Senior Film and Media Reporter

Due to the lack of compelling options, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is expected to top the box office in its sixth weekend of release.

Several films are set to open nationwide — the Dennis Quaid biopic “Reagan” and Sony and Blumhouse’s AI horror fable “Afraid” are among them — but neither is expected to make much of a dent in the box office charts over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Those newcomers are aiming for low-single digits and will be lucky to crack the top five, which are likely to be packed with perennials like “Alien: Romulus” and the romantic drama “It Ends With Us.”

In what is shaping up to be one of the quietest weekends of the year, Disney’s Marvel sequel “Deadpool & Wolverine” appears to reign supreme with $12 million to $13 million over the extended holiday season. The R-rated film, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, has claimed the No. 1 spot for four of the past five weekends. It is the second-highest-grossing film of the year with $577 million in North America and $1.21 billion worldwide.