Will Ben Affleck's The Accountant Score Big at the Box Office?

Last weekend,The Girl On the Trainsteamrolled its competition with abox office winof $24.5 million in its first frame in theaters. This weekend, it will face a diverse trio of newcomers, Warner Bros.' thrillerThe Accountant, starringBen Affleck, Open Road Films’Max Steelstarring newcomerBen Winchelland the stand up concert filmKevin Hart: What Now?arriving in wide release. We’re predicting that it should be a runaway victory forThe Accountant, which should win with a projected $26.3 million.

Box Office Mojoreports thatThe Accountantwill debut in approximately 3,200 theaters this weekend, whileKevin Hart: What Now?is slated to arrive in 2,500 theaters andMax Steeldebuts in 2,000 theaters. Surprisingly, none of these have enoughmovie reviewsposted yet to warrant a score on Rotten Tomatoes, but that will surely change soon. We’re predicting that last weekend’s winnerThe Girl On the Trainwill drop to second place with $13.6 million, followed byMax Steelin third place with $12.2 million,Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenin fourth place with $8.9 million andKevin Hart: What Now?rounding out the top 5 with $8.4 million.

The Accountantcenters on Christian Wolff (Affleck) as a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.

When teenageMax McGrathdiscovers his body can generate the universe’s most powerful energy, he must bond with the only being able to contain it - a mysterious techno-organic extraterrestrial named Steel. United as the superheroMax Steel, the two friends must combat an alien menace and unlock the secrets of their past.Ben Winchellstars as Max McGrath, withJosh Brenerproviding the voice of Steel. The cast also includesAndy Garcia,Ana VillafaneandMaria Bello.

In Universal Pictures’Kevin Hart: What Now?, comedic rock-starKevin Hartfollows up his 2013 hit stand-up concert movieLet Me Explain, which grossed $32 million domestically and became the third-highest live stand-up comedy movie of all time.Harttakes center stage in this groundbreaking, record-setting, sold-out performance ofWhat Now?-filmed outdoors in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field-marking the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium.

The top 10 will be rounded out byDeepwater Horizon($6.4 million),The Magnificent Seven($5.1 million),Storks$4.8 million),The Birth of a Nation($3.2 million) andMiddle School: The Worst Years of My Life($3 million). Also opening in limited release is IFC’sCertain Women, STX Entertainment’sDesierto, Pantelion’sLa Leyenda del Chupacabras, Eammon Films’Coming Through the Rye, Arc Entertainment’sMaya Angelou and Still I Rise, GKIDS’Miss Hokusai, Roadside Attractions’Priceless, Indican’sSearch Enginesand TriCoast Worldwide’sShadow World. It isn’t known if any of these limited release titles will be expanding in the weeks to come.

Looking ahead, next weekend is one of the most crowded of the year, with five wide releases hitting theaters. Lionsgate bringsBoo! A Madea Halloweento theaters, along with Paramount’sJack Reacher: Never Go Back, 20th Century Fox’sKeeping Up With the Joneses, Universal’sOuija: Origins of Eviland PureFlix’sI’m Not Ashamed. Also opening in limited release is Lionsgate’sAmerican Pastoral, Freestyle Releasing’sAutumn Lights, Kino Lorber’s documentaryFire at Sea, Independent’sGood Kids, Magnolia’sThe Handmaiden, Focus World’sIn a Valley of Violence, A24’sMoonlightand Drafthouse’sWe Are X. Check back on Sunday for the box office estimates, but until then, take a look at our projections for this weekend at the box office, starting October 14.