It's King Kong versus Wolverine this weekend as Kong: Skull Island serves as the weekend's new release. Not only is Skull Island hoping to top the weekend box office as it could be looking at a neck-and-neck finish with last weekend's winner, but it hopes to join the ranks of recent hits such as Jordan Peele's low budget horror breakout Get Out and last weekend's $88.4 million debut of Logan, the fourth largest R-rated opening of all time, as the box office has seen its share of star performers as of late.

Premiering in 3,846 theaters, Warner Bros. and Legendary's Kong: Skull Island  is the second feature in the planned universe of films following 2014's Godzilla. Expected to follow Skull Island is the release of Godzilla 2, slated for 2019, and a Godzilla vs King Kong monster mash-up in 2020. Skull Island hasn't necessarily received glowing reviews, but they've been solid with a current Metacritic score of 62, matching the score for Godzilla with critics complimenting the film's monster-on-monster fight sequences while at the same time criticizing the film's human characters and dialogue.

 That said, for a Warner Bros. action film opening in this many theaters an opening around $42 million might be the average. The question is how many eyeballs Kong loses given Logan is only in its second weekend. Without Logan we'd be expecting a weekend over $50 million, but given the competition a slightly smaller opening seems a safer bet.