The family offering How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World provided a much-needed boost of confidence to the struggling 2019 box office with a franchise-best launch of $55.5 million from 4,259 theaters in North America, the top opening of the year to date. The film topped the first two installments …
Read More »‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Tops A Weak Box Office
Director Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel is easily winning the long Presidents Day weekend with an estimated $33 million from 3,790 theaters for a troubled domestic debut of $41.7 million. The movie— a passion project for James Cameron, who produced and co-wrote the film — cost 20th Century Fox at least $200 …
Read More »‘Lego Movie 2’ Wins Sleepy Weekend
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and the other new releases of the weekend failed to click with audiences in a major way. Lego Movie 2 topped the chart with $35 million from 4,303 theaters, but it was a hollow victory. Warner Bros. had expected the family-friendly sequel to assemble $50 …
Read More »‘Glass’ Holds Top Spot On Super Slow Weekend
The Super Bowl is always a challenge for the U.S. box office, but this year was a complete blowout. Universal/Disney’s Glass and STXfilms/Lantern’s The Upside stayed atop the chart in their third and fourth outings with $9.5 million and $8 million, respectively, after facing little competition fromMiss Bala, the only new nationwide offering which …
Read More »‘Glass’ Holds The Box Office
M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass stayed full in its second weekend at the box office with $19 million from 3,844 theaters, while new offeringsThe Kid Who Would Be King and Serenity were quickly banished.Glass fell 53 percent, a better decline than expected and putting the film’s 10-day domestic total at $73.6 million for Universal and …
Read More »‘Glass’ Tops Box Office
M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass is easily winning the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office with an estimated $47.1 million, including $40.6 million for the three days. The superhero thriller is enjoying one of the top showings ever for the MLK frame, as well as for the …
Read More »‘The Upside’ Takes The Top Spot At The Box Office
The long-delayed dramedy The Upside — one of the last films made by Harvey Weinstein before the mogul’s demise — beat Aquaman with $19.6 million in a surprise victory. Heading into the weekend, tracking showed it opening to no more than $9 million-$12 million domestically. The top 12 films of the weekend, as …
Read More »‘Aquaman’ Holds The Box Office
Superheroes continue to dominate at the box office, where James Wan’s Aquaman stayed atop the chart in its third weekend with a domestic haul of $30.7 million, putting the pic’s North American total at $259.7 million for a mighty global tally of $940.7 million. The Warner Bros. film enjoyed a major milestone …
Read More »‘Aquaman’ Swims To Box Office Success
Warner Bros.’ Aquaman splashed down at the U.S. box office with $67.4 million from 4,125 theaters, easily winning the pre-Christmas session. Including paid sneaks, the tentpole pic’s early domestic total stands at $72.1 million. Meanwhile, 2018 domestic box office revenue looked to hit a new record on Sunday, surpassing the $11.383 billion amassed in …
Read More »‘Into The Spiderverse’ Spins Web Over Box Office
In another win for Sony’s stable of Marvel films,Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swung to $35.4 million in its domestic debut — the best December opening ever for an animated film — laying the course for a strong run over the year-end holidays. The critically acclaimed film, produced by Philip Lord and Christopher …
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