Weekend Box-Office
Box-Office Weekend: Lion King Stands Ground Against Tarantino
Standing proudly atop Box-Office Weekend Rock (if there was such a place) for the second week in a row was Disney’s The Lion King. The live-action rendition of the beloved animated feature took in $75.5 million in its second weekend of release, giving it an impressive two-week tally of $350.8 million. In a distant second place was Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, whi...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The King Has Returned
A new king reigned over the box-office weekend as the live-action (sort of) version of The Lion King debuted with a $185 million haul over the weekend, easily besting the number two film of the weekend, Spider-Man: Far from Home, which made only $21 million (a pale number comparison). Although it was knocked from the top spot in the countdown, Spider-Man: Far from Home still sports a domestic thre...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Spider-Man Repeats on Top!
This week’s box-office weekend was essentially a repeat of last week, at least for the first two spots, as both Sony’s Spider-Man: Far from Home and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 held firm in the first and second spots of the top ten respectively. Spider-Man: Far from Home added $45.3 million over the weekend to bring its two-week domestic total to $274.5 million. Meanwhile, Toy Story 4 tossed anothe...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Spider-Man Puts the Toys Away!
Not only did Sony’s Spider-Man: Far from Home soundly unseat Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 from the top spot of the weekend box office, it also delivered the largest six-day opening for a Tuesday release in history (albeit that is undoubtedly a very select group). The film brought in $92.6 million over the weekend and first week cumulative total of $185.1 million. The film also looks as though it cou...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The Toys are Back on Top…Again!
For the second week in a row, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 finished on top of the weekend box office. This week, the film took in $57.9 million. Although this was just shy of half of what the film pulled in last week, it was still good enough to finish over $37 million ahead of the next highest total in this week’s countdown. The strong showing gives the film a two-week total of $236.9 million and i...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Toy Story 4 Crushes All Competition
Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 absolutely demolished its competition to reign supreme over this week’s box-office weekend. Though the studio was expecting somewhere in the area of a $140 million opening, they probably aren’t too disappointed with the $118 million opening that they got. This was not only the best opening for any film in the franchise to date, but it is also the fourth largest openi...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Men in Black: International Tops Another Disappointing Box Office
Although a new film debuted atop the box-office weekend top ten again this week, it was a bit of a disappointment given the success of its predecessors. The latest film in the “Men in Black” series, Men in Black: International, debuted on top of the weekend box office bringing in $28.5 million domestically. Unfortunately, this was the lowest opening of all the previous films in the franchise. This...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Secret Life of Pets Sequel Leads Disappointing Box Office
While the top two film’s over the box-office weekend were new releases, they both proved to be disappointments, of sorts. Although the animated family film The Secret Life of Pets 2 finished on top of the box-office weekend with $47.1 million, it failed to make anywhere near what its predecessor had made during its opening weekend just a few years earlier. Elsewhere, the latest offering in the X-M...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: John Wick Bows to Aladdin
The live-action reinterpretation of Aladdin granted its studio a wish and stood atop the box-office weekend earning $90.2 million in its first weekend of release. The latest offering from Disney easily bested Keanu Reeves and last week’s top film, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which finished with $24.6 for its second weekend. Despite the film’s second-place finish, the third film of the John ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Avengers: Endgame Shatters Records
The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and the one everything has been building towards, Avengers: Endgame opened with a three-day domestic gross of an estimated $350 million. This staggering amount gives the Marvel juggernaut the largest opening weekend box-office tally of all-time. In a very distant second place (approximately $342 million behind) was Marvel’s other current blo...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Shazam! Dominates Again
For the second consecutive week, Shazam! held on tightly to the top spot on the Box-Office Weekend leaderboard. This week, the film’s second in release, the latest film in the DC Extended Universe, added $25.1 million to give it a two-week total of $94.9 million. The Zachary Levi-led film continues to perform will internationally as well, adding $35.9 million to give it a global two-week total of ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Shazam! Makes DC Movies Fun Again
The unbelievable has happened, that is, a film in the DC Extended Universe has proven both critically and commercially popular. Shazam! performed above expectations, delivering a debut opening weekend of $53.5 million. The film, starring Zachary Levi, did well internationally as well, generating approximately $102 million to give it a worldwide opening weekend somewhere south of $160 million. The ...[Read More]