‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘The Post’ Conquer Year-End Holidays Awards BO!!!

Filmmaker Joe Wright‘s Darkest Hour — starring Gary Oldman as the iconic Winston Churchill — is showing notable strength at the U.S. box office, beating out several major studio offerings during the Christmas-New Year corridor. The Focus Features title is the latest awards contender to succeed despite the overall strain facing the indie marketplace, which is essentially flat year-over-year. Fall releases Lady Bird ($31.9 million), … Continue reading ‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘The Post’ Conquer Year-End Holidays Awards BO!!!

‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘Jumanji’ Lead Christmas Releases While ‘Downsizing’ Bombs at the BO!!!

With an estimated $68 million, Disney and Lucasfilm‘s Star Wars: The Last Jedi remained at #1 for the second weekend in a row, doubling its closest competitor. The film, however, did drop 68% from its opening weekend, but that’s not as much as a surprise as it may outwardly seem, particularly due to the lack of business over the weekend, especially on Christmas Eve, for … Continue reading ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘Jumanji’ Lead Christmas Releases While ‘Downsizing’ Bombs at the BO!!!

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Delivers Second Largest Opening Ever at the BO!!!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi delivered on expectations, debuting with the second largest opening weekend of all-time and propelling the box office to the third largest weekend ever based on estimates. In an attempt at counter-programming, Fox‘s Ferdinand got off to a bit of a slow start against the might of Star Wars as well as the continued strong performance of Pixar‘s Coco as it … Continue reading ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Delivers Second Largest Opening Ever at the BO!!!