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‘Croods 2’ Stays on #1 as it Crosses $50M at the Domestic BO!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Croods: A New Age led the box office for its fifth weekend out of 13 running, and crossed $50M, inching closer to becoming the top-grossing movie of the pandemic, and potentially upsetting Warner Bros.’ Tenet ($57.9M total domestic). However, in a business where the transparency of numbers has always been public, for better or for worse, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures isn’t reporting … Continue reading ‘Croods 2’ Stays on #1 as it Crosses $50M at the Domestic BO!!

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‘Croods 2’ Beats ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ for #1 Position at the BO!!

A year after Covid-19 raged in China, the country’s box office is all sewn up and back together, with Detective Chinatown 3 besting Avengers: Endgame‘s US/Canada all-time opening with a $394M weekend. But here in the states, we’re still trying to get the pandemic under control, and winter storms which impacted 100 million Americans, according to the National Weather Service, didn’t help over a four-day Valentine’s … Continue reading ‘Croods 2’ Beats ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ for #1 Position at the BO!!

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‘The Little Things’ Retains #1 Spot at the Super Bowl Weekend BO!!

On one of the most difficult box office dates on the calendar, Super Bowl weekend, and also during a pandemic, Warner Bros.’ second weekend of its Denzel Washington-Rami Malek-Jared Leto thriller The Little Things made $2.1M at 2,206 theaters, -55% from its first weekend. That puts the pic’s running domestic total through ten days at $7.8M. As would be typical during any Super Bowl Sunday, don’t … Continue reading ‘The Little Things’ Retains #1 Spot at the Super Bowl Weekend BO!!

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Denzel Washington Thriller ‘The Little Things’ Takes #1 Spot with $4.8M Debut at the BO!!

If you’re looking for any exciting financial action to come out of the movie business, it’s not at the box office, but rather the stock exchange, especially in last week’s boom for No. 1 exhibitor AMC. The continued closure of movie theaters during Covid-19, with only 45% of all 5.8K US and Canada movie theaters opened, yielded Warner Bros. Denzel Washington–Rami Malek thriller The Little … Continue reading Denzel Washington Thriller ‘The Little Things’ Takes #1 Spot with $4.8M Debut at the BO!!

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As Major Studios Shift Releases ‘The Marksman’ Stays #1 at the Pandemic BO!!

It didn’t take long for history to repeat itself. We’re not just talking about the second-weekend No. 1 hold for a Liam Neeson Open Road release during the pandemic — specifically The Marksman, which earned $2.03M, -35% for a running total of $6.09M. But also how the major studios ran for the hills again, just like they did after the release of Tenet, pushing their … Continue reading As Major Studios Shift Releases ‘The Marksman’ Stays #1 at the Pandemic BO!!

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Liam Neeson Pic ‘The Marksman’ Takes Top Spot with $3.7M at the BO!!

In a continuing pandemic marketplace such as this, with 57% of all movie theaters still closed, whether you’re a distributor or an exhibitor, you have to be thankful for any amount of money you can get your hands on. Open Road has released the second Liam Neeson movie during the pandemic, The Marksman, over the MLK 4-day holiday, and it’s opening to $3.7M. It’s the third … Continue reading Liam Neeson Pic ‘The Marksman’ Takes Top Spot with $3.7M at the BO!!

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Struggles Continues with $3M at the BO!!

Even if there wasn’t a pandemic, odds are this would still be a hard weekend at the domestic box office, what with all the distraction that came out of our nation’s Capitol this past week. Television news seems to be filled with enough suspense and cliffhangers with the Capitol Insurrection, versus the big screen, as we all cling to our TV screens at home to … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Struggles Continues with $3M at the BO!!

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Slips in Second Weekend, With $120M at the Worldwide BO!!

The first weekend of the year, which at its apex in 2016 grossed $219.5M off the heat of Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, registered an estimated $13M for the entire weekend. That’s in a continued decimated exhibition marketplace that’s praying to reopen in 2021. Warner Bros.’ theatrical release of Wonder Woman 1984, which is also available on HBO Max for the next 21 days, grossed $5.5M, -67%, … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Slips in Second Weekend, With $120M at the Worldwide BO!!

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens to Pandemic-Best $16.7M at the BO!!

We’ll have to wait and see what success WarnerMedia drums up in regards to Wonder Woman 1984‘s impact on HBO Max subscribers. But from a box office perspective over Christmas, with 60% of the 5,8K theater domestic market closed by COVID-19, the DC sequel posted a record result for the pandemic since theaters reopened in late August, with $16.7M at 2,151 locations. The first Wonder Woman opened … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens to Pandemic-Best $16.7M at the BO!!

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‘Monster Hunter’ Tops Pre-Christmas Weekend with a Poor $2.2M at the BO!!

More theaters closed heading into this weekend, including the Boston market and parts of Portland, OR, so there wasn’t much money to make at the box office even with a shiny, new major studio movie, Sony/Screen Gems’ Monster Hunter which is fully respecting the theatrical window. Per industry sources, only 2,300 movie theaters are open in U.S./Canada. Talk about hitting the skids. Couple that with … Continue reading ‘Monster Hunter’ Tops Pre-Christmas Weekend with a Poor $2.2M at the BO!!

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Sans Wide Releases ‘Croods 2’ Continues Top Position at the BO!!

Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many still busy with holiday activities. So, it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t be any new wide openings this weekend. This has put Universal’s DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: … Continue reading Sans Wide Releases ‘Croods 2’ Continues Top Position at the BO!!

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

If there’s one weekend at the box office that studios and exhibitors typically have had no thanks for, it’s the post Thanksgiving period, typically the first weekend in December, when business drops by as much as 50%. Last year the Black Friday weekend went from $180.9M led by Frozen 2 to $90.3M during the first frame of December, and let me tell ya somethin’, studios and exhibition … Continue reading ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Continues Slow Domination at the BO!!

