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Box Office Weekend: The Upside Sees, Well, the Upside
In its third week of release, the Aquaman juggernaut was felled by upstart The Upside, which bested it by approximately $2.3 million over the weekend. The Upside debuted on top of the weekend box office with $19.6 million. Meanwhile, Aquaman added another $17.3 million to lift its four-week tally to $287.9 million. Despite losing the top spot on the domestic box office, Aquaman did manage to excee...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Aquaman Nails the Triple Lindy
For the third week in a row, Aquaman remains perched atop the weekend box office. The film took in an additional $30.7 million, giving it a three-week total of $260 million and a worldwide total over $940 million, making it the highest grossing film worldwide in the DC Extended Universe. Elsewhere, the erstwhile horror film, Escape Room, debuted with $18 million, giving it a firm hold on second pl...[Read More]
Eighth Grade Named Best Picture by the Detroit Film Critics Society
The Detroit Film Critics Society (of which CinemaNerdz Editor-in-Chief, Mike Tyrkus, is a member and newly-elected President) is pleased to announce the Best of winners in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in the Spring of 2007 and consists of a group of 21 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities...[Read More]
The 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2018 nominees in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-one film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, O...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The Nun Sets Franchise Record
The new horror film The Nun led the weekend box office with an impressive $53.5 million opening weekend. The film toppled the franchise’s opening weekend record of $41.8 million set by the first film in the series, The Conjuring in 2013. The weekend’s other debut, Peppermint, delivered a solid opening for Jennifer Lawrence. Meanwhile, Crazy Rich Asians brought in another $13.6 million to lift its ...[Read More]
Meet Robin & Raven from TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES!
To celebrate the release of Warner Bros. new film, TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES, crime-fighting heroes Robin and Raven will be meeting and greeting fans this Sunday in and around Detroit. They will be stopping by Oakland Mall in Troy to meet fans and take photos, then in the afternoon, they can be seen mingling with families at the Detroit River Days Festival. So, get the kids ready and come have...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Incredibles 2 Astonishes
Another group of super heroes reclaimed the top spot atop the weekend box office. With an, ahem, incredible opening weekend, the long-awaited sequel, Incredibles 2, opened with a $180 million weekend, overshadowing last-weekend’s top grosser, Ocean’s Eight, which only brought in $19.6 million. Clearly moviegoers were keen for some super heroes this weekend. But all was not lost for the all-female ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Ocean’s 8 Overtakes Solo
The all-female reboot of the “Ocean’s” franchise, starring Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, Ocean’s 8, debuted in the top spot with an impressive $41.5 million showing over the weekend. This easily bested the $15.2 million that second-place finisher Solo: A Star Wars Story brought during its third weekend of release. This gives the Star Wars film a to-date total of $176.1 million, which must be ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Solo Stays on Top
In its second week of release, Solo: A Star Wars Story managed to take in $29.3 million to remain on top of the weekend box office. This gives the film an impressive two-week total of $148.9 million. And, as it did last week, Deadpool 2 finished in second place, though this time the margin wasn’t nearly as drastic as the Marvel sequel took in $23.3 million (just $6 million behind its Star Wars com...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Solo: A Star Wars Story Debuts on Top
Despite finishing atop the Memorial Day weekend box office, the latest entry to the “Star Wars” canon from Disney and Lucasfilm, Solo: A Star Wars Story, failed to break the $100 million plateau, managing just $83.3 million. Albeit, this was still around double what second-place finisher Deadpool 2 brought in with $42.7 million. All in all, it must be considered a disappointing opening given the l...[Read More]