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‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Opens with $38.5 Million at the BO!!

Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is settling at $38.5M, after a -15% decline on Saturday of $13.1M. Though north of $30M tracking, it’s below that nice round high point of $40M. Global is better than we expected at $71.5M (we pegged $65M) with offshore territories delivering $33M from 58 markets. Does this opening rep the start of a franchise? Stateside, D&D outperformed its tracking over the past month, and still did not … Continue reading ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Opens with $38.5 Million at the BO!!

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Sets Franchise-Best Opening with $73.5 Million at the BO!!

John Wick: Chapter 4 shows up for $25.8M, a similar Friday/previews to Saturday trajectory of -12%, as did John Wick Chapter 3. That makes for a revised franchise and Lionsgate pandemic record opening of $73.5M. Worldwide start is also a franchise best, as we always knew it would be, with $137.5M. The Keanu Reeves movie debuted at No. 1 in each of the 71 markets … Continue reading ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Sets Franchise-Best Opening with $73.5 Million at the BO!!

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Shocks with Underwhelming $30.5 Million Opening at the BO!!

When New Line/DC’s Shazam: Fury of the Gods hit tracking four weeks ago with a low $35M projection, it was shocking and not shocking to rival distributors. Shocking, because in a spring full of franchise tentpoles, many of which are seeing record opening domestic highs, how can a DC property like Shazam! not keep up with the pack? Not shocking in that — well, it’s a goofy, old Shazam! Now while … Continue reading ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Shocks with Underwhelming $30.5 Million Opening at the BO!!

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‘Scream VI’ Scores Franchise-Best Opening $44.5 Million Weekend at the BO!!

Paramount/Spyglass Media‘s Scream VI is at a new opening high this morning at $44.5M, after a Saturday that eased 20% to $15.4M off a $19.3M Friday. As we’ve said all along, this is a huge weekend for Paramount, with the No. 1 movie, a fireworks SXSW world premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which is already 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and nine … Continue reading ‘Scream VI’ Scores Franchise-Best Opening $44.5 Million Weekend at the BO!!

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‘Creed III’ Impresses with $58 Million Opening at the BO!!

Amazon bought MGM –a motion picture studio–for $8.45 billion back in May 2021, and this weekend the streamer had their first taste of how wonderful a box office blockbuster is, as MGM/UAR’s Creed III opened to a franchise record of $58.6M. That’s also the highest debut ever for a sports movie. At this level, Creed III stands to also become the highest-grossing Creed title stateside … Continue reading ‘Creed III’ Impresses with $58 Million Opening at the BO!!

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‘Quantumania’ Sees Worst Drop for MCU Title as ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Jesus Revolution’ Overperform at the BO!!

What did this weekend prove at the box office? It’s not just about tentpoles. The overall champs of the weekend were lower-budgeted releases, with Universal’s Cocaine Bear trampling its teen projections with $23.09M, and Lionsgate’s Jesus Revolution turning water into cash with $15.5M after being initially forecast in the $6M-$7M range. However, both movies had something that propelled audiences: They had sticky titles. It doesn’t … Continue reading ‘Quantumania’ Sees Worst Drop for MCU Title as ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Jesus Revolution’ Overperform at the BO!!

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Drama, Trailers

‘Jesus Revolution’ Trailer Teases a Story of Breaking Down Preconceived Notions!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – In the 1970s, young Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is searching for all the right things in all the wrong places: until he meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismatic hippie-street-preacher. Together with Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), they open the doors of Smith’s languishing church to an unexpected revival of radical and newfound love, leading to what TIME Magazine dubbed a JESUS REVOLUTION. Directed … Continue reading ‘Jesus Revolution’ Trailer Teases a Story of Breaking Down Preconceived Notions!! Check It Out!!

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Lionsgate Sets New Release Dates for ‘Spiral,’ Among Others!!!

Lionsgate has announced a slew of release date changes, the most notable of which is that the Saw sequel Spiral is moving back a full year, from May 15, 2020 to May 21, 2021. Now that is a huge bummer, because I was super excited to see that one, especially with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson joining the long-running horror franchise. In fact, the … Continue reading Lionsgate Sets New Release Dates for ‘Spiral,’ Among Others!!!

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