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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

Alex Garland‘s dystopian action movie Civil War conquered the domestic box office this weekend with $25.7 million, ahead of expectations and scoring A24’s biggest opening ever. The $50 million movie about a divided America is a big swing for A24 as it tries to produce bigger movies, marking its most expensive production to date. …

Sony’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire won the weekend box office. Sunday estimates show Frozen Empire launching with $45.2 million in North America thanks to multi-generational turnout and families. In 2021, the pandemic-challenged Ghostbusters: Afterlife debuted to $44 million. Frozen Empire is a direct sequel to Afterlife, which succeeded in restoring some of the luster to the classic franchise …

Kung Fu Panda 4 dethroned Dune 2 in its second weekend in theaters with an estimated $30 million. It leapt past the $100 million mark to finish Sunday with a 10-day domestic total of $107.7 million. Overseas, it grossed another $39.6 million for a foreign tally of $68.6 million and $176.4 million globally.  …

Kung Fu Panda 4 opened to a stellar $58.3 million domestically, well ahead of expectations and a near-series best in a win for the family marketplace, as well as for DreamWorks Animation and parent company Universal. The only other Kung Fu Panda installment to open higher was the first one in 2008 with $62 …