A weekly look at the American box office
The weekend totals for March 17th through the 19th 2023 estimates are in. 1.) Shazam! Fury of the Gods (NL) 4,071 theaters Fri $11.7M, 3-day $30M/Wk 1 2.) Scream VI (Par) 3,676 (+1) theaters, Fri $5.2M (-73%), Sat $7.4M, Sunday $4.8M, 3-day $17.5M (-61%)/Total $76M/Wk 2 3.) Creed … Continue reading Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Flops At The Box Office Competition
The weekend totals for March 10th through the 12th 2023 estimates are in. 1) Scream VI – $44,500,000 2) Creed III – $27,172,435 3) 65 – $12,300,000 4) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – $7,000,000 5) Cocaine Bear – $6,200,000 … Continue reading Scream VI Slays The Box Office Competition
The weekend totals for March 3rd through the 5th 2023 estimates are in. 1.) Creed III (UAR) 4,007 Fri $22.1M, Sat $21.4M, Sun $15M 3-day $58.6M/Wk 1 2.) Ant-man and the Wasp Quantumania (Dis) 3,825 (-520) theaters, Fri $3.1M (-63%) Sat $5.86M Sun $3.49M 3-day $12.4M (-61%), … Continue reading Creed III Dominates March 3rd Weekend Box Office
Land ho! The Metkayina are approaching! James Cameron’s first film in thirteen years, Avatar: The Way of Water, hit theaters this weekend with a hefty $134m. Reportedly the most expensive film ever made, the 192-minute 3D extravaganza made a whopping … Continue reading “Avatar: The Way of Water” Splashes Down with $134m in its First Weekend (Box Office 12/18)
Greetings, everyone. Not too much to report today, box office wise, as we have yet to breach the golden shores of Pandora. Tuktirey, Colonel Miles Quaritch, Mo’at, Parker Selfridge, all of our best friends will be there. But before we … Continue reading “Wakanda Forever” and “Violent Night” Stay on Top of the Pre-Avatar Box Office (12/11/22)
Hello everyone and Happy Giftmas! Hope you saw some good movies out there this week. The post-Thanksgiving week is typically slower at the box office, and this week is no exception, with the debut of only one new film at … Continue reading “Wakanda Forever” and “Violent Night” Top Box Office (12/4)
Hello everyone! I’m Owen, taking over the weekly box office column from Blue Adept. You may remember me from the time I wrote extensively about Gene Autry singing cowboy robot alien invasion serial The Phantom Empire for The Avocado, except … Continue reading “Wakanda Forever” Tops Box Office Amid Five New Releases (11/27/22)
Just to lead things off here, I wanted to say that if anyone was interested in taking this over, I’m more than open to that. I’m not looking to depart from it – I write the same piece for my … Continue reading Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Snares 2nd Box Office Win
While originally being planned for a summer 2022 debut, Marvel Studios had pushed back a number of their films and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever landed with a mid-November 2022 debut that hit this weekend. While nobody doubted that the film would … Continue reading Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Dominates Box Office With $180m Win
All eyes are focusing on next weekend with the debut of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to see what it does but this has given the Black Adam film one more weekend to dominate at the box office. The film had the top … Continue reading Black Adam Defeats One Piece Film Red At Box Office
The month is drawing to a close and it’s one where Halloween weekend can be a bit light since people are doing things other than going to the movies. This weekend is up 7% over last year with a $69 … Continue reading Black Adam Scores 2nd Box Office Win
One of the more anticipated releases of the fall season has landed with Black Adam from Warner Bros. and DC. The film came in with a $67 million domestic pickup while overseas it did $73 million in 76 markets as it … Continue reading Black Adam Takes Box Office Dominance
As we get ready to see how things go next weekend with the return of a big tentpole with Black Adam, this weekend showed the continued strength of the horror film side of the industry. Universal brought out Halloween Ends in theaters … Continue reading Halloween Ends Scares Up Strong Box Office Win
The second weekend of October is proving to be a good one for Paramount as their film Smile did another $17 million this weekend and its total domestic run so far is at just a hair under $50 million. The film … Continue reading Smile Lights Up Weekend Box Office Again
The first weekend of October is here and it’ll certainly lean a bit more into the horror film side of things. With the marketing campaign for Smile pretty strong, the film opened with a $22 million debut while the worldwide total … Continue reading Smile Lights Up Weekend Box Office
With months worth of drama spooling out from the pre-release period of this film, Don’t Worry Darling has finally arrived in theaters from Warner Bros. The film landed with a $19.2 million take for the weekend. While the film didn’t have … Continue reading Don’t Worry Darling Snags Box Office Debut Win
September doesn’t have a lot going wide but one film that did go wide this weekend was The Woman King, which scored a rare A+ CinemaScore. The film looks like it has the potential to play out similar to projects like Hidden … Continue reading The Woman King Scores Box Office Victory
A win is a win is a win but that can be celebrated only so much when you have the second lowest weekend of the year so far to call your win. The arrival of Barbarian from 20th Century Studios gives … Continue reading Barbarian Takes Weak Box Office Win
The Labor Day weekend is a dead weekend for movies – even though there is money to be made on it – and the theaters tried to up their game for it with a National Cinema’s Day with $3 tickets. … Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home Scores Box Office Win
The end of August isn’t when you’ll see a lot of films coming out as a lot of kids are already back in school, college kids are either moving in or making the trek, and things are just up in … Continue reading ‘The Invitation Wins Dead Box Office Weekend
With the estimates in and final numbers to come later today, the release of the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film has come in at the top spot with a take of just over $20 million at the box office. It … Continue reading ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ Wins Weekend Box Office
