Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking superhero pic Black Panther continued to defy all expectations in its sophomore outing, grossing an estimated $108 million from 4,020 theaters to score the top second weekend of all time behind 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Disney and Marvel title reached the $400 million mark domestically …
Read More »‘Black Panther’ Dominates Box Office
Black Panther exploded at the Presidents Day box office, bounding to a record-shattering estimate of $192 million for the three-day weekend and a projected $218 million-plus for the four-day holiday frame. The movie earned the fifth-biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations. It’s also the best launch …
Read More »‘Jumanji’ Retakes Top Spot At Box Office
Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has scored another touchdown, reclaiming the No. 1 spot in its seventh outing at the North American box office. It’s the first time since Titanic in 1998 that a movie released nationwide in December has won a weekend in February. Jumanji grossed an estimated $11 …
Read More »‘Maze Runner: Death Cure’ Sprints To Top Of The Box Office
Maze Runner: The Death Cure sprinted to the top of box office in its domestic debut over the weekend, unseating Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with $23.5 million from 3,787 theaters. The final installment in the film franchise is doing sensational business overseas. It grossed $62.6 million for the weekend from …
Read More »‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Stays Top Of The Heap
Continuing to display impressive staying power, Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stayed atop the box office in its fifth weekend, earning an estimated $20 million from 3,704 theaters to beat out new offerings 12 Strong and Den of Thieves. Jumanji cleared $300 million domestically to become the fifth-biggest Sony title …
Read More »‘Jumanji’ Stays On Top Of The Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle maintained the top spot at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row as the Martin Luther King holiday weekend unfolded. Sony’s Jumanji, the comedy-adventure directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan as the adult avatars of …
Read More »Jumanji Tops Box Office
Sony’s holiday hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was the weekend winner for the first time at the North American box office, rumbling to $36 million from 3,801 theaters in its third outing for a domestic total of $244.4 million. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is losing steam in its fourth …
Read More »It’s A Merry Christmas For ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are the biggest winners of the holiday box-office feast, while at the other end of the Christmas table Alexander Payne’s Downsizing and the R-rated Father Figures are fighting for scraps. The top 12 films of the holiday weekend are …
Read More »‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Opens to Near-Record $220M
Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi delivered an early Christmas present for Hollywood and theater owners over the weekend with a near-record $220 million debut in North America, the second-best showing of all time behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Last Jedi opened a mere 11 percent behind …
Read More »‘Coco’ Holds On To Top Spot At Box Office
Disney and Pixar’s Coco stayed No. 1 in its third weekend, taking in another $18.3 million and bringing the film’s domestic total to $135.5 million. Overseas, the animated tentpole danced to another $55.3 million for a foreign cume of $253 million — including more than $100 million in China alone …
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