Kung Fu Panda 3 easily stayed No. 1 in its second weekend as Hail, Caesar! grossed an underwhelming $11.4 million.The news was even more grim for mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The movie earned $5.2 million from 2,931 theaters, putting it behind Nicholas Sparks’ film adaptation The Choice. The top 12 films of …
Read More »‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Wins Weekend
Kung Fu Panda 3 easily topped the North American box office with an estimated $41 million debut, even while it came in on the lower end of expectations for DreamWorks Animation and behind the $47.7 million launch of Kung Fu Panda 2 five years ago. The top 12 films of the weekend, as …
Read More »‘Revenant’ Storms To Top Of The Box Office
The Revenant rode to the top of the box-office chart in its third weekend in wide release — the first time the movie has come in No. 1. The frontier epic, starring DiCaprio, grossed $16 million from 3,711 theaters for a domestic total of $119.2 million for Fox and New Regency. …
Read More »‘Ride Along 2’ Dethrones ‘Star Wars’
Ride Along 2 topped the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with an estimated four-day gross of $39.5 million from 3,175 theaters, well behind the first film but easily enough to win the weekend ahead of The Revenant and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ride Along 2 opened exactly two years after Ride Along debuted to a record-breaking …
Read More »‘Star Wars’ Stays On Top Of Box Office
Star Wars: The Force Awakens stayed atop the North American box office in its fourth weekend after finding itself in an unexpectedly close horse race with Alejandro G. Inarritu’s The Revenant, which vastly overperformed in its nationwide expansion thanks in no small measure to Leonardo DiCaprio’s star power. The top 12 films …
Read More »‘Star Wars’ Nabs Historic $88.3M New Year’s Box Office
The Force remains wide-awake at the worldwide box office. Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed a record-breaking $88.3 million in North America over New Year’s weekend to close out the holidays with $740.3 million domestically and $1.51 billion globally for Disney and Lucasfilm. Domestically, it’s the biggest third weekend in history …
Read More »‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Continues Record Run
Star Wars: The Force Awakens blasted past $1 billion globally faster than any film in history, as well as leading the biggest Christmas weekend ever at the North American box office with a stunning $153.5 million for an early domestic haul of $544.6 million. The Disney and Lucasfilm tentpole crossed $1 billion …
Read More »‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Breaks Box Office Records
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered numerous box-office records over the weekend, grossing $238 million in North America — the biggest opening of all time, not accounting for inflation — for a global launch of $517 million. The previous biggest domestic opening was this summer’s Jurassic World with $208.8 million. The top 12 films …
Read More »‘Hunger Games’ Tops ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’
Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 narrowly beat In the Heart of the Sea to stay at the top of the box office. Ron Howard’s seafaring epic starring Chris Hemsworth capsized at the box office, opening to $11 million from 3,103 theaters. The big-budget film cost roughly $100 million to make, excluding marketing costs. The top …
Read More »‘Hunger Games’ Beats ‘Krampus’ To Threepeat
Holiday horror-comedy Krampus outperformed expectations in its debut at the North American box office, grossing $16 million from 2,902 theaters to come in No. 2 behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, which kept the number one spot with $18.6 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 6, are …
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