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Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Crosses $600 Million
Since its release five weeks ago, Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther has dominated the box office. Unsurprisingly, it finished atop the weekend box-office once again, bringing in $27 million over the weekend. This brought its cumulative domestic total over $600 million, making it the first film since Avatar (2009) to do so. This showing makes Black Panther only the seventh film to gross over $600 m...[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]
The Preview Reel: Fifty Shades Freed, Peter Rabbit, and The 15:17 to Paris
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, wherein we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Last week was an especially slow week as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) regained the top spot from Maze Runner: The Death Cure. That likely won’t happen this week as there are three big releases aiming at different demographics. The final chapter of the Fifty Shades series whips into th...[Read More]