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]
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]
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]
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Disney dominated last weekend’s box office with the top two films, Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time. The studio’s reign is likely to end as we begin a three-week period of big blockbuster releases, with Tomb Raider up first. Twentieth Century Fox also offers Love, Simon as counter-programming. [divid...[Read More]