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‘Elf’ Sets Theatrical Re-Release With New Content!!

Warner Bros. Discovery has prepared an exciting gift for Elf fans: an annual celebration honoring the classic Christmas movie, along with a theatrical rerelease and new content on the way. Starring Will Ferrell, the holiday feature — released on November 7, 2003 — is widely considered one of the best Christmas movies of all time. The Jon Favreau-directed film also stars James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, … Continue reading ‘Elf’ Sets Theatrical Re-Release With New Content!!

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‘Elf’: Will Ferrell led Comedy Classic Returning to IMAX for the Holidays!!

Elf is coming to town to kickstart the holiday season for IMAX. The Will Ferrell-led classic is undeniably among the most beloved Christmas movies, and it’ll charm the audience again this weekend when the movie returns to the big screen for a limited time, the company announced. The return of the 2003 film gives fans’ a chance to catch their favorite once again in an … Continue reading ‘Elf’: Will Ferrell led Comedy Classic Returning to IMAX for the Holidays!!

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens to Pandemic-Best $16.7M at the BO!!

We’ll have to wait and see what success WarnerMedia drums up in regards to Wonder Woman 1984‘s impact on HBO Max subscribers. But from a box office perspective over Christmas, with 60% of the 5,8K theater domestic market closed by COVID-19, the DC sequel posted a record result for the pandemic since theaters reopened in late August, with $16.7M at 2,151 locations. The first Wonder Woman opened … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens to Pandemic-Best $16.7M at the BO!!

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‘Monster Hunter’ Tops Pre-Christmas Weekend with a Poor $2.2M at the BO!!

More theaters closed heading into this weekend, including the Boston market and parts of Portland, OR, so there wasn’t much money to make at the box office even with a shiny, new major studio movie, Sony/Screen Gems’ Monster Hunter which is fully respecting the theatrical window. Per industry sources, only 2,300 movie theaters are open in U.S./Canada. Talk about hitting the skids. Couple that with … Continue reading ‘Monster Hunter’ Tops Pre-Christmas Weekend with a Poor $2.2M at the BO!!

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Sans Wide Releases ‘Croods 2’ Continues Top Position at the BO!!

Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many still busy with holiday activities. So, it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t be any new wide openings this weekend. This has put Universal’s DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: … Continue reading Sans Wide Releases ‘Croods 2’ Continues Top Position at the BO!!

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

If there’s one weekend at the box office that studios and exhibitors typically have had no thanks for, it’s the post Thanksgiving period, typically the first weekend in December, when business drops by as much as 50%. Last year the Black Friday weekend went from $180.9M led by Frozen 2 to $90.3M during the first frame of December, and let me tell ya somethin’, studios and exhibition … Continue reading ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Sets Strong $14M Domestic + $35M WW Opening at the BO!!

Universal’s estimates for DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age didn’t veer greatly from what we were seeing yesterday for the weekend, with a $9.7M 3-day, $14.2M 5-day and global grab of $35M. On a 3-day U.S./Canada basis, this is the biggest opening during the pandemic since theaters re-opened, even beating Warner Bros. Tenet. The 3-day of Tenet‘s full domestic over Labor Day was $9.35M according to Comscore. … Continue reading ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Sets Strong $14M Domestic + $35M WW Opening at the BO!!

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‘Freaky’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Float at Depressing Times at the BO!!

The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most lucrative ones on the calendar, last year bringing in $204.9M off the opening of Disney’s Frozen II, which posted November’s fifth-best domestic opening of all-time at $130.3M. Who would ever think that the domestic box office would sink to such an atrocious level as this weekend? If last weekend brought in $10M for all titles with California … Continue reading ‘Freaky’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Float at Depressing Times at the BO!!

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Body Swap Horror Comedy ‘Freaky’ Topes with $3.7M at the BO!!

Universal/Blumhouse’s Freaky is coming in lower than expected at $3.7M after a $1.4M Saturday that dipped 6% from Friday’s $1.5M. With overseas totaling $1.9M from 20 territories, including Australia, Freaky‘s global start stands at $5.6M. It’s the 14th time that a Blumhouse movie has led the box office in the studio’s history. Blumhouse’s last No. 1 pic was The Invisible Man, with $28.2M before the pandemic threw the … Continue reading Body Swap Horror Comedy ‘Freaky’ Topes with $3.7M at the BO!!

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