Sequel to 2012’s male stripper-themed “Magic Mike” may prevail Getty ImagesChanning Tatum at the Amsterdam premiere of Magic Mike XXLIn a world where the Fourth of July weekend is a key date for movie releases, four films are set to battle for this year’s top spot. The competition for moviegoers’ dollars will be stiff, according to MKM Partners analyst Eric Handler. The holiday weekend will see the release of “Magic Mike XXL,” from Time Warner Inc.’s TWX, +0.20% Warner Bros. Studios, and “Terminator Genisys,” from Viacom Inc.’s VIA, -0.62% Paramount Pictures, both of which will try to unseat the No. 1 and No. 2 movies from the previous weekend, “Jurassic World,” from Comcast Corp.’s CMCSA, +0.14% Universal Studios and The Walt Disney Co.’s DIS, -0.14% “Inside Out.” “All four titles carry $30 million potential for the weekend,” Handler wrote in a note on Thursday. “In comparison, last year’s same weekend saw only one film, ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction, surpass $30 million.” Handler is expecting “Terminator Genisys”, the latest in the Terminator franchise starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, to lead the pack, with an estimated gross of $31 million for the three-day period. The analyst expects “Magic MikeXXL”, the sequel to 2012’s male stripper-themed “Magic Mike”, to tie with Pixar’s “Inside Out” for second place with an estimated gross of $30 million. “Jurassic World” is expected to drum up another $28 million in box-office receipts, adding to the $1.24 billion the move had grossed worldwide through last weekend. In their debuts on Wednesday, “Magic Mike” edged out “Terminator Genisys,” to bring in $2.4 million against Terminator’s $2.3 million, according to boxofficemojo.com. “‘Terminator Genisys’ should benefit from premium priced IMAX IMAX, -0.89% ticket sales,” Handler wrote. “Given the films subpar reviews—25% on Rotten Tomatoes—we look for ‘Terminator Genisys’ to skew more toward IMAX’s core fanboy audience rather than a balanced mass market audience.” Handler expects the top 10 movies over the weekend to gross a combined $149 million, a 29% increase over the year-earlier period. Looking ahead to the third quarter, Handler is expecting 7% growth in domestic box office revenue, which he said is at the lower end of the 7% to 9% growth consensus. Time Warner, Viacom, Disney and Comcast shares were slightly lower in late trade Friday, while IMAX was down 1.2%. MarketWatch