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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The End of Summer

All this summer’s box office needed for burial was a shovel, and Hollywood provided that with a Labor Day line-up devoid of any genuinely wide new releases. The result is going to be ugly, except for a few hardy ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jumanji” Still Driving MLK Box Office; “The Post” Expands Well, “Proud Mary,” “Paddington 2,”” “The Commuter” Flounder

As the 2018 box office enters the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, most of its strength still lies in 2017 releases. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (Columbia/Sony) is on...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Rocks, “Nutcracker” & “Nobody’s Fool” Sag

Following on the heels of La La Land and A Star Is Born, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Regency/20th) is underscoring the vitality of the adult-oriented musical genre. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it had a $19.2M ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Joker” Has The Last Laugh

Everything has broken right for JOKER (BRON/Village Roadshow/DC/Warners). Its combination of gold-standard IP with a gritty, violent, R-rated aesthetic has been largely accepted critically and earned it film festival k...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Studio Scorecard – 6.11.2017

OPENINGS: In the US, the launch of THE MUMMY (Perfect World/Universal) could hardly have gone worse with a $32.2M weekend. Although it’s higher than the openings for Tom Cruise’s recent Jack Reacher title...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jigsaw” Doesn’t Scare, “Thank You For Your Service” & “Suburbicon” Flop

Rebooting an aged horror franchise can be tough. Recent attempts to bring back Alien, Scream and Friday the 13th have faltered, and now Saw, rechristened as JIGSAW (Lionsgate), isn’t off to much of a start. Pre...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.29.2018

OPENINGS: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT (Skydance/Alibaba/Paramount) rode almost unanimous rave reviews to a franchise-high $61.5M weekend opening in the US. (That record doesn’t adjust for inflation, and comes w...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Aquaman” Swims Past “Mary Poppins,” “Bumblebee”

Considering the spotty box office record of the DC movie franchise, it was something of a risk to place AQUAMAN (DC/Warners) at the center of the holiday market, but the bet is paying off, at least to an extent. Accord...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “John Wick: Parabellum” Shoots “Avengers: Endgame,” “A Dog’s Journey” & “The Sun Is Also A Star” Slow

JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3: PARABELLUM (Thunder Road/Summit/Lionsgate) marks a rarity these days, a solid and growing mid-level action franchise. The first John Wick collected $5.4M on its first day and $14.4M for the weekend...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.29.2019

OPENINGS: LITTLE WOMEN (Columbia/Sony) had a solid start with $16.5M over the 3-day weekend ($29M since Wednesday). The next week will be particularly difficult to predict because of the midweek holiday, after which ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.23.2017

OPENINGS: The Saturday hold for DUNKIRK (Warners) wasn’t as strong as those for other Christopher Nolan non-sequels, down 11% where Inception stayed steady, and Interstellar actually rose 8%, pushing the weekend ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.3.2017

HOLDOVERS: On a weekend without new wide releases, COCO (Pixar/Disney) had no trouble holding its crown with $26.1M. Its 49% drop from Thanksgiving weekend was better than other Disney animations in that slot (50% fo...

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Beyond the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.29.2018

OPENINGS: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Marvel/Disney) got the historic opening of its dreams, edging out The Force Awakens with a $250M US weekend, and also becoming the #1 worldwide opening in history with $630M. That la...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.17.2019

OPENINGS: ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (20th) squeezed everything it could out of its opening 2-holiday week, with paid preview screenings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights (totaling $2.4M) preceding its official Thursday...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.14.2019

OPENINGS: CRAWL (Paramount) may be an example of a studio outsmarting itself. Paramount held no critics screenings, presumably because disdain was expected, and thus was unable to create any advance buzz around a res...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The End of Summer

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jumanji” Still Driving MLK Box Office; “The Post” Expands Well, “Proud Mary,” “Paddington 2,”” “The Commuter” Flounder

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Rocks, “Nutcracker” & “Nobody’s Fool” Sag

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Joker” Has The Last Laugh

Behind the US/Worldwide Studio Scorecard – 6.11.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jigsaw” Doesn’t Scare, “Thank You For Your Service” & “Suburbicon” Flop

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.29.2018

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Aquaman” Swims Past “Mary Poppins,” “Bumblebee”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “John Wick: Parabellum” Shoots “Avengers: Endgame,” “A Dog’s Journey” & “The Sun Is Also A Star” Slow

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.29.2019

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.23.2017

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.3.2017

Beyond the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.29.2018

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.17.2019

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.14.2019

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