Deadpool & Wolverine opened to a record-shattering $205 million at the domestic box office, landing the eighth biggest opening of all time among any film and by far the biggest launch for an R-rated film, not adjusted for inflation. The first Deadpool was the previous record-holder at $133.7 million. The movie also shattered records …
Read More »‘Twisters’ Whips Up The Box Office
Twisters is whipping up huge winds at the box office, with forecasters predicting a far better than expected domestic opening of $80.5 million in North America. Twisters arrives 28 years after Twister, the envelope-pushing feature that broke ground for marrying visual effects with practical effects. Overseas the film is coming in slightly behind expectations. It took …
Read More »‘Despicable Me 4’ Tops Box Office For Second Week
With $44.7 million from 4,449 theaters, ‘Despicable Me 4’ easily stayed at the top of the box office chart in its second weekend. It surpassed $200 million to end the weekend with a total of $211.1 million in North America. Overseas, Gru and his mischievous minions continued to make a …
Read More »‘Despicable Me 4’ Dominates The Box Office
With an estimated five-day domestic opening of $122.6 million from 4,428 theaters, including a three-day weekend haul of $75 million after earning a stellar A CinemaScore, Despicable Me 4 dominated the Fourth of July box office, proving that Illumination and Universal’s Minions franchise is holding its own. The fourth film …
Read More »‘Inside Out 2’ Soars To Record $100M Second Weekend
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is on fire at the global box office, where it grossed a record-shattering $100 million domestically and $164.4 million overseas in its second weekend to finish Sunday with $724.4 million in ticket sales to become the top-grossing film of the year after racing past Dune: Part Two ($711. million). The animated …
Read More »‘Inside Out 2’ Delivers Historic $155M U.S. Opening
Inside Out 2 opened to a $155 million domestically over Father’s Day weekend — easily beating an expected $90 million — to secure the second-biggest animated launch of all time for a three-day weekend. It also did historic business overseas, where it opened to a record $140 million for a …
Read More »‘Bad Boys 4’ Delivers Big Box Office Win
Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die jolted the battered summer box office back to life with a better-than-expected domestic opening of $56 million and $104.6 million globally. Ride or Die, reuniting Will Smith with Martin Lawrence, is the fourth outing in Sony’s long-running franchise and earned an A- CinemaScore in North America alongside generally …
Read More »‘Garfield’ Wins Slow Box Office In Its Second Week
Box office revenues dropped 69 percent from a year ago as Hollywood and theater owners continue to grapple with a lack of big event pics. Year-to-date revenue is now down 24 percent over last year. Sony’s The Garfield Movie easily purred past George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to top the weekend chart …
Read More »‘Furiosa’ Wins Worst Memorial Day Box Office in Three Decades
Warner Bros.’ Furiosa narrowly beat Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie with an estimated $32 million for the four-day weekend, with George Miller‘s latest entry in the Mad Max franchise taking in an estimated $26.3 million for Friday-Sunday versus an estimated $24 million for the animated orange feline. Despite Furiosa‘s victory, it still came in behind expectations and …
Read More »‘IF’ Takes The Top Spot At The Box Office
‘IF’ topped the box office over the weekend. The live-action/CGI hybrid film — starring Ryan Reynolds and featuring an A-list voice cast — came in behind tracking’s projected $40 million domestic opening amid an overall tough early summer at the box office. Paramount insiders say IF‘s performance is a victory for original …
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