Box-Office
Box-Office Weekend: Encanto Ain’t Fraid of No Ghosts
Walt Disney’s new film Encanto took over the box-office weekend, unseating Ghostbusters: Afterlife by a mere $2.5 million. The animated tale of Mirabel and her magical family – Encanto – made $27.0 million over the weekend, giving the film a total of $40.3 million over the course of its opening week. Meanwhile, last week’s top film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, dropped to second place with $24.5 milli...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Eternals Buries Dune
Marvel returned to the top of the box-office weekend with a vengeance as Eternals debuted atop the leaderboard a full $63.4 million ahead of its closest competition. The latest offering from Marvel Studios has $71 million to show for its opening weekend. Meanwhile, last week’s top film, Dune: Part One finished in second place with $7.6 million. The film now sports a three-week total of $83.9 milli...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Dune Retains Top Spot
For a second straight week, Dune: Part One held the top spot of the box-office weekend, again, besting Halloween Kills by almost double. Dune took in $15.5 million in its second week of release. This gives the sci-fi film a two-week total of $69.4 million. In second, Halloween Kills made $8.5 million during its third weekend, to give it a total of $85.6 million so far. Also, holding firm in the sa...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Venom Takes a Bite Out of the Box Office
Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was knocked from the top spot of the box-office weekend after holding the honor for four straight weeks, by newcomers Venom: Let There Be Carnage. and The Addams Family 2. The Tom Hardy starring Venom: Let There Be Carnage took in $90.1 million in its first weekend of release, easily dominating the weekend box-office as second-place finisher...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Shang-Chi Remains King of the Box Office
Yet again, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, maintained the top spot of the the box-office weekend in remarkably easy fashion, bringing in over $16 million more than its nearest competition. For the third consecutive week, the Marvel juggernaut finished in first place. This week, the film added $21.7 million to give it a three-week total of $176.9 million. Meanwhile, last week’s sec...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Shang-Chi Maintains Stranglehold on Top Spot
The latest film from Marvel, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, retained the top spot of the box-office weekend by earning $30 million more than the film in second place. For the second week in a row, the Marvel juggernaut finished in first place. This week, the film took in $35.8 million to give it an impressive two-week tally of $145.6 million. The Ryan Reynolds vehicle Free Guy climbed ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Candyman Debuts On Top
The reimagined version of Candyman hit theaters this weekend and easily took the top spot of the box-office weekend as it brought in $22.37 million for Universal Pictures. Falling to second place was Free Guy, which finished with $13.56 million in its third week of release, bringing its total to $79.31 million. Also falling one spot this week was last week’s second-place finisher PAW Patrol:...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Downton Abbey Dominates
With an estimated $31 million opening weekend, the theatrical incarnation of Downton Abbey easily topped the box-office weekend, besting its nearest competitor by over $12 million. The film also gave Focus Features it’s most successful opening of all time. The other new releases over the weekend—Ad Astra and Rambo: Last Blood—did well enough, finishing just behind Downton Abbey and delivering soli...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The King Has Returned
A new king reigned over the box-office weekend as the live-action (sort of) version of The Lion King debuted with a $185 million haul over the weekend, easily besting the number two film of the weekend, Spider-Man: Far from Home, which made only $21 million (a pale number comparison). Although it was knocked from the top spot in the countdown, Spider-Man: Far from Home still sports a domestic thre...[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: 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]