Box-Office
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]
Box-Office Weekend: Deadpool 2 Dominates
Deadpool 2 delivered an impressive, though not record-setting, opening weekend of $125 million. Which ultimately makes it the second-largest R-rated opening just behind the original film’s $132.4 million opening in 2016. Internationally, the film brought in an estimated $176.3 million, giving it a worldwide debut of over $300 million. Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War finished in a distan...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Avengers: Infinity War Tops Box Office Again
Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War decided to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend by topping the box office for a third consecutive week. Taking in $61.8 million, the film brought its three-week tally to an impressive $547.8 million, making it the eighth largest domestic release ever. Worldwide, the film has become the fifth largest global release of all time as it has earned a staggering ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Avengers: Infinity War Demolishes Box Office
Avengers: Infinity War broke not only the domestic opening weekend box office record bringing in $250 million this weekend, but it also succeeded in taking in a total of $630 million worldwide, giving it records for both domestic and global openings of all time. The film’s mammoth opening weekend means that the nineteen films that currently make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe have amassed approx...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Steven Spielberg Tops Box Office with Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Ready Player One, arrived in a big way, topping the box-office weekend with a $41.2 million take (and a $53.2 million opening overall). This marks the best opening that a Spielberg movie has enjoyed since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull did back in 2008. Finishing in a very distant second place was Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, which, like Ready Player ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Overthrown
After five weeks atop the box-office weekend results, Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther fell to the second spot in the weekend’s top ten. It was overcome by the arrival of Pacific Rim: Uprising which won the weekend earning $28 million. Despite falling to second place, Black Panther still brought in $16.1 million to raise its domestic six-week total over $630 million. This makes the film the highe...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Remains King
Not only did Black Panther once again finish atop of the weekend box office earning $41.1 million over the past weekend, but it has now made over $1 billion globally, after debuting in China this past weekend. The Marvel blockbuster has now been locked in the top spot since it was released four weeks ago, a feat that was last accomplished in 2015 by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Black Panther’s do...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Still King
Continuing to stand tall above all newcomers, Black Panther dominated yet again this past weekend at the box office. The Marvel powerhouse brought in another $66.3 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to a staggering $501.7 million. The very distant second-place spot belonged to the newest Jennifer Lawrence film, Red Sparrow, which debuted with $16.9 million. Another new release, Death...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Wins Another Weekend
Adding an estimated $108 million to its coffers, Black Panther, easily topped the weekend box office for the second week in a row. The continued dominance of the latest entry to the Marvel canon allowed it to become only the fourth film ever to bring in over $100 million in its second weekend of release, this also makes it the fifth highest grossing title domestically in the Marvel Cinematic Unive...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Wins Easily
With an estimated $192 million for the three-day weekend, the latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Black Panther, easily topped the weekend box office finishing nearly $175 million ahead of the film in second place. This tremendous holiday showing also makes director Ryan Coogler’s super hero epic the second-largest opening in the MCU to date (trailing only the $207.4 million broug...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Fifty Shades Freed On Top
Surprisingly, the top three spots of this weekend’s box office belonged to three new releases. First, the latest (and presumably last) film in the “Fifty Shades” franchise, Fifty Shades Freed, debuted in the number one spot with $38.8 million. This pushed the franchise over the $1 billion mark globally—an impressive feat for any franchise, despite the disputed critical quality of it. The family-fr...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend—Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Reclaims Top Spot
As predicted last week, right here in the Box-Office Weekend column, the top ten didn’t fluctuate much at all during this past weekend, save for the week’s lone new release and a few films shuffling positions with each other. First, returning to the top spot is Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with $11 million. The sequel has now brought in a staggering $352.6 million during its seven-week run. Mean...[Read More]