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‘Spider-Man 2’ Re-Release Grosses Bigger Haul Than ‘Spider-Man’ at the BO!!

Sony’s “Spider-Mondays” festival is fully underway, with director Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 getting a re-release on April 22, a week after the studio held a similar one-day-only re-launch for Raimi’s first Spider-Man movie. And either because of its enduring quality — Spider-Man 2 is a classic of the superhero genre — or the growing interest around the “Spider-Mondays” program, the film ended up grossing more … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man 2’ Re-Release Grosses Bigger Haul Than ‘Spider-Man’ at the BO!!

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‘Civil War’ Continues Win For the Second Weekend at the BO!!

A24’s Civil War is winning the box office skirmish against three wide entries with a second weekend of $11.1M after a $3.25M Friday and $4.6M Saturday. This catapults the Alex Garland political thriller into A24’s top 5. That’s a -56% second frame ease which is a great hold for a movie that provoked a divided audience response with a B- Cinemascore. Many felt it would … Continue reading ‘Civil War’ Continues Win For the Second Weekend at the BO!!

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‘Civil War’ Takes Best Ever Opening for A24 at the BO!!

A24 is calling Civil War at a $25.7M opening, largely fueled by Democrat and Liberal moviegoers, but with overperforming business in some Red state regions like the South and Southwest. Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak polled Civil War attendees’ politics reporting that 22% considered themselves Liberal, 19% were Democrats, 11% considered themselves moderate, whereas registered Republicans (6%), Evangelical Christians (6%) and politically conservative folks (5%) showed up … Continue reading ‘Civil War’ Takes Best Ever Opening for A24 at the BO!!

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‘Godzilla x Kong’ Dominates as ‘Monkey Man’, ‘First Omen’ Underwhelm at the BO!!

Even better than expected results for Legendary/Warner Bros’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with a second weekend of $31.7M (-60%) after a second Saturday of $13.8M, +62% over Friday. The twosome are beating their chests to ten-day $135M total. In second, Universal’s Monkey Man kept steady toward a $10.1M opening, after a $3.58M Saturday, -15% from Friday/previews. If ya think about it, even though this … Continue reading ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Dominates as ‘Monkey Man’, ‘First Omen’ Underwhelm at the BO!!

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‘Godzilla x Kong’ Conquers with $80M Opening at the BO!!

Legendary and Warner Bros‘ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire stomped all over expectations with an $80M opening, the second best start of the year so far, $2.5M behind the $82.5M opening of Legendary’s other big pic this spring, Dune: Part Two. No one saw this coming. As we told you heading into the movie, the fifth Monsterverse titles gets the Legendary series across $2 … Continue reading ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Conquers with $80M Opening at the BO!!

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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Sets $45M+ Opening Propelling Franchise Past $1B at the BO!!

No snowstorm or sour reviews stood in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s path this weekend, as the Gil Kenan-directed, Jason Reitman-produced sequel minted a $45.2M opening after a nice spike on Saturday from families. Yesterday came in at $16.8M, 5% ahead of Friday/previews’ $16M. If the numbers hold up, that’s the second-best start ever for a Ghostbusters’ movie after the 2016 female ensemble of Kirsten Wiig, Melissa … Continue reading ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Sets $45M+ Opening Propelling Franchise Past $1B at the BO!!

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‘Kung Fu Panda 4′ Dominates Hold While New Films Fail at the BO!!

The whole marketplace is coming in lighter than expected at $89M, which is -3% off from the same frame a year ago when Shazam Fury of the Gods did $30M. That’s exactly what the second weekend is for Kung Fu Panda 4which is a great hold at -48%, rising to $107.7M stateside running total. Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune Part Two isn’t far behind with $29.1M, -37%, … Continue reading ‘Kung Fu Panda 4′ Dominates Hold While New Films Fail at the BO!!

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‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Dethrones ‘Dune: Part Two’ From Top Spot at the BO!!

With both this week’s new release, Kung Fu Panda 4, and last week’s holdover hit, Dune: Part Two, over-performing at the domestic box office, the theatergoing business is witnessing a much-needed uptick this weekend after so-so results in the new year. While the Oscars will no doubt provide a customary bump in revenue for the winners, the box office conversation this weekend is mainly going … Continue reading ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Dethrones ‘Dune: Part Two’ From Top Spot at the BO!!

