OPENINGS: GODZILLA VS KONG (Warners, also on HBO Max) had the biggest US theatrical debut since the onset of pandemic closings with $48.5M over 5 days ($32.2M for the 3-day weekend). It will clearly roar past Tenet‘s $57.9M to become the highest-grossing title in over a year, and could pass $100M in the US. […]
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 […]
>1960 Kennedy/Nixon. 2000 Bush/Gore. 2011 Salem/Metcalf. Team Salem has moved back into the lead (by a $17.8 million margin) thanks to a strong second weekend for Rise of the Planet of the Apes and a great opening for The Help. With no new films opening for either Team, it is time for Metcalf to concede […]
OPENINGS: KONG: SKULL ISLAND (Legendary/Tencent/Warners) is playing as a quasi-family movie, perhaps in response to the R-rated Logan and Get Out. That gave it a much more muscular Saturday than similar big-budget monster movies, up 19% on Saturday where Godzilla fell 16% and Pacific Rim dropped 13%. With that boost, Kong should hit its […]
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 […]
>Updated Worldwide Box Office figures below. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo now closing in on $200 million worldwide.
The tricks arrived early and the treats were nonexistent on a bleak pre-Halloween weekend. Let the second-guessing begin on STEVE JOBS (Legendary/Universal). Last week’s limited expansion suggested softness as the awards hopeful widened beyond NY/LA, and national release has crumbled its box office hopes entirely. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have Steve Jobs at $2.5M […]
THE MAIN EVENT: As the roof caved in on BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners), the studio had two last-ditch goals: to avoid a Weekend 2 result that dropped 70% from last week or dipped below $50M in the US. Pending tomorrow’s final numbers, it appears to have managed that, with a 68% […]