SUICIDE SQUAD (RatPac/DC/Warners) was expected to explode past all August box office records, and so far, that’s what it’s doing. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was as high as $65M (including $20.5M from Thursday night), obliterating the $37.8M for Guardians of the Galaxy, and the weekend will gallop beyond Guardians‘s $94.3M, […]
Are Americans tired of superhero movies? There were whispers to that effect after The Avengers: Age of Ultron underperformed a bit and Fantastic Four outright flopped last year, but clearly the answer is Hell, No. DEADPOOL (Marvel/20th) puts a new R-rated satiric spin on the genre (very carefully: its jokes are aimed at Fox’s […]
We’re now officially in the Christmas-to-New-Year’s holiday box office period, and the general form is going to follow 2015 fairly closely, with a Star Wars installment clearly in the lead (albeit much less lucratively than last year’s), a family vehicle in 2d place, and an assortment of also-rans behind them. Comparisons between ROGUE ONE […]
With July 4th falling on a Saturday for the 1st time since 2009, this was fated to be a slow holiday at the box office. Nevertheless, the weekend’s openings were supposed to be able to overtake titles that have already been in the market for 3-4 weeks. Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, however, […]
For the third consecutive weekend, BLACK PANTHER (Marvel/Disney) is having its way with the box office. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have Panther down 43% from last Friday to $16.3M, which should give it a $62M weekend, bringing its US total close to $500M. That will put its 17-day total well ahead of the $457.7M […]
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (Legendary/Perfect World/Universal) finally arrived in the US with a $58.4M opening day ($15.3M from Thursday night), according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. If Fallen Kingdom follows the same trajectory as the 2015 Jurassic World reboot, that should mean a $145M weekend, and a $400M+ eventual US total. That’s a lot […]
Not a lot of changes from last night’s early numbers. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney): The all-time biggest 2d US weekend: $153.5M (down 38% from opening weekend, far better than the 49%/50% for Jurassic World/Avengers, although the 2% drop for Avatar and 24% increase for Titanic–both from the era before giant Thursday night openings–remain […]
ANT-MAN (Marvel/Disney) appears to be opening at the lower end of the Marvel universe. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the latest superhero epic had a $23.4M Friday (which includes $6.4 from Thursday night). That puts it modestly below the $25.5M opening day for the original Thor and $25.7M for the first Captain America, as well […]