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Has Surpassed ‘Dune’s Lifetime Domestic Haul in One Week!!

Shai-Hulud is shaping up to be a force to be reckoned with — even against itself. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures‘ Dune: Part Two has only been in theaters for one week, but has already passed the total domestic box office haul of its predecessor, 2021’s Dune: Part One. The Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi epic is already one of the biggest hits of the year at … Continue reading ‘Dune: Part Two’ Has Surpassed ‘Dune’s Lifetime Domestic Haul in One Week!!

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Marks Blockbuster Debut with $178.5M Global Opening the BO!!

It pays to wait. With a near 600M social media draw boosted by Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, and Austin Butler, the move for Legendary/Warner Bros‘ Dune: Part Two from the strike-stricken desert of the first weekend of November to early March has yielded an $81.5M domestic (as we first told you last night, it hit $80M) and $178.5M global opening. EntTelligence says … Continue reading ‘Dune: Part Two’ Marks Blockbuster Debut with $178.5M Global Opening the BO!!

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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Stays on Top as ‘Ordinary Angels’ and ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Underwhelm at the BO!!

Grosses haven’t changed seismically from yesterday in what is hopefully the last less-than-$70M weekend for a while. Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love is coming in at $13.5M, -53%, for a $71.1M total by EOD. But here’s the short and sweet takeaway from today: Exhibition (and studios) scream that they need product coming out of Covid, and even more so after the strikes turned the first … Continue reading ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Stays on Top as ‘Ordinary Angels’ and ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Underwhelm at the BO!!

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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Stomps ‘Madame Web’ with $51M Opening at the BO!!

Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love is going to be so high this weekend with a $51M 6-day that the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed movie is going to post a 3-day of $27.7M. That’s higher than Paramount’s own Rocketman ($25.7M), which happened during the pre-pandemic summer days of May-June 2019. Bob Marley isn’t that far from the $31.2M opening of Warner Bros.’ 2022 Elvis. Essentially, Bob Marley: … Continue reading ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Stomps ‘Madame Web’ with $51M Opening at the BO!!

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‘Argylle’ Suffers Huge Drop as ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Opens Decently at the BO!!

How bad was this year’s Super Bowl weekend? Realize that Kenneth Branagh’s romance mystery misfire, Death on the Nile, opened to more over the Big Game weekend ($12.8M) two years ago, and that’s when female moviegoers were scared of Omicron! Super Bowl weekend, despite its damper on Sunday business, used to be a box office frame that could still yield results, even for films aimed … Continue reading ‘Argylle’ Suffers Huge Drop as ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Opens Decently at the BO!!

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‘Argylle’ Bombs with $18M Opening at the BO!!

While the theatrical marketplace is starving for big movies post-strike, Apple Original Films‘ $200M pick-up of Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle isn’t cutting it with a $18M domestic/$35M global start, C+ CinemaScore, and 3 stars on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak. At the end of the day, this multi-supporting actor and actress ensemble isn’t provoking people to drive in their cars to cinemas. Yeah, yeah, that’s about where tracking … Continue reading ‘Argylle’ Bombs with $18M Opening at the BO!!

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‘The Beekeeper’ Steals Top Spot from ‘Mean Girls’ at the BO!!

Boring weekends always make for intense times at the box office, and this morning, Amazon MGM’s The Beekeeper is looking to steal Paramount’s Mean Girls‘ honey in a third weekend call of $7.4M to $7.3M between the two films. Even if one does the math on both films, Beekeeper has a shot to squeeze ahead by literally a matter of cents. However, all of this … Continue reading ‘The Beekeeper’ Steals Top Spot from ‘Mean Girls’ at the BO!!

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Slow Weekend Sees ‘Mean Girls’ Retain Top Spot at the BO!!

There’s not much going on at the weekend box office. Yes, point fingers at the dual strikes’ impact on the theatrical schedule. But it’s also January, which typically counts a couple of the year’s lowest-grossing weekends. The 3-day for all titles is looking at $68M, which is not only the first weak weekend of the New Year, but -8% off the same frame a year … Continue reading Slow Weekend Sees ‘Mean Girls’ Retain Top Spot at the BO!!

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‘Mean Girls’ and ‘The Beekeeper’ Deliver Strong Debuts at the BO!!

