Audiences Inject 'Novocaine' With a Decent CinemaScore

In what's shaping up to be an exceptionally disappointing weekend at the box office, all three films poised to claim the top three spots have one thing in common. They've all earned the same grade on CinemaScore, the polling platform that tabulates how likely a viewer is to recommend a movie to others. Novocaine finds itself in a tight race for the number one spot with the holdover release Mickey 17, directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson. Meanwhile, the week's other new release, director Steven Soderbergh's espionage thriller Black Bag, is currently expected to claim the third spot.