'Life of the Party,' 'Breaking In' Not Expected to Match 'Infinity War' at Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

Instead, both new films hope to serve as counterprogramming over Mother's Day weekend; 'Avengers' finally lands in China.

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00:00Melissa McCarthy gets a makeover from newly divorced mom to cool college co-ed in her latest film,

00:13Life of the Party, in theaters this weekend. But it looks like the comedy won't be a match

00:18for superhero mega mashup Avengers Infinity War. The Disney and Marvel movie will have no trouble

00:23staying number one in its third weekend at the box office. The only question is, by how much?

00:28Domestically, the film could pull in another $60 million over Mother's Day weekend.

00:33And overseas, Infinity War debuts Friday in China, its final major market, where it's expected to do big business.

00:40Tell me his name again.

00:41Thanos.

00:45As for Life of the Party, the new line film is one of two new offerings hoping to serve as

00:49counter-programming in North America. The comedy marks the third collaboration between McCarthy

00:54and her real-life husband Ben Falcone, who directed the film from a script they co-wrote about a

00:59divorcee who returns to college, only to find herself enrolled in classes with her daughter.

01:04Molly Gordon, Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Julie Bowen and Matt Walsh co-star.

01:10Life of the Party hopes to open in the same range as McCarthy's film, Tammy, which was also directed by Falcone.

01:16That movie debuted to $21.6 million in summer 2014.

01:20The other new movie hitting theaters this weekend is Universal's Breaking In.

01:24Gabrielle Union stars as a woman who will stop at nothing to rescue her two children,

01:28who are being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security.

01:32The film is tracking to open in the mid-teens, but there's plenty of room for upside.

01:36Reviews haven't posted yet for either Breaking In or Life of the Party.

01:47A number of films also debut at the specialty box office this weekend, including The Seagull,

01:52Revenge and Beast. For the latest box office news, head to THR.com and let me know what you're

01:57planning on seeing in theaters in the comments. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

02:02I'm Tiffany Taylor.

02:06See you next time.

02:15Here we go.