There were still some theater closures in the Midwest into Saturday from Winter Storm Gerri. But Mean Girls kept on track in the region, the 4-day for the Angourie Rice-Reneé Rapp ensemble still at $32M after a $9.6M Saturday, -17% against Friday, which included previews. Still, without the storm, the notion is that there would be more bucks. But a confidence exudes that business will … Continue reading ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘The Beekeeper’ Deliver Strong Debuts at the BO!!

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‘Wonka’ Drowns ‘Night Swim’ for Top Spot at the BO!!

While the supply of movies was able to keep the two-week holiday box office up over 2022’s by 13%, the lack of a mega tentpole carrying over into the New Year — ala Avatar: The Way of Water — is being felt. The first weekend’s box office of 2024 looks to be down -18% from the same period in 2023, with an estimated $87M. If … Continue reading ‘Wonka’ Drowns ‘Night Swim’ for Top Spot at the BO!!

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‘Wonka’ Tops New Year Weekend With $31M+ at the BO!!

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office, a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday, coupled by a Q4 impacted by the double strikes. These numbers were compiled from Comscore data and Deadline calculations. It was a diversified crop of family and … Continue reading ‘Wonka’ Tops New Year Weekend With $31M+ at the BO!!

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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Stomps ‘Shin Godzilla’ Record at the Worldwide BO!!

Already one of the biggest live-action foreign-language films of all time in North America, Toho’s word-of-mouth hit, Godzilla Minus One, passed a new milestone at the global box office on Thursday. The 37th overall film in the long-running Godzilla franchise, and the fifth in the series’ Reiwa era, Godzilla Minus One has now overtaken the lifetime global haul of its predecessor, 2016’s Shin Godzilla. With … Continue reading ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Stomps ‘Shin Godzilla’ Record at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘The Color Purple’ Marks Record-Breaking Debut at the BO!!

Warner Bros –as mostly expected– wound up owning Christmas with its trifecta of Aquaman 2, Wonka and The Color Purple respectively in the top three spots. Speaking of The Color Purple, it came up big — much bigger than expected on its first day with an estimated $18.15M, A CinemaScore, 5 stars and 92% positive. Not only was that haul enough for Color Purple to … Continue reading ‘The Color Purple’ Marks Record-Breaking Debut at the BO!!

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‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Tops with Underwhelming Opening at the Christmas BO!!

We told you it was going to be slow Sunday, and indeed it was with Warner Bros’ Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Wonka being the two highest-grossing movies of the day with $5M and $4.55M, respectively. Warners believes it can still get the James Wan-directed DC movie to $40M in 4-days after a projected $12.3M today, +146% from Christmas Eve. 3-day came in at … Continue reading ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Tops with Underwhelming Opening at the Christmas BO!!

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‘Wonka’ Debuts with Sweet $39M at the BO!!

Wonka had a very strong hold on Saturday with $14M, just -3% off from Friday/Thursday previews’ $14.4M resulting in an estimated $39M opening, which is slightly north of the $35.3M start that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did back in the same mid-December slot in 2018. For family movies opening at this point in time, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and there’s a lot of … Continue reading ‘Wonka’ Debuts with Sweet $39M at the BO!!

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‘The Boy and the Heron’ Sets Record for Japanese Animated Films at the BO!!

GKIDs’ and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron posted a $12.8M opening after a near $4M Saturday, giving both studios, and esteemed animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, their biggest openings ever in the U.S./Canada marketplace. While a soft weekend with around $72.8M for all titles, the second weekend of December was +93% over the same period a year ago, +66% over the second frame of … Continue reading ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Sets Record for Japanese Animated Films at the BO!!

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‘Animal’ Dominates with $42M Opening at the Worldwide BO!!

The gonzo Indian crime epic, Animal, delivered huge numbers at the box office in its opening weekend, scoring the biggest-ever start for star Ranbir Kapoor, and the third-biggest in the history of Hindi (or Bollywood) cinema. The movie grossed $42 million worldwide across its first three days of release, which was enough to secure the top spot on the global chart, ahead of holdovers such … Continue reading ‘Animal’ Dominates with $42M Opening at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Tops Opening Weekend with $22M at the BO!!

