A weekly look at the American box office
It’s been interesting watching how things have been unfolding for Dragon Ball Super: Broly as the film had a strong $5 million projected opening night earlier in the week with the various showings it had, but it was the week as … Continue reading Box Office: January 18-20
The new year is into its second frame and Aquaman finally no longer has the top spot since its debut last month. Topping the box office is The Upside with Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston where it did just under $20 million … Continue reading Box Office: January 11-13
The first box office weekend of the new year has kicked off well with Aquaman winning its third weekend – which is such a radical change from how things went for Justice League not that long ago. The film added another $30.7 … Continue reading Box Office: January 4-6
The final box office run of the year is here and while the five-day reporting is still to come since many people are off for what amounts to an extended weekend, we have a look at the three-day totals and … Continue reading Box Office: December 28-30
With the three-day weekend that’ll be viewed more as a five-day when all is said and done thanks to Christmas being on a Tuesday and a lot of people off, this weekend is a very busy one with new releases. … Continue reading Box Office: December 21-23
With some good and warranted hype behind it, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse took the top spot at the box office this weekend with a $35.4 million debut. That’s the highest oepning for an animated film in December and the film is … Continue reading Box Office: December 14-16
It’s a quiet weekend at the box office in terms of new films coming out as everything is getting loaded closer to the holiday but there is some significant news that hit. Aquaman hit overseas this weekend with a Chinese debut. … Continue reading Box Office: December 7-9
It’s box office weekend 2.0 as the latest rankings largely mirror what we had seen the week before in terms of placement, just with a new film in the mix with The Possession of Hannah Grace. That was the only new … Continue reading Box Office: November 30 – December 2
The Thanksgiving holiday is always a fun one as you can look at the box office in a couple of ways. The bulk of reporting tends to look at the numbers more at the three-day totals of the traditional weekend … Continue reading Box Office: November 23-25
The busy period for films is pretty much getting underway at this point, though a lot of the “Oscar Bait” films will be in limited release and many of us won’t be able to see them until the new year. … Continue reading Box Office: November 16-18
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
