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Warner Bros.’ The Meg blew past all expectations in its North American debut over the weekend, swimming to $44.5 million from 4,118 theaters. The shark pic marks Warner Bros.’ biggest domestic opening of the year so far, while debuting to $96.8 million overseas for a global bite of $141.3 million, supplanting …

Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout fell just 43 percent in its sophomore outing to $35 million from 4,395 North American theaters over the weekend. That’s well ahead of the $25 million earned by Disney’s Winnie the Pooh live-action/CGI effort Christopher Robin from 3,602 locations in its launch. Fallout is a major …

The latest Mission: Impossible movie took the top spot in its box-office debut over the weekend. Paramount and Skydance’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout opened to $61.5 million from 4,306 theaters in North America, a franchise-high and the second-best of Cruise’s career behind 2005’s War of the Worlds ($64.9 million), not adjusted for …

An animated Dracula and crew got the last laugh at the weekend box office, trumping Dwayne Johnson’s action pic Skyscraper in a major upset. Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation easily placed No. 1 in North America with $44.1 million from 4,267 theaters, compared to a wincing $25.5 million from 3,782 …

Sony's 'Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation' placed No. 1 in North America with $44.1 million, compared to a wincing $25.5 million for Dwayne Johnson's 'Skyscraper.'read more

Ant-Man and the Wasp may have leveled off a bit in its North American box-office debut, but it had no trouble crushing the competition over the weekend with $76 million — or coming in 33 percent ahead of the first Ant-Man as Disney and Marvel Studios cement the standing of …

'Ant-Man and the Wasp' may have leveled off a bit in its North American box-office debut, but it had no trouble crushing the competition with $76 million — 33 percent ahead of the first 'Ant-Man.'read more

On Thursday, 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' crossed $1 billion in ticket sales at the worldwide box office, becoming the 35th film to achieve the milestone, not adjusted for inflation.read more

'Ant-Man and the Wasp' will buzz to $75 million-$85 million this weekend, easily enough to sting the competition, including 'The First Purge', which opened on July Fourth to get a jump on the superhero tentpole.read more

There were major fireworks at the July Fourth box office this year as revenue reached its highest level in five years, including an uptick of nearly 29 percent the stars-and-stripes holiday in 2017.read more