Tag: box office
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Box Office: Despite Mixed Reviews Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ Provides a Big Boost To The Box Office
Eternals (review)– $71M While the build up to Marvel’s latest epic, Eternals didn’t match their usual fanfare with reviews being decidedly less favorable then they’re used to that didn’t stop the media giant from nailing yet another #1 hit. In years past a $71M weekend would have been a failure but in this pandemic world I…
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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: To No One’s Surprise, ‘Black Widow’ Avenges COVID Box Office Slump
Black Widow (Review)- $80M If You’ve been following the site this weekend you will have seen this post, and not be surprised at the news that Black Widow set the post-covid box office record with $80 million over the weekend. While it’s not surprising, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t well deserved, ScarJo’s solo film may have…
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Box Office: ‘Nobody’ Punches Its Way To The Top With $6.7M, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Scores $122M Overseas Debut
As theaters begin to reopen at a more accelerated pace, it’s time to start looking at the box office results once again. While we don’t have the full range of films that we used to see each week, more emphasis has to be placed on the films that are available. And as far as the…
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‘Avatar’ Could Reclaim Box Office Record Thanks To Re-Release In China
Is this what it’s going to be? Avatar and Avengers: Endgame swapping the all-time box office crown until the end of time? James Cameron’s sci-fi epic held the top spot with $2.79B for more than a decade, having established itself as a must-see event with visual effects that were absolutely mindblowing at the time, especially…
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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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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…