AMC’s second concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, though clearly frontloaded in its previews/Friday with a Saturday tumble of -48% ($6M), remains solid enough to hit a $22M opening, per industry sources. AMC is calling the weekend at $21M. For a movie opening during the listless first weekend of December, that’s fantastic, not far behind Tom Cruise’s 2003 The Last Samurai, which still holds … Continue reading ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Tops Opening Weekend with $22M at the BO!!

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‘Animal’: Ranbir Kapoor Starrer Scores 2nd All-Time Highest Opening Day with Rs. 63.80 Cr at the BO!!

The Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal that has been making headlines since the release of its first look poster finally hit screens yesterday. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga the film which also stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, and Rashmika Mandanna witnessed an immense rate of advance bookings in the run up to its release. This wide rate of bookings coupled with positive feedback has ensured that … Continue reading ‘Animal’: Ranbir Kapoor Starrer Scores 2nd All-Time Highest Opening Day with Rs. 63.80 Cr at the BO!!

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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Has Becomes Blumhouse’s Biggest Performer Till Date!!

As its theatrical run begins to wind down, the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie has gone and set another record by becoming Blumhouse’s biggest performer of all time at the box office. Five Nights at Freddy’s Has Another Celebratory Pizza Party The video game adaptation, released one month ago today, has chalked up a worldwide total of $283 million at the box office on a … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Has Becomes Blumhouse’s Biggest Performer Till Date!!

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‘Tiger 3’ Unlikely to Surpass ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ at the BO!!

The Maneesha Sharma directorial Tiger 3 hit screens on November 12. Starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif the film that comes as the third instalment in the hit Tiger franchise opened with a bang. In fact, with immense promotions, audience anticipation and of course a wide release, the business of Tiger 3 started on a roaring note. However, now weeks after its release, the collections … Continue reading ‘Tiger 3’ Unlikely to Surpass ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ at the BO!!

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‘Hunger Games 5’ Holds Top Spot Over ‘Napoleon’ and ‘Wish’ at the BO!!

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes won Black Friday and Saturday at the box office, respectively with $11.4M and $11.2M, soaring above a Disney animated movie (Wish) which are typically the champs of Thanksgiving weekend, and big streamer Apple’s $200M war epic, Napoleon, for a No. 1 win over the holiday stretch with a 3-day $28.8M and 5-day of $42M. The … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games 5’ Holds Top Spot Over ‘Napoleon’ and ‘Wish’ at the BO!!

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‘Saltburn’ Delivers One of the Best Limited Debuts of the Year at the BO!!

Star Jacob Elordi is having the year that Timothée Chalamet could have had if Dune: Part Two hadn’t been pushed by several months, robbing him of the possibility of having two major movies playing in theaters at the same time, with Wonka lined up for December. But that’s exactly what Elordi is experiencing right now; just a few weeks after the strong debut of Priscilla, … Continue reading ‘Saltburn’ Delivers One of the Best Limited Debuts of the Year at the BO!!

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‘The Hunger Games 5’ Sets Mid $44M Opening as ‘Marvels’ Sees Worst MCU Drop at the BO!!

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is coming in at the bottom of where we were seeing it yesterday, with a $44M opening. The hope was that this Suzanne Collins prequel was bound to file $50M+. Overseas was better at $54.5M, for a $98.5M Global opening. Saturday stateside for Songbirds & Snakes was $15M, coming off of a $19.1M Friday, -21%, with … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games 5’ Sets Mid $44M Opening as ‘Marvels’ Sees Worst MCU Drop at the BO!!

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‘The Marvels’ Sets Record Low Debut for the MCU at the BO!!

The last-minute push for The Marvels with an appearance by star Brie Larson on Friday’s The Tonight Show and at a theater in NYC post-actors strike have not moved weekend grosses any higher for Marvel Studios‘ The Marvels. The film is posting a 3-day at the bottom of yesterday’s estimates with $47M, the lowest-ever for Disney‘s Marvel Cinematic Universe. Don’t blame the running time, as … Continue reading ‘The Marvels’ Sets Record Low Debut for the MCU at the BO!!

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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s Has Become the 2023’s Highest-Grossing Horror Film!!

As Five Nights at Freddy’s continues its impressive run at the box office, Emma Tammi‘s video game adaptation has officially become the highest-grossing horror movie of the year. With $113 million at the domestic box office, the movie about a haunted pizzeria beat out titles such as Scream VI and M3GAN to position itself as the most demanded project within the genre. It appears that … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s Has Become the 2023’s Highest-Grossing Horror Film!!

