Predictions for the weekend box office strongly favor The Grinch, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Most forecasts say it will take the top spot, raking in something in the area of $62 million.

According to Box Office Mojo, Universal is projecting a domestic gross of about $50 million. Other projections are even more positive; Mojo itself puts Grinch's finish in the range of $53 million, at the low end, and over $65 million at the highest. Data culled from IMDb places it "trailing" Zootopia's opening numbers, but ahead of The Boss Baby and The Peanuts Movie.

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The Grinch is more well-known than characters adapted from other Dr. Seuss books, such as The Lorax and Horton Hears a Who! Yet those had massive openings in the $40-$70 million range. The last Grinch adaptation, the live-action one in 2000 starring Jim Carrey and directed by Ron Howard, debuted with comparable numbers at $55 million.

Cumberbatch's animated version faces stiff competition from Overlord, The Girl in the Spider's Web and hits still hanging on at the box office, like Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star is Born and Halloween. But, Mojo says it would be no surprise if The Grinch rises to rival The Incredibles for biggest November opening gross ever.

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The Grinch stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ariel Winter, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely and Angela Lansbury. It opens Nov. 9 in 4,141 locations and 23 markets worldwide.