Venom: The Last Dance gained ground in its second weekend. The Sony comic book movie declined a franchise-low 49 percent to $26.1 million from 4,131 screens to win an overall quiet weekend heading into the hotly contested presidential race The final installment in the Venom trilogy has now earned $90 million domestically. DreamWorks …
Read More »‘Terrifier 3’ Scares Up The Top Spot At The Box Office
Terrifier 3 easily won the weekend box office, where Joker: Folie à Deux suffered the worst decline in history for a comic book movie and one of the biggest among any film. Cineverse and Icon Events’ Terrifier threequel opened ahead of expectations with an estimated $18.2 million from 1,988 theaters. The Wild Robot continues to shine for …
Read More »‘Joker’ Bombs But Tops Box Office
Joker: Folie à Deux bombed in its box office debut with an estimated domestic opening of $40 million, well behind expectations after becoming the the first Hollywood comic book movie in history to earn a D CinemaScore from audiences. Exit polls are equally as grim as audiences express their unhappiness with the antihero-musical …
Read More »‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Sets Box Office Record
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’ 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’ 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 »‘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 »‘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 …
Read More »‘Civil War’ Holds On To Top Spot At Box Office
The dystopian political action film Civil War about an America torn apart triumphed over the newly released vampire movie Abigail at the weekend box office. Civil War held the top spot in its second weekend with $11 million for a domestic total of $45 million for indie studio A24. Heading into the weekend, Universal’s Abigail was expected …
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