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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]
The Preview Reel: Will Dunkirk Win the Week?
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. With Baby Driver opening three weeks ago, followed by Spider-Man: Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes just last week, and Dunkirk this week, we are unquestionably in the best stretch of this summer’s wide releases. Enjoy it, because August looks bleak. This is also a rare week where we do...[Read More]