Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Impresses with $40 Million Debut as Other Releases Struggle at the BO!!!

M. Night Shyamalan has delivered a second hit in a row as his latest film, Split, is estimated to have delivered a top five January opening, leading the weekend charge with a three-day opening four times as big as its reported $10 million budget. Meanwhile, Paramount‘s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage delivered as expected while the Weinstein‘s The Founder scored a top ten finish. … Continue reading Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Impresses with $40 Million Debut as Other Releases Struggle at the BO!!!

‘Sully’ Still On Top As ‘Blair Witch’, ‘Bridget Jones’ and ‘Snowden’ Open Low At The BO!!

As expected, Clint Eastwood‘s Sully enjoyed a second straight weekend atop the box office and it wasn’t much of a competition. Not one of the weekend’s three new widest releases managed to even top ten million as Blair Witch and Bridget Jones’s Baby fell well short of expectations and Open Road‘s Snowden pretty much delivered as expected depending on whom you asked. Overall, the weekend’s top twelve was down 11.6% compared to last week … Continue reading ‘Sully’ Still On Top As ‘Blair Witch’, ‘Bridget Jones’ and ‘Snowden’ Open Low At The BO!!

‘Sully’ Opens Big With $35.5 Million At The BO!!

It has been seven years since Tom Hanks starred in a live action film that opened atop the weekend box office, but Sully changes all that as the true life feature delivered one of the five best September openings of all-time. Finishing in second was another one of the weekend’s new wide releases, Sony and Screen Gems‘ When the Bough Breaks, while Lionsgate‘s The Wild … Continue reading ‘Sully’ Opens Big With $35.5 Million At The BO!!