in third place with an estimated $12 million-plus after clearing the $200 million mark globally last week.

Numbers will be updated Sunday morning.