Strong critical acclaim (95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and an A CinemaScore have not offset “Forgotten Island”’s soft $13 million domestic opening, leaving traders pricing a modest second-weekend hold in the 7–9 million range. Heavy competition from the “Avengers: Endgame” re-release and other titles, combined with an $80 million budget and original-animation fatigue, has tempered expectations despite the film’s Filipino cultural resonance and record Philippine debut. Positive audience scores suggest word-of-mouth could stabilize the drop, but the crowded fall marketplace and early underperformance relative to tracking make outsized gains unlikely before the October 2–4 frame.