Box Office Weekend
Box-Office Weekend: Shazam! Makes DC Movies Fun Again
The unbelievable has happened, that is, a film in the DC Extended Universe has proven both critically and commercially popular. Shazam! performed above expectations, delivering a debut opening weekend of $53.5 million. The film, starring Zachary Levi, did well internationally as well, generating approximately $102 million to give it a worldwide opening weekend somewhere south of $160 million. The ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Dumbo Soars at Box Office
The latest beloved animated film turned live-action spectacle, Dumbo, debuted at the of the box-office weekend countdown with an impressive $46 million opening. Despite the solid opening, the film still came up short of many industry expectations. But, perhaps, like those that didn’t believe in the adorable pachyderm’s ability to fly, the industry will be surprised by the little guy’s staying powe...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: How to Train Your Dragon Sequel Bests Madea Sequel
Tyler Perry’s latest offering to the Madea canon, A Madea Family Funeral, made an impressive bid for the top spot at the box office this weekend but was unable to fell the proverbial dragon as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World held onto the top spot for the second week in a row. Universal and DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World brought in $30 million over the weekend to...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: ‘Alita’ On Top, Despite Disappointing Overall Holiday Numbers
The three-day President’s Day holiday this year belonged to Alita: Battle Angel which stood atop the box-office weekend with an estimated $27.8 million debut. Despite the impressive opening tallies, the film is still burdened with a $170 million price tag that it could be hard-pressed to earn enough to turn a profit. Overall though, the holiday box-office was the worst collective showing for a Pre...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: ‘Glass’ Threepeats
For the third consecutive week, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, Glass, finished on top of the weekend box office. This week, the film added another $9.5 million to lift its three-week total to $88.7 million. Similarly, the Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston vehicle The Upside held onto second place for a third week in a row as it took in $8.9 million over the weekend to give the comedy/drama a four-week ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: ‘Glass’ Repeats On Top
Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass finished on top of the weekend box office for the second week in a row this past weekend. Bringing in an estimated $19 million, the film pushed its two-week tally to just under $74 million and managed to remain the king of the box-office weekend for at least one more week. Finishing in second place, as it did last week, was the Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston s...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: They Call Him Mr. Glass and Mr. Box Office
The latest film from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, Glass, finished on top of the weekend box office with $40.6 million. While the total was a bit shy of the expectations set on the film, it was still a solid opening, and, assuming it does well enough on Monday (Martin Luther King Day), it will more than likely do decent enough business to become one of the largest January openings of all tim...[Read More]
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]
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]
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]