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After the disappointing critical and commercial reception that Death Proof received, Quentin Tarantino is back with Inglourious Basterds, an unconventional World War II flick.

Basterds premiered at Cannes to a mostly positive reception. BOXOFFICE's Richard Mowe wrote that, "It may be too long and too talky for some audiences but it’s likely to score highly in the popularity stakes following its Cannes Film Festival bow."

The Weinstein Company needs Basterds to be a hit. The distributor has been plagued by one dud after the other, and they are facing serious financial issues. In 2008, they released such mediocre box office performers as Crossing Over, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? and My Blueberry Nights. Even The Reader was able to gross only $34 million domestically despite grabbing a Best Picture nomination and a Best Actress Oscar for Kate Winslet.

Tarantino has never topped the box office success of 1994's Pulp Fiction, which grossed $109 million domestically—$190 million when adjusted for inflation. Basterds is unlikely to do so, especially with a running time of nearly two and a half hours and the often lackluster drawing power of Brad Pitt pushing it forward.

Check out our prediction for Basterds as well as other major summer releases in the table below.

Additional reporting by Daniel Garris.