Kraven the Hunter bombed in its debut this weekend, hunting down only $11 million to come in third behind Thanksgiving blockbusters Moana 2 and Wicked. The film marked Sony’s first attempt at an R rated superhero movie. Kraven replaced Madame Web as the worst start ever for a Sony-produced Marvel comic book movie and one of …
Read More »‘Moana 2’ Repeats At The Top Of The Box Office
Walt Disney Animation’s blockbuster Moana 2 continued to smash records in its second weekend, hitting an early global haul of $600 million, already ahead of the first film’s global take of $582 million. The sequel remained safely on top of the box office with an estimated three-day gross of $52 million, breaking …
Read More »‘Moana 2’ Dominates The Thanksgiving Box Office
The box office hit an all-time holiday high led by Walt Disney Animation’s record breaking hit Moana 2. Disney’s Moana 2 served up a massive debut of $221 million. Smashing numerous records, the sequel boasts the biggest five-day debut in history — besting The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($204.6 million) — as well as …
Read More »‘Wicked’ Tops The Box Office
Wicked and Gladiator II combined for a phenomenal weekend at the pre-Thanksgiving box office, pulling in the best results in over a decade. Wicked came in at an estimated $114 million to top the domestic chart. While that’s behind Friday’s estimate of $120, it’s still a history-making number for a film based on a Broadway …
Read More »‘Red One’ Racks Up $34M Box Office Win
Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans‘ Christmas movie Red One came in on the higher end of expectations with a $34.1 million domestic debut after it looked like the big-budget holiday pic might have trouble getting to even $30 million. The movie cost over $250 million to make. Gladiator II roared to a record-shattering $87 million …
Read More »‘Venom 3’ Tops Box Office For Third Week
The major Hollywood studios always knew the post-presidential election weekend was going to be especially quiet this year as they avoided releasing big event films. This allowed Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance to stay atop the domestic box office chart in its third weekend with an estimated $16.2 million from 3,905 theaters for a domestic …
Read More »‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Tops The Weekend Box Office
Venom: The Last Dance struggled at the domestic box office, but had no trouble coming in No. 1 both domestically and globally. The final title in Sony’s franchise — based on the popular comic book antihero — opened to $51 million from 4,131 theaters in North America, well behind an expected $65 …
Read More »‘Smile 2’ Wins Box Office
Smile 2, won the domestic box office race with an estimated $23 million from 3,619 theaters, including Imax and other premium large-format screens. That would put the film’s debut just ahead of the first Smile, a sleeper hit that opened to $22.6 million in late September 2022 on its way to grossing more than …
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 »‘The Wild Robot’ Soars to No. 1
DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s family film The Wild Robot is charming reviewers and audiences alike. The great word of mouth propelled The Wild Robot to win the box office this weekend with an estimated $35 million. Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s beloved bestseller about a robot nicknamed ROZ who forms an unexpected …
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