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 […]
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 […]
The latest underperforming franchise entry is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Nickelodeon/Movie Media Group/Alibaba/Paramount). Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $11.6M, down 55% from the $25.6M start for the rebooted TMNT 2 years ago. That suggests a weekend that may not hit $30M, and a US total under $100M. […]
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 […]
Even with a new horror movie in the market, A QUIET PLACE (Paramount) continued to over-perform, down just 46% from last Friday according to preliminary numbers at Deadline to $10.2M, putting it on track for a $35M 2nd weekend. That’s the same hold as last year’s Split, and with higher numbers, suggesting that Quiet […]
Once again, Gone Girl was vanquished for a day by a horror movie, but will almost certainly rebound to take the weekend. OPENINGS: DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) gets the partnership between Universal and its new co-producer/financier Legendary (which for years was parked at Warners) off to a solid start. Dracula‘s Friday results were underreported in […]
2018, as is often the case, is kicking off at the box office, with low-budget horror, and according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY (Blumhouse/Universal) easily took Friday with $12.5M (including $2M from Thursday night). That’s a very solid number, not up to the $16.8M for January 2012’s The Devil Inside, […]