Box Office Weekend
Box-Office Weekend: 1917 Unseats Star Wars
Apparently a fourth week on top of the box-office weekend wasn’t in the cards for Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker as the film was bested by the new film from director Sam Mendes, 1917. The war epic enjoyed a first weekend in wide-release by claiming first place over the weekend and a $36.5 million weekend gross. Though The Rise of Skywalker lost the top spot this weekend, it did mana...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Rise of Skywalker Still Strong with the Force
Retaining the box-office weekend top spot for a third week in a row was Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker as the film took in $33.7 million over the weekend to bolster its three-week total to $450.8 million. The film also lifted its worldwide total to over $900 million. Though it remained in first place, The Rise of Skywalker, only bested second-place finisher Jumanji: The Next Level b...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Rise of Skywalker Still the Top Dog
Easily holding onto the top spot of the box-office weekend was Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, which made $72.0 million on the domestic front in its second weekend of release. This gives the final film of the “Skywalker Saga” a staggering two-week total of $361.8 million. With a little less than half of the take that The Rise of Skywalker boasted, Jumanji: The Next Level took ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The Force is King as The Rise of Skywalker Dominates
While there was little doubt exactly which film would top the box-office weekend before Christmas, what was up for debate was just how much the concluding chapter in the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker would make. Ultimately, the film took in $175.5 million domestically its opening weekend, easily dominating the weekend box-office top ten. Despite the bawdy numb...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Jumanji Goes to the Next Level
Unlike last weekend, where only one new film managed to crack the weekend box-office top ten, three new films took spots amongst this weekend’s top films. Finishing in the top spot, by a very wide margin, was the sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, which enjoyed an opening box-office weekend that brought in $60.1 million. Despite being knocked to second place and making over $40 million less than Juma...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Maintains Icy Grip on Box Office
Only one film entered anew the top ten this past box-office weekend as Dark Waters cracked the list finishing in the sixth spot. Still standing tall above all challengers was last week’s top finisher, Frozen II, which added $34.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a three-week tally of $337.7 million. Meanwhile, Knives Out held firm in the second spot of the three-day top ten with $14.2 mil...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Holds Top Spot
This weekend saw two new films enter the box-office weekend fray, but neither could unseat last week’s top film, Frozen II, from the number one spot. The Disney film delivered a second-weekend tally of $85.3 million, giving it a staggering two-week total of $287.6 million. The first new film in the top ten this week was Knives Out, which finished in second place with $27 million. Although it was w...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Stops Competition Cold
Three films debuted in the top ten this weekend but only one finished firmly atop the box-office weekend. Disney’s Frozen II, delivered an absolutely astounding opening, bringing in $127 million over the weekend, easily besting the next highest grossing film by $111 million. The film also set the mark for the largest non-summer opening for an animated film as well as the fifth largest November ope...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Ford v Ferrari In Driver’s Seat
Christian Bale and Matt Damon owned the box-office weekend as their new film Ford v Ferrari easily took the weekend’s top spot. The film brought in $31.0 million domestically in its opening weekend, a full $22 million ahead of its closest competition. Meanwhile, last week’s top finisher, Midway, made $8.8 million, giving it second-place and a two-week tally of $35.1 million. That kind of sharp dro...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Midway Tops Veterans’ Day Box Office
Four films debuted in theaters this weekend and those same four films took the top four spots in the box-office weekend countdown. For this weekend at least, bragging rights for the top spot goes to the Veterans’ Day themed Midway, which took in $17.5 million. Elsewhere, the horror-film Doctor Sleep debuted in second place just behind Midway, with an opening weekend tally of $14.1 million. Meanwhi...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Joker Reclaims the Top Spot
After a week hiatus from the box-office weekend top spot, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, reclaimed its perch atop the top ten, bringing in $18.9 million. This gives the film an impressive four-week total of $277.6 million. In a very close second-place finish was last week’s top film, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which made $18.5 million. The film now boasts a two-week tally of $65.4 million, de...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Joker Remains On Top
Joaquin Phoenix and Joker finished atop the box-office weekend once again. The film took in $55 million over the weekend, to give it two consecutive weeks at the top of the weekend box office and a cumulative domestic take of $192.7 million. Finishing in second place was the animated adventure of everyone’s favorite oddball family, The Addams Family, which debuted this weekend to the tune of $30.3...[Read More]