Playing with Fire
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Maintains Icy Grip on Box Office
Only one film entered anew the top ten this past box-office weekend as Dark Waters cracked the list finishing in the sixth spot. Still standing tall above all challengers was last week’s top finisher, Frozen II, which added $34.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a three-week tally of $337.7 million. Meanwhile, Knives Out held firm in the second spot of the three-day top ten with $14.2 mil...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Holds Top Spot
This weekend saw two new films enter the box-office weekend fray, but neither could unseat last week’s top film, Frozen II, from the number one spot. The Disney film delivered a second-weekend tally of $85.3 million, giving it a staggering two-week total of $287.6 million. The first new film in the top ten this week was Knives Out, which finished in second place with $27 million. Although it was w...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Stops Competition Cold
Three films debuted in the top ten this weekend but only one finished firmly atop the box-office weekend. Disney’s Frozen II, delivered an absolutely astounding opening, bringing in $127 million over the weekend, easily besting the next highest grossing film by $111 million. The film also set the mark for the largest non-summer opening for an animated film as well as the fifth largest November ope...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Ford v Ferrari In Driver’s Seat
Christian Bale and Matt Damon owned the box-office weekend as their new film Ford v Ferrari easily took the weekend’s top spot. The film brought in $31.0 million domestically in its opening weekend, a full $22 million ahead of its closest competition. Meanwhile, last week’s top finisher, Midway, made $8.8 million, giving it second-place and a two-week tally of $35.1 million. That kind of sharp dro...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Midway Tops Veterans’ Day Box Office
Four films debuted in theaters this weekend and those same four films took the top four spots in the box-office weekend countdown. For this weekend at least, bragging rights for the top spot goes to the Veterans’ Day themed Midway, which took in $17.5 million. Elsewhere, the horror-film Doctor Sleep debuted in second place just behind Midway, with an opening weekend tally of $14.1 million. Meanwhi...[Read More]