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 »‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Wins Weekend Box Office
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes brought some much-needed heat to the early summer box office with a domestic debut of $56.5 million and $72.5 million overseas for a global start of $129 million. If those numbers hold once final weekend grosses come in, it will rank as the second-best launch of …
Read More »‘The Fall Guy’ Tops The Box Office
Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show starring Lee Majors, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million. Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace took the second spot pulling in $8 million for the slow weekend. Despite …
Read More »‘Challengers’ Tops The Box Office Despite Soft Open
Romance-tennis drama Challengers easily won the weekend box office match with a $15 million opening from 3,477 theaters, in line with expectations and marking the second-best start for an original R-rated drama since the pandemic behind Don’t Worry Darling. Audiences aren’t embracing the R-rated film quite to the degree that reviewers did, giving it a …
Read More »‘Godzilla X Kong’ Squashes ‘Monkey Man’ At Box Office
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire dominated the box office this weekend, as Monkey Man and The First Omen both opened behind expectations. Godzilla, from filmmaker Adam Wingard, is proving to be a significant victory for Josh Grode’s Legendary Pictures on the heels of Dune: Part Two, which is the top-grossing film of the year …
Read More »‘Godzilla X Kong: New Empire’ Roars To $80M Box Office Opening
Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire roared to an $80 million opening at the domestic box office, well ahead of the $45 million to $55 million that was expected. The film scored the fifth biggest Easter opening of all time, according to Sunday estimates. Critics panned Godzilla x …
Read More »Max Extends Exclusive U.S. Licensing Deal For Studio Ghibli Catalogue
Max announced a multiyear agreement with GKIDS to extend the exclusive U.S. film streaming rights for Studio Ghibli, Japan’s legendary, Oscar-winning animation house. The streamer has been the U.S. home to the Studio Ghibli catalogue since 2020, marking the first time the films were available to stream. As part of …
Read More »‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Holds On To Top Of The Box Office
In a tight race between Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog and Disney’s The Call of the Wild, it was the hedgehog that beat out Harrison Ford and a CGI dog at the North American box office this weekend. Sonic, the CGI and live-action hybrid based on the popular Sega games, zoomed past the $100 …
Read More »‘1917’ Conquers ‘Star Wars’ At Box Office
Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917 conquered the box office battlefield with a stellar $36.5 million weekend, one of the best nationwide starts ever for the month of January and well ahead of projections. The victory was fueled by the movie’s top Golden Globe wins on Jan. 5 for best motion …
Read More »‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Holds On To Box Office
Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stayed atop the chart in its third weekend with $33.7 million for a domestic total of $450.8 million to date. The tentpole also held at No. 1 with another $50.5 million for a foreign tally of $468 million and $918.8 million worldwide. The movie continues to …
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