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!!!

‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘The Bye Bye Man’ Top as Other New Releases Flop While ‘Rogue One’ Passes $500 Million at the BO!!!

It wasn’t necessarily an exciting Martin Luther King weekend, though it is rather astonishing to see how poorly all but one of the weekend’s new and expanding wide releases performed. The weekend’s successes find Hidden Figures leading the way for a second weekend, followed by Golden Globe juggernaut La La Land while it was STX‘s The Bye Bye Man that over performed against tracking and … Continue reading ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘The Bye Bye Man’ Top as Other New Releases Flop While ‘Rogue One’ Passes $500 Million at the BO!!!