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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Continues Hold with $19M at the BO!!

The ramifications of the actors strike at the weekend box office continues to be felt, as ticket sales this weekend plummeted to an estimated $64.6M (-49% from last weekend), which is currently the fourth-lowest of 2023 to date. Remember, the Legendary/Warner Bros’ Zendaya-Timothee Chalamet-Austin Butler-Florence Pugh sequel Dune: Part Two was originally set to play this weekend, and with its departure, there’s at least $50M … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Continues Hold with $19M at the BO!!

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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Marks Biggest Horror Debut of the Year with $78M at the BO!!

Universal/Blumhouse’s big screen version of nine-year-old videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s has hit an unprecedented $78M opening, $4.4M shy of what Uni wowed with earlier this summer in firing up Oppenheimer ($82.4M). Rivals are spotting $80M. Some in the business, including exhibition, will argue that they saw this tidal wave coming, that they saw big numbers right in front of them — and you were … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Marks Biggest Horror Debut of the Year with $78M at the BO!!

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Marks Solid Debut as ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Continues Reign at the BO!!

The overall box office, at around $86.8M, is off 24% from a year ago. But AMC‘s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Apple/Paramount/Imperative Entertainment’s Martin Scorsese movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, kept the business afloat and popcorn popping with respective weekend takes of $32M (AMC says $31M) and $23M. We’re still waiting on Apple & Paramount’s official number, but it’s $23M. Kudos to Apple … Continue reading ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Marks Solid Debut as ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Continues Reign at the BO!!

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‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Sets Record-Breaking Debut at the BO!!

The AMC distributed Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert movie, per AMC, is eyeing an opening of $95M-$97M this AM, which means for them, the dust hasn’t settled yet. EntTelligence says 4.8M Swifties or people went to see Eras Tour this weekend, having paid an average of $20.75 for a ticket (across all formats). Anything above Joker‘s $96.2M opening is a record opening for the month … Continue reading ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Sets Record-Breaking Debut at the BO!!

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‘Blue Beetle’ Ends Run Ends as the Lowest-Grossing DCEU Movie Ever at the Worldwide BO!!

Blue Beetle, one of the concluding movies of the DCEU, kicked off with a lackluster start at the box office earning a $25 million in its opening weekend. However, due to the favorable critical reception it received, there was that Jaime Reyes’ (Xolo Maridueña) adventure could somehow manage to renew audience interest in the franchise. Unfortunately, due to many factors, the odds were greatly stacked … Continue reading ‘Blue Beetle’ Ends Run Ends as the Lowest-Grossing DCEU Movie Ever at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Opens to Lukewarm Debut at the BO!!

Not even the devil himself could help Universal and Blumhouse this weekend with the opening of The Exorcist: Believer. That’s after the studio bought the franchise rights for a trilogy from Morgan Creek back in July 2021 for $400M. Even though this is the best opening for an Exorcist movie with $27.2M stateside, $45.1M global, heads are low over at Universal City. However, their slide … Continue reading ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Opens to Lukewarm Debut at the BO!!

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‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ Barks Past ‘Saw X’ and ‘The Creator’ to Top Spot at the BO!!

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie is lapping up $23M, a big win for Paramount and Spin Master, as the picture is part of a $14 billion global retail franchise which both companies get a nice cut from. And successful movies drive toy sales. It was part of Brian Robbins’ plan when he took over the top job at Paramount Pictures Studios to have family brands … Continue reading ‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ Barks Past ‘Saw X’ and ‘The Creator’ to Top Spot at the BO!!

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‘The Nun II’ Scares Off ‘Expend4bles’ to Retain Top Spot at the BO!!

New Line/Warner Bros is calling the third weekend of The Nun 2 at $8.4M and Lionsgate says Millennium Media’s Expendables 4 is at $8.3M, which by the way, is the lowest ever for the franchise. While some will argue that’s a tie, it ain’t, because rival studios have a farther gap between the two movies, showing that the Conjuring sequel is the winner. Once again, … Continue reading ‘The Nun II’ Scares Off ‘Expend4bles’ to Retain Top Spot at the BO!!

