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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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Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Movie Review

Migration (2023) Review!!

Synopsis – A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. My Take – I never thought I would say this, but Illumination features have surprisingly become better than what Disney, Pixar, or DreamWorks have begun to offer. While I still don’t hold a strong opinion about the studio’s in-house mascots, the Minions, yet I have … Continue reading Migration (2023) Review!!

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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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‘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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‘Mooned’ Trailer Sees the Return of ‘Despicable Me’s Vector!! Check It Out!!

As Illumination Studios‘ newest feature film Migration flies into theaters this December, it’ll be joined by a beloved familiar face, as Despicable Me villain Vector makes his return in the short film Mooned. Centering around the Jason Segel-voiced character, the animated short will be played before screenings of the studio’s upcoming feature which is set to make its debut on Friday, December 22, with a … Continue reading ‘Mooned’ Trailer Sees the Return of ‘Despicable Me’s Vector!! Check It Out!!

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‘Migration’: New Trailer Teases an Epic Ducks Adventure!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. Directed – Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy Starring (voices of) – Elizabeth Banks, Kumail Nanjiani, Awkwafina Check out the trailer:   Continue reading ‘Migration’: New Trailer Teases an Epic Ducks Adventure!! Check It Out!!

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‘Migration’ Trailer Sees a Family of Ducks Lost in NYC!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. Directed – Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy Starring (voices of) – Elizabeth Banks, Kumail Nanjiani, Awkwafina Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Migration’ Trailer Sees a Family of Ducks Lost in NYC!! Check It Out!!

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Features

‘Greenland: Migration’: Story Details Revealed for the ‘Greenland’ Sequel!!

The already confirmed sequel to last year’s disaster movie Greenland starring Gerard Butler has just received its title: Greenland: Migration. STXfilms sequel is set to feature Butler and Morena Baccarin reprising their roles from the first film. Also returning for the sequel is writer Chris Sparling and director Ric Roman Waugh. The original film followed the story of a family trying to survive together when … Continue reading ‘Greenland: Migration’: Story Details Revealed for the ‘Greenland’ Sequel!!

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‘Greenland: Migration’: Ric Roman Waugh to Helm Sequel; Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin to Reprise Roles!!

LONDON, LOS ANGELES: (June 14, 2021): Producer and financier Anton (Greenland, “His Dark Materials,” The Night House), Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road Pictures and Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel’s G-BASE  (Greenland, Has Fallen Trilogy, Den of Thieves, Law Abiding Citizen) have announced a sequel feature to the global hit action thriller GREENLAND. The core filmmaking team returns with director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Shot Caller) headlining from a script … Continue reading ‘Greenland: Migration’: Ric Roman Waugh to Helm Sequel; Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin to Reprise Roles!!

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