Weekend Box-Office
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]
Box-Office Weekend: Joker Reclaims the Top Spot
After a week hiatus from the box-office weekend top spot, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, reclaimed its perch atop the top ten, bringing in $18.9 million. This gives the film an impressive four-week total of $277.6 million. In a very close second-place finish was last week’s top film, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which made $18.5 million. The film now boasts a two-week tally of $65.4 million, de...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Joker Remains On Top
Joaquin Phoenix and Joker finished atop the box-office weekend once again. The film took in $55 million over the weekend, to give it two consecutive weeks at the top of the weekend box office and a cumulative domestic take of $192.7 million. Finishing in second place was the animated adventure of everyone’s favorite oddball family, The Addams Family, which debuted this weekend to the tune of $30.3...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Joker Obliterates Competition
The latest comic-book adaptation, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, completely dominated the box-office weekend, as it brought in $93.5 million during its opening weekend. The film enjoyed the largest domestic October opening weekend box-office of all time. This is also the fourth largest domestic opening for an R-rated film of all time as well. Audiences seem positive towards the film, with critic...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Abominable Downs Downton Abbey
The animated adventure Abominable from Universal finished on top of the box-office weekend with a $20.9 million showing during its opening weekend. This bested second-place finisher (and last week’s top earner) Downton Abbey by approximately $6.4 million. Still, Abominable has a long way to go to justify its $75 million budget, but positive reviews and word of mouth could help it along in that reg...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Downton Abbey Dominates
With an estimated $31 million opening weekend, the theatrical incarnation of Downton Abbey easily topped the box-office weekend, besting its nearest competitor by over $12 million. The film also gave Focus Features it’s most successful opening of all time. The other new releases over the weekend—Ad Astra and Rambo: Last Blood—did well enough, finishing just behind Downton Abbey and delivering soli...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Fast & Furious Keeps Pace Ahead of Scary Stories
Still standing tall on top of the box-office weekend countdown was Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which held onto first place for the second week in a row. The latest offering of the “Fast & Furious” franchise took in $25.4 million this weekend, giving it a two-week tally of $108.5 million and an ever-so-slight first-place finish over newcomer Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Fast & Furious Franchise Unseats the King
There is a new film stop the box-office weekend top ten yet again as the “Fast & Furious” franchise has proven viable for at least one more installment. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw opened this weekend to the tune of $60.8 million. This put the film over $20 million above its nearest competitor, The Lion King. Despite slipping from the top spot, Disney’s live-action reboot of ...[Read More]