Category: Box Office
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Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ International Numbers Much Lower Than Expected
Wonder Woman 1984 doesn’t open in the U.S. for a few more days, in both theaters and HBO Max, but in other parts of the world it hit theaters over the weekend. While it could be a long time before theatrical bounces back here, in China and other international territories they are long back to…
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Is Pandemic “Hit” With $35M Worldwide
What constitutes a “hit” is different now during pandemic than just a year ago, and Universal may have one on their hands with The Croods: A New Age. The Dreamworks Animation sequel took home a 5-day Thanksgiving total of $14.2M, which when combined with $20.8M internationally, amounts to a $35M debut. While those numbers are…
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Regal Cinemas To Suspend Operations To All U.S. Theaters Beginning Oct. 8
Regal Cinemas announced in a tweet today that starting October 8th, all 536 U.S. theasters will close until further notice. This leaves over 40,000 employees furloughed. Over 100 theaters in the U.K. will also close. The news comes after last week’s announcement that MGM was pushing back the James Bond film No Time To Die until Easter…
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Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Breaks $200M Worldwide, ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ Has Weak Debut
Tenet has now crossed the $200M mark, thanks to a $6.7M second weekend here in the United States, which takes the domestic total (including Canada) to $29.5M. Overseas, the film has done quite well, earning an additional $37.3M this week for $177M internationally. Obviously, Warner Bros. would have liked to see more for such a…
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Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Opens With $20M Weekend, Nears $150M Worldwide
There hasn’t been a box office debut this anticipated since March. With the fate of the entire movie business resting on its shoulders, how did Christopher Nolan’s Tenet fare? Well, it did alright. Tenet opened in the U.S. to a $20M opening weekend. That’s at around 2800 theaters over the course of Labor Day weekend.…
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Box Office: ‘The New Mutants’ Opens With $7M, Sending The X-Men Out With A Whimper
The New Mutants finally made its way into theaters this weekend after a couple of years of delays. Well, there’s good news and bad news. Mostly the latter. The final movie of Fox’s X-Men franchise opened on Friday with $3.1M, on the way to a $7M opening weekend. That would be the largest debut weekend…
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Box Office: ‘Unhinged’ Has Biggest Opening Weekend Since March With $4M
This should go without saying, but Russell Crowe’s road rage thriller Unhinged had the biggest opening weekend since Bloodshot‘s $9M in March, just before COVID-19 shut everything down. A $4M debut is a solid start for the first major theatrical release of the summer, playing in 1823 theaters across 70% of the country. Under normal…
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‘Tenet’ Likely To Be Delayed Again As Analyst Predicts 70% Drop In U.S. Box Office
Isn’t the point of Warner Bros.’ repeated shifting of Tenet’s release date to increase chances of it being in theaters? And yet, the more Christopher Nolan’s anticipated thriller moves, the less likely it seems to actually arrive. And as those numbers dwindle, analysts are projecting that it will move yet again, taking the Hollywood box…
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Universal Boasts Record-Breaking ‘Trolls World Tour’ Digital Debut
Universal didn’t mess with the release date of Trolls World Tour, making the controversial decision to release it straight to VOD. As the first major new film to go direct to digital, a lot of eyes have been on the animated musical’s performance, and at least according to Universal, the results were record-breaking. According to…
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Disney Will Temporarily Stop Reporting Global Box Office
Sundays Just Got A Lot Quieter
This should be a no-brainer because, well, if there are no theaters open that means no sales figures, but Disney is the first major studio to suspend reporting of global box office. With no reports, there’s no weekly box office roundup, which makes my Sunday wide open. Yay. Without Disney, that also means nothing from…