Category: Box Office
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Box Office: ‘No Time To Die’ Spies $56M Stateside, $300M Worldwide
No Time to Die (review)- $56M When it comes to James Bond, the global numbers were always going to be what counted most, which is a good thing for Daniel Craig’s swan song, No Time to Die. The oft-delayed film opened with $56M domestically to top the charts, easily beating the second weekend of Venom:…
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Box Office: ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Gobbles Up $90M Debut
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (review)- $90.1M Critics be damned, Sony and Marvel’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage ate up the box office this week with a pandemic record $90.1M. That beats the previous record held by Black Widow, and even surpasses the opening weekend of Venom in 2018. That’s not too bad, especially right…
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Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Remains On Top Another Week As ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Opens To Weak $7.5M
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings– $12.8M/$196.5M Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continued its dominance for another week, earning $12.8M and an easy win over Dear Evan Hansen. As predicted, Marvel’s first exclusively theatrical effort in two years also became the top-grossing domestic release of the year with $196.5M.…
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‘Shang-Chi’ Poised To Overtake ‘Black Widow’ As The Year’s Top U.S. Movie Of 2021
After three straight weeks at the top of the box office, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is poised to become the #1 domestic movie of 2021. The film currently sits at just under $177M, which puts it ahead of A Quiet Place 2 ($160M) and F9: The Fast Saga ($172M), however…
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Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Stays At #1 For Third Week In A Row
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings– $21.7M/$176.8M Only three films in 2021 have held the top spot for three weeks in a row, and Shang-Chi is one of them. Marvel’s latest held on with another $21.7M, giving it nearly $177M domestic. More impressive is the global haul of $320M, making it one of…
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Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Surpasses $250M Worldwide, ‘Malignant’ Flops In Opening Weekend
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings– $35.7M/$145.6M Superhero fatigue was never a thing that ever happened, despite analyst projections, but it’s definitely not happening now in a pandemic world. Marvel’s first purely theatrical film since 2019 held strong in its second week, falling just 52% and earning $35M for $145M domestic, and $257M…
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Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Scores A Knockout $140M Worldwide
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (review)- $71.4M/$83.5M Disney has taken some heat for not having Black Widow be a theatrical exclusive when theaters were so badly looking to rebound. And now we see that removing the Disney+ option is all the incentive audiences need to pony up for a ticket. Shang-Chi and…
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Box Office: ‘Candyman’ Hooks The #1 Spot
1. Candyman (review) – $22.3M Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of the 1992 horror classic brings more focus to today’s issues while maintaining a theme of terror and bringing back a beloved slasher. All the hard work paid off as the film pulled $22.3M over the weekend, more then enough to secure the #1 spot 2. Free…
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Box Office: ‘Free Guy’ Maintains The Lead With ‘Paw Patrol: The Movie’ Nipping At Its Heels
Free Guy (review)- $18.7M/$58.8M Ryan Reynold’s Free Guy holds onto #1 with strong word of mouth, and not much competition. 3. Paw Patrol: The Movie – $13M Despite COVID concerns and a dual release with streaming via Parmount+ the worldwide children’s phenomenon Paw Patrol made enough of a mark on the big screen to secure the #2 spot. Considering that…
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Box Office: ‘Free Guy’ Levels Up With $51M Worldwide
Free Guy (review)- $28.4M It was game on for Disney’s Free Guy as the Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer-led comedy opened with $28.4M and $51M worldwide. That’s not bad at all for an original project (but won’t be for long) based on video games, but without a well-known video game brand. This makes one of…