Joker is laughing all the way to the bank, earning an outstanding $55 million in its sophomore weekend for a 10-day domestic total of $192.7 million and a massive global haul of $543.9 million. Joker easily remained at No. 1, although MGM and United Artists Releasing’s early Halloween family pic The Addams Family came …
Read More »‘Joker’ Has Last Laugh At Box Office
Todd Phillips’ Joker had the last laugh in its box office debut, earning a huge $93.5 million domestically from 4,374 theaters to set a new opening record for the month of October despite heightened security at cinemas across the U.S. The dark, R-rated supervillain movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as the mentally ill …
Read More »‘Abominable’ Scales To The Top Of The Box Office
DreamWorks Animation’s Abominable easily scaled the box office chart over the weekend with a winning $20.9 million from 4,242 theaters. The PG-rated pic chronicles the adventures of a teenager (Chloe Bennet) and her two friends (Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai) who embark on a 2,000-mile adventure across China to the majestic Himalayas …
Read More »‘Downton Abbey’ Tops Box Office
In a surprise upset, Downton Abbey won the crowded weekend box office race with a better-than-expected $31 million from 3,079 theaters, lording over the final installment in Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rambo action franchise and a new space thriller featuring one of the world’s biggest movie stars, Brad Pitt. The top 12 films of the …
Read More »‘It Chapter Two’ Tops Box Office For Second Week
It: Chapter Two stayed atop the chart in its second weekend with a strong $41 million, while ‘The Goldfinch’ marked one of the worst starts ever for a movie opening in more than 2,500 cinemas. It: Chapter Two, which earned $40.7 million in its sophomore outing for a domestic total …
Read More »‘It: Chapter Two’ Terrifies Box Office
New Line’s R-rated It: Chapter Two opened to $91 million domestically in a needed win for the film industry after a brutal August. And while the sequel didn’t match the record-shattering launch of the first film, it’s still the second-best horror bow of all time and the second-biggest for the month of …
Read More »‘Angel Has Fallen’ Repeats To Top A Slow Box Office
Angel Has Fallen easily won the long Labor Day weekend with an estimated $15 million for the four-day holiday frame as summer 2019 came to a topsy-turvy close. Despite a record number of films crossing the $1 billion mark globally — most from Disney, whose domination continues to grow — the …
Read More »‘Angel Has Fallen’ Easily Wins Weekend
Fending off sequelitis, the testosterone-laced Angel Has Fallen opened to a better-than-expected $21.3 million at the North American box office to easily win the penultimate weekend of summer. Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman are joined by Nick Nolte in the third installment of Millennium’s action franchise. The top 12 films of the …
Read More »‘Good Boys’ Tops Box Office
n a surprise victory and much-needed boost for the comedy genre, Universal’s raunchy tween pic Good Boys laughed its way to the top of the U.S. box office chart with $21 million from 3,204 theaters.The film, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, marks the first time that an R-rated comedy has …
Read More »‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Holds The Top Spot At Box Office
Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw stayed atop the box office chart for the second weekend in a row, revving past no fewer than five new films to gross $25.4 million and cross the $100 million mark domestically. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 11, are as …
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