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Box Office Weekend: Blade Runner 2049 Takes Over Box Office
Although it debuted with over $32 million and held the top spot for the weekend box office, the thirty-five years in the making sequel Blade Runner 2049, fell south of the film’s $45-$55 million expectations. Despite mostly positive reviews, the film may have a long climb to ensure that it’s a domestic hit. The survival epic The Mountain Between Us, starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba finished in...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: It Holds Top Spot
The horror film It topped the box office again this week with $60 million. The two-week total for the film fell just short of $220 million but has established the Stephen King adaptation as the highest grossing September release of all time. In a distant second-place was American Assassin with $14.8 million in its first week of release. Darren Aronofsky’s mother! finished in third with $7.5 millio...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Hitman’s Bodyguard Again Dominates Box Office
For the third straight week, The Hitman’s Bodyguard has beaten out Annabelle: Creation for the top spot for the box office weekend. This week, the Ryan Reynolds/Samuel L. Jackson actioner brought in $10.3 million compared to Annabelle’s $7.3 million. While, Annabelle: Creation still holds bragging rights for highest 2017 gross: $89 million compared to $54.9 million for The Hitman’s Bodyguard), the...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Hitman’s Bodyguard Bumps Off Annabelle
The Hitman’s Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson easily took the number one spot at the box office this weekend. The action/comedy took in $21.6 million in its first weekend of release, which was well ahead of second-place finisher Annabelle: Creation’s $15.5 million. Third place again results in a steep drop as the new film from once-retired auteur Steven Soderbergh, Logan Luc...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Annabelle: Creation Takes Top Spot
The latest installment of the Conjuring franchise (yes, such a franchise exists), Annabelle: Creation took the top spot of this week’s box office with $35 million. While director Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk pulled in another $11.4 million, bringing its domestic total to slightly over $150 million. Finishing in a distant third place was the critically-detested animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Dunkirk Beats the Emojis
With an estimated $28.1 million, Dunkirk ruled over the weekend box office for the second straight week. Director Christopher Nolan’s latest offering has now grossed over $100 million domestically while adding another $131 million from overseas business in just two weeks. Meanwhile, Sony’s new animated feature, The Emoji Movie, managed to slide into second place bringing in $25.7 million over the ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Dunkirk Claims Box Office
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk took the weekend box office this weekend, earning over $50 million. Another new release, Girls Trip, finished in second with $30.4 million. This week’s other new release, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets only managed to pull in $17 million, which relegated it to fifth place. The $50 million opening for Dunkirk, more than likely foretells a lengthy and profita...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Apes Best Wall Crawler to Take Box Office
The latest film in the Planet of the Apes series, War for the Planet of the Apes debuted in first place this weekend with an estimated $56.5 million. Though that was a bit below the $163 million Spider-Man: Homecoming brought in last week, it was still an impressive number given the competition it faced this week. Meanwhile, the Spider-Man reboot finished in second place, dropping more than 60% to...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Spider-Man: Homecoming Tops the Bill
Spider-Man: Homecoming brought the web slinger back to the big screen in a big way with a near-$120 million opening weekend ($117 million to be exact). This is the second largest opening for a Spider-Man feature, just narrowly pushing past the 2002 original directed by Sam Raimi. This gives Spider-Man: Homecoming the second largest opening of the year (so far), between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Gru and the Minions Stand Tall at Box Office
Despite delivering approximately $10 million less than the opening weekend total for its predecessor, Despicable Me 3 finished atop the weekend’s box office with just over $75 million. The third film in the popular franchise led the box office heading into the final two days of the five-day Fourth of July weekend. Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver defied studio expectations, finishing in second with $21 ...[Read More]