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‘Jawan’ on the Verge to Become the Second Highest Grossing Bollywood Movie Ever at the Worldwide BO!!

Now in its third weekend in theaters, the Indian blockbuster Jawan is continuing to break box office records. On Saturday, the film passed Pathaan to become the highest-grossing Hindi-language movie of all time in its home country. Incidentally, both Pathaan and Jawan were released in the same year, and star Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan. Fondly known as SRK, he is perhaps the most popular … Continue reading ‘Jawan’ on the Verge to Become the Second Highest Grossing Bollywood Movie Ever at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘Jawan’ Crosses ‘Pathaan’ to Become the Highest Grossing Bollywood Film at the Indian BO!!

It’s Shah Rukh Khan all the way as the megastar is breaking old records and setting new ones at a frantic pace. Jawan has been having a brilliant run at the box office and right from the day of its release there have been quite a few new records that have been set. One such record was created on Saturday as well when the film … Continue reading ‘Jawan’ Crosses ‘Pathaan’ to Become the Highest Grossing Bollywood Film at the Indian BO!!

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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Ends Run with Second-Lowest Franchise Take at the Domestic BO!!

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will conclude its domestic theatrical run at $172 million after its time in theaters came to an end this week. It’s an improbable tally, given the film’s flawless word of mouth and critical acclaim, but the film fell victim to a number of circumstances both out of, and within, its control as it attempted to kick-start the summer … Continue reading ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Ends Run with Second-Lowest Franchise Take at the Domestic BO!!

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‘The Nun II’ Scares Away Top Spot from ‘A Haunting in Venice’ at the BO!!

It looks like Hercule Poirot doesn’t have a prayer at winning the box office this weekend, with Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice losing No. 1 to the second weekend of New Line’s Nun 2, $14.5M to $14.7M. That’s in line with industry estimates, which show a $100K-$300K lead for Nun 2 over the Disney/20th Century Studios film. If these numbers stick into tomorrow, it’s … Continue reading ‘The Nun II’ Scares Away Top Spot from ‘A Haunting in Venice’ at the BO!!

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‘The Nun II’ Scares Up to Top Spot with $32.6M at the BO!!

New Line’s Michael Chaves horror sequel The Nun 2 is meeting its opening weekend expectations with a $32.6M take. Even though that’s -39% off from Nun 1‘s $53.8M, it’s wonky times with the pic’s lead stars Taissa Farmiga and Storm Reid and the studio unable to truly splash this event-wise, etc due to the actors strike. The sequel cost $38.5M before P&A. Note, the 3-day … Continue reading ‘The Nun II’ Scares Up to Top Spot with $32.6M at the BO!!

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‘Jawan’ Delivers Record-Breaking Debut for Bollywood at the Worldwide BO!!

The Indian blockbuster Jawan, starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is hoping for a top-place finish at the global box office in its opening weekend, as it takes on The Nun II. Having already broken multiple records in India, many of which were set by Khan’s own Pathaan earlier this year, the film is also looking at a top-five finish at the domestic box office. … Continue reading ‘Jawan’ Delivers Record-Breaking Debut for Bollywood at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘Jawan’ Sets All-time Highest Opening Day Record with Rs. 65.50 Cr at the BO!!

The much talked about and keenly awaited Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan finally hit screens. The Atlee directorial that also features Nayanthara, and Vijay Sethupathi that has been making waves in the run up to its release has started off on a thunderous note. With a massive rate of advance bookings, and immense euphoria amongst fans Jawan has set the ball rolling with a strong … Continue reading ‘Jawan’ Sets All-time Highest Opening Day Record with Rs. 65.50 Cr at the BO!!

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‘The Equalizer 3’ Seizes Top Spot With Second-Best Labor Day Opening Ever at the BO!!

Sony/Escape Artists’ The Equalizer 3 will hit $42M over four-days, easily the second-best opening of Labor Day weekend ever following 2021’s Shang-Chi, which did $94.6M. 3-day is $34.5M (or 2.6M patrons, per EntTelligence), which is the third-best domestic opening for filmmaker Antoine Fuqua after Equalizer 2 ($36M) and The Magnificent Seven ($35M), and the second-best start for the franchise. Friday was $13.1M, including Thursday previews, … Continue reading ‘The Equalizer 3’ Seizes Top Spot With Second-Best Labor Day Opening Ever at the BO!!

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