A weekly look at the American box office
The box office weekend isn’t a normal weekend by any stretch thanks to the 4th of July holiday. The big film that had the longest debut was Spider-Man: Far From Home as it opened on Tuesday. With kids out of school … Continue reading Box Office: July 5-7
While some competition came onto the field as we get ready for the 4th of July holiday, Toy Story 4 still took the top spot as it added another $58 million to bring it to $236 million domestic. It’s a solid … Continue reading Box Office: June 28-30
With Disney’s estimates originally at $140 million and others in the $125 million range, Toy Story 4 took the top spot at the box office but managed just a $118 million debut – though we expect some upward revisions with finalized … Continue reading Box Office: June 21-23
It’s a tricky situation. People say they want original films but they often turn their noses up at them at the box office, discovering them later on streaming after hearing some good word of mouth. So the studios lean into … Continue reading Box Office: June 14-16
While the weekend performed better than it did a year ago, the box office had two films at the top that should have done a lot better than they did. The Secret Life of Pets 2 took too long to get … Continue reading Box Office: June 7-9
The summer box office is moving right along and there was certainly a lot of anticipation and marketing/promotion out there for the box office winner this weekend with Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The film landed just over $49 million for … Continue reading Box Office: May 31 – June 2
The holiday weekend won’t have its final numbers for Monday for awhile yet but the three-day results are pretty good for Aladdin. The latest Disney film hit a $86 million pickup over the weekend with its debut and is expected to … Continue reading Box Office: May 24-26
It took a few weeks but the Avengers: Endgame film has fallen to second place as John Wick: Parabellum has arrived. It’s been two years since the second film landed where it did a strong $30 million and now the third film has … Continue reading Box Office: May 17-19
While there was some chance that Avengers: Endgame might fall to the second place slot this weekend it managed to eke out a win. The film brought in $63 million domestic to bring it to $723 million. That has it surpassing Black … Continue reading Box Office: May 10-12
With the final numbers to come out later today, the estimates are in and Avengers: Endgame has taken the top spot at the box office. With $350 million last weekend, this weekend saw it make another $145.8 million this weekend. But … Continue reading Box Office: May 3-5
There are a lot of records that it didn’t break but let’s be honest; it broke all the ones that most of us keep track of. With The Force Awakens setting a twelve-day record for fastest film to reach $1 billion … Continue reading Box Office: April 26-28
The folks at WB/New Line are handling their horror line well as a part of a larger Conjuring vibe but not working the same story over and over to death, instead, coming up with properties within it that find its own … Continue reading Box Office: April 19-21
April is really set to be a light month for film in general as a lot of projects have avoided the month in anticipation of what Avengers: Endgame will do in terms of wide-releasing projects. This weekend saw a few new … Continue reading Box Office: April 12-14
With all the fun of potential lightning striking twice intros next week, Shazam! landed this weekend to a $53 million debut or $56,775,000 million including some special previews that were done previously to boost word of mouth. The film got an … Continue reading Box Office: April 5-7
Disney has had a mixed record of sorts when it comes to the live-action adaptations of their animated works as some seem to just click better in the transition than others. While the pairing of Tim Burton with Dumbo certainly makes … Continue reading Box Office: March 29-31
There was a lot of anticipation for Us this weekend, the latest Jordan Peele film, but there was a sense through some of the reviews that it wasn’t going to be quite as good as Get Out was. That said, the good … Continue reading Box Office: March 22-24
The arrival of Captain Marvel the weekend before had the film making some noise with a $455 million worldwide take and now at the end of its second weekend it’s landing right around $760 million worldwide in twelve days of release. … Continue reading Box Office: March 15-17
Online discourse versus reality proves reality once again triumphs. With months of comical talk about impacting the box office of Captain Marvel, a film many claimed was being rammed down their throats, and an organized campaign to impact its rating at … Continue reading Box Office: March 8-11
With it seeming more and more true that A Madea Family Funeral is the final film for the character by Tyler Perry, Lionsgate is at least going out on a big note with it. The ninth film with the character took … Continue reading Box Office: March 1-3
The release of the third and final installment of the How To Train Your Dragon film series with The Hidden World has done well for Universal. The film had a franchise-best debut with a $55.5 million take for its three-day total. It’s … Continue reading Box Office: February 22-24
The latest estimates are coming in for how this weekend shaped up and it’s going to be one with some unrealistic elements to it as this time last year saw the debut of Black Panther. That film did a whopping $202 … Continue reading Box Office: February 15-17