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Sets Strong $14M Domestic + $35M WW Opening at the BO!!

Universal’s estimates for DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age didn’t veer greatly from what we were seeing yesterday for the weekend, with a $9.7M 3-day, $14.2M 5-day and global grab of $35M. On a 3-day U.S./Canada basis, this is the biggest opening during the pandemic since theaters re-opened, even beating Warner Bros. Tenet. The 3-day of Tenet‘s full domestic over Labor Day was $9.35M according to Comscore. … Continue reading ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Sets Strong $14M Domestic + $35M WW Opening at the BO!!

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‘Freaky’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Float at Depressing Times at the BO!!

The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most lucrative ones on the calendar, last year bringing in $204.9M off the opening of Disney’s Frozen II, which posted November’s fifth-best domestic opening of all-time at $130.3M. Who would ever think that the domestic box office would sink to such an atrocious level as this weekend? If last weekend brought in $10M for all titles with California … Continue reading ‘Freaky’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Float at Depressing Times at the BO!!

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Body Swap Horror Comedy ‘Freaky’ Topes with $3.7M at the BO!!

Universal/Blumhouse’s Freaky is coming in lower than expected at $3.7M after a $1.4M Saturday that dipped 6% from Friday’s $1.5M. With overseas totaling $1.9M from 20 territories, including Australia, Freaky‘s global start stands at $5.6M. It’s the 14th time that a Blumhouse movie has led the box office in the studio’s history. Blumhouse’s last No. 1 pic was The Invisible Man, with $28.2M before the pandemic threw the … Continue reading Body Swap Horror Comedy ‘Freaky’ Topes with $3.7M at the BO!!

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‘Tenet’ Hits $350M Globally While ‘Let Him Go’ Takes Top Spot at the Domestic BO!!

Focus Features is calling Let Him Go‘s opening weekend at $4.1M after a Saturday that was up 6% over Friday with $1.56M. Sunday is being figured at $1.07M.   Talking about how the specialty label released an older adult skewing (66% over 35) feature in the pandemic marketplace, leaning toward women 52%; demos which have been seen as reluctant to head back to the cinema, Focus … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Hits $350M Globally While ‘Let Him Go’ Takes Top Spot at the Domestic BO!!

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‘Come Play’ Tops Halloween Chart With $3.2M at the BO!!

Focus Features and Amblin‘s Halloween offering Come Play filled its trick-or-treat bag with $3.2 million in domestic grosses, easily enough to top another hollow weekend at the box office amid the ongoing pandemic. Opening in 2,183 theaters, the horror-thriller came in ahead of expectations and jumped 18 percent from Friday to Saturday (Halloween). Jacob Chase’s directorial debut stars Azhy Robertson, Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr. … Continue reading ‘Come Play’ Tops Halloween Chart With $3.2M at the BO!!

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Liam Neeson Actioner ‘Honest Thief’ Maintains Tops Spot at the BO!!

Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” repeated as the winner of a subdued domestic box office with $2.4 million at 2,502 locations. The Open Road release declined 44% from its opening frame and has taken in $7.5 million in its first 10 days in North America. The distributor added screens in New York state following New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to give movie theaters outside … Continue reading Liam Neeson Actioner ‘Honest Thief’ Maintains Tops Spot at the BO!!

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Liam Neeson’s ‘Honest Thief’ Opens With a Weak $3.7M at the BO!!

Liam Neeson‘s turn as older action star continued over the weekend as his film Honest Thief collected a solid $3.7 million in its U.S. box office debut. The movie, which marks the first release from Tom Ortenberg‘s revived Open Road Films, topped yet another quiet frame in terms of moviegoing amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. As of last Friday, Seattle theaters were allowed to open, … Continue reading Liam Neeson’s ‘Honest Thief’ Opens With a Weak $3.7M at the BO!!

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The War with Grandpa (2020) Review!!

Synopsis – Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back. My Take – Over his career which spans just a little more than five decades now, as an actor, Robert De Niro has taken on enemies of all kinds and made his stand against the supernatural, serial killers, … Continue reading The War with Grandpa (2020) Review!!

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‘War With Grandpa’ Tops ‘Tenet’ with $3.6M at the BO!!

Tim Hill‘s family friendly comedy The War With Grandpa topped the U.S. box office with $3.6 million, enough to topple Christopher Nolan‘s Tenet from the top spot. Tenet, now in its sixth weekend of play in the U.S. grossed $2.1 million for a problematic domestic total of $48.3 million. Overseas, it zoomed to $275 million for a global total of $323.3 million, according to Warner … Continue reading ‘War With Grandpa’ Tops ‘Tenet’ with $3.6M at the BO!!

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‘The War With Grandpa’ Trailer Reveals the New Robert De Niro led Family Comedy!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Sixth-grader Peter (Oakes Fegley) is pretty much your average kid-he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed (Robert De Niro) moves in with Peter’s family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter devises a … Continue reading ‘The War With Grandpa’ Trailer Reveals the New Robert De Niro led Family Comedy!! Check It Out!!

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Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken Reunite for Family Comedy ‘The War With Grandpa’!!

At first glance, The War With Grandpa sounds like a bad spinoff of Dirty Grandpa or Bad Grandpa. Funny enough, it will feature Robert De Niro, who starred with Zac Efron in the former. But it’s not, and perhaps this comedy affair will rise from the muck of mediocrity with additional cast members Christopher Walken and Eugene Levy. Deadline was the first to report the news of this trio’s casting, which marks a reunion with De Niro … Continue reading Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken Reunite for Family Comedy ‘The War With Grandpa’!!

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