A weekly look at the American box office
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
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo): Ocean’s 8 Solo: A Star Wars Story Deadpool 2 Hereditary Avengers: Infinity War With $41.5M, Ocean’s 8 made a little bit more this weekend than each of its main characters do, which … Continue reading Box Office: June 8 – 10, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Solo Deadpool 2 Adrift Avengers: Infinity War Book Club Solo lost 65% in its second weekend, a steep drop off a not-great opening. Deadpool 2 fared a bit better in its third, … Continue reading Box Office: June 1 – 3, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Solo Deadpool 2 Avengers: Infinity War Book Club Life of the Party Solo opened at #1, but has vastly underperformed expectations, falling $15M short of the estimated $101M target. It now seems … Continue reading Box Office: May 25 – 27, 2018
Captain Video can’t get into WordPress right now. YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) 1. Deadpool 2 2. Avengers: Infinity War 3. Book Club 4. Life of the Party 5. Breaking In WordPress is down, so I’m currently … Continue reading Box Office: May 18 – 20, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Avengers: Infinity War Life of the Party Breaking In Overboard A Quiet Place Infinity War has now made $547M domestically and topped a billion internationally, with the second-biggest all-time opening in China … Continue reading Box Office: May 11 – 13, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Avengers: Infinity War Overboard A Quiet Place I Feel Pretty Rampage I’m currently sitting next to an egg timer that will tell me when to take my pizza out of the oven … Continue reading Box Office: May 4 – 6, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Avengers: Infinity War A Quiet Place I Feel Pretty Rampage Black Panther I’m too tired and too busy to do a proper writeup, but Infinity War made staggering amounts of money, and … Continue reading Box Office: April 27 – 29, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) A Quiet Place Rampage I Feel Pretty Super Troopers 2 Truth or Dare Anecdote from attending Super Troopers 2, a movie about fuck-up Vermont Highway Patrol officers on drugs, in a Vermont … Continue reading Box Office: April 20 – 22, 2018
