November is a good slow start to the holiday season with things really getting underway at Thanksgiving but there are a number of things that are brought out earlier to try and jumpstart things a bit more. This weekend saw … Continue reading Box Office: November 9-11

There’s a million points of coverage with the box office and everyone tries to come up with their own quip but largely end up in the same area. The simple truth is that even after the various controversies over Bohemian Rhapsody … Continue reading Box Office: November 2-4

Though October tends to do well in terms of horror with some nice box office returns, this year has seen some bigger highs thanks to Venom as well as Halloween doing some solid business. While there were a few new films released … Continue reading Box Office: October 26-28

October had its biggest three-day record set earlier this month with Venom at $80 million and the new Halloween film came damn close to surpassing it. Perhaps there’s money to be made during October with bigger films after all? Halloween landed with a … Continue reading Box Office: October 19-21

Venom lead the box office this week as some competition debuts. Well, competition in the sense that there were a few new movies that debuted this weekend that could have surprised. In its second weekend, Venom added another $35.7 million to its … Continue reading Box Office: October 12-14

The early fall months and often a lot of August are considered months where you can’t do big business at the box office, especially after the heady days of spring and summer. But you’d think after seeing some films do … Continue reading Box Office: October 5-7

September has wrapped up at the box office and it was a pretty good month overall with some strong films and Warner Bros. dominating a good bit of it that continued from August. This weekend saw Night School from Universal Pictures … Continue reading Box Office: September 28-30

To the surprise of many that expect The Predator to try and eke out a second-week win, The House With A Clock In Its Walls took the top spot with a just under $27 million debut. The film plays into the Goosebumps … Continue reading Box Office: September 21-23

While there’s always an opportunity for a franchise to make a fresh start, and Predator with Shane Black directing it seemed like it would be an ideal infusion of talent, it doesn’t always work. The early reviews weren’t great and getting saddled … Continue reading Box Office: September 14-16

September’s the month when we start to see some interesting films after the usual dumping ground that August continues to be, which is still baffling since some films show you can open really big during it. While we aren’t quite … Continue reading Box Office: September 7-9

With just an incredible 10% drop from the previous weekend which already had an amazing 5% drop from its opening weekend, Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot once again with a $22 million take. With the weekday numbers still doing … Continue reading Box Office: August 29-31

With a couple of new films in the mix that didn’t exactly scream box office winners, the final full weekend of August at the box office has its estimates in with what did and didn’t perform. On the new side … Continue reading Box Office: August 24-26

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Crazy Rich Asians The Meg Mile 22 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Alpha Crazy Rich Asians became the latest minority-led film to ‘over-perform’ (at this point we should probably instead frame it as … Continue reading Box Office: August 17-19

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): The Meg Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher Robin Slender Man BlacKkKlansman Turns out the people still love shark movies, as The Meg beat expectations to collect $40M this weekend. With an outsize-for-August budget of … Continue reading Box Office: August 10-12, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Mission: Impossible – Fallout Disney’s Christopher Robin The Spy Who Dumped Me Mamma Mia 2 The Equalizer 2 Sorry there was no box office last week; I was busy. But I’m back … Continue reading Box Office: August 3 – 5, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): The Equalizer 2 Mamma Mia 2 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 I’m busy (and running late) today, so I’ll piggyback on BOM’s remark that eight sequels … Continue reading Box Office: July 20 – 22, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ant-Man and the Wasp Skyscraper Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The unexpectedly good Hotel Transylvania 3 opened to $44M at 4,200 spooOOOooky theaters in the United … Continue reading Box Office: July 13 – 15, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The First Purge Sicario: Day of the Soldado You guys like superheroes, right? Ant-Man and the Wasp became the third Marvel movie in … Continue reading Box Office: July 6 – 8, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Uncle Drew Ocean’s 8 Dinosaurs continue to rule the box office, albeit with an increasingly shaky claw-hand. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom … Continue reading Box Office – June 29 – July 1, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 Ocean’s 8 Tag Deadpool 2 I’m back, sort of. The public once again turned out for the hope that a good Jurassic Park sequel was possible, although … Continue reading Box Office – June 22 – 24, 2018

YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Incredibles 2 Ocean’s 8 Tag Solo: A Star Wars Story Deadpool 2 With $182.6M, Incredibles 2 exceeded all expectations, opening not like a long-awaited animated sequel (cf. previous animated opening weekend champ … Continue reading Box Office: June 15-17, 2018