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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.20.2024
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.13.2024
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.6.2024
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.29.2024
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Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 9.22.2024
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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Review: “Babygirl”
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.20.2024
OPENINGS: SMILE 2 (Paramount) opened on par with its predecessor, at $23M compared to $22.6M. A small dip had been projected, so that was slightly above expectations. The sequel, unlike the first Smile, will face major competition in its 2nd weekend, so it remains to be seen whether it can have that film’s stellar […]
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.13.2024
OPENINGS: TERRIFIER 3 (Cineverse) broke through to a mainstream audience with an $18.3M weekend, which is more than the entire $10.6M run of 2022’s Terrifier 2 (that one’s highest weekend was $1.9M). The new entry in the unrated, ultra-violent slasher series accomplished this with not just a low production budget, but reportedly a miniscule amount […]
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.6.2024
OPENINGS: Amazingly, the 58% first weekend plunge from $96.2M for 2019’s Joker to $40M for JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (DC/Warners) understates how much audiences hated the new film. For that, you have to look to the respective Friday-to-Saturday drops, after word of mouth had a chance to set in: 44% compared to 18%, which […]
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.29.2024
OPENINGS: THE WILD ROBOT (DreamWorks Animation/Universal), aided by strong reviews, started above expectations with $35M. It has the family audience almost to itself until mid-November, and should pass $100M in the US. It’s thus far in only 29 international territories, and has $18.1M after a $9.9M weekend. Since the source material is a series […]
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Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 9.22.2024
OPENINGS: TRANSFORMERS ONE (Hasbro/Paramount) underdelivered vs projections by about 20%, and its dim $25M start didn’t even give it the weekend’s #1 ranking at the box office. Paramount was taking a calculated risk by rebooting the franchise via PG-rated animation, and it doesn’t seem to have worked out. It faces direct competition next weekend […]
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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Review: “Babygirl”
BABYGIRL (A24 – Dec. 25): We’ve reached the point where Nicole Kidman’s work ethic has become something of a running gag. In the past 5 years alone, she’s appeared in an incredible eight feature films and seven TV series, with three more series on tap for 2025 (so far). Truth be told, it can feel […]
