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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fantastic 4″” Super-Flops, “The Gift” and “Ricki & The Flash” OK

Word of mouth on FANTASTIC FOUR (20th) is going to be deadly (the exit polls are dismal, and since they survey ticketbuyers enthusiastic enough to show up on the first day of release, lesser fans are likely to consider i...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

It’s beginning to look like a long, dark summer for Hollywood, which is adding two more box office disappointments to a growing list over this Memorial Day weekend. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALE...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

MALEFICENT (Disney) made it clear very quickly that it’s not going to play strictly as a family movie, earning a strong $4.2M in Thursday night screenings that began at 7PM. That’s better than the Thursday ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Straight Outta Compton” and A Fight For the Bottom

There were no pleasant surprises for anyone at the Friday box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That even included STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Legendary/Universal), which will easily win the weekend, bu...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Stay In Shells, “Me Before You” Fair, “Popstar” Never Starts

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% fro...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/23/15

OPENINGS: With a $10M production budget (and tens of millions in marketing on top), the $10.6M weekend for SINISTER 2 (Blumhouse/Gramercy/Focus/Universal) will test Blumhouse’s ability to make money out of just a...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.2.2018

OPENINGS: Even among the mostly-sad legacy of Labor Day Weekend openings, OPERATION FINALE (MGM) was notably weak at $6M ($7.7M since its Wednesday launch), and that number incorporates a studio-estimated Sunday bump t...

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TUESDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Tammy” Has Solid $1.3M Start

Melissa McCarthy’s star vehicle TAMMY (Warners) may not be winning any critical plaudits (it’s at 19% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), but that’s not keeping her fans away, at least in the short term. Ta...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cars 3″” Low On Gas, “All Eyez On Me” A Sleeper Hit

CARS 3 (Pixar/Disney) will have a strong Fathers Day, which in turn will make its weekend multiple look good, but it’s off to a disappointing start. In preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day is pegged a...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Wonder Woman” Becomes Summer’s Superhero; “Pirates” Collapses

WONDER WOMAN (RatPac/Wanda/Ten Cent/DC/Warners) is proving to be exactly what its studio–and the summer box office in general–needed. For Warners, it’s giving the embattled DC mega-franchise its first...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.27.2017

OPENINGS: LEAP (Weinstein) was the weekend’s tallest dwarf, claiming to have cleared $5M for the weekend, but that number will require an extremely strong Sunday hold. Even if it’s sustained in tomorrow&#...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.25.2017

OPENINGS: For a Wednesday opening, TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Huahua/Paramount) had a fairly good 27% Saturday bump in the US (by comparison, 2011’s Dark of the Moon went up just 5% on its parallel day), whic...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Annabelle: Creation” Solid, “Nut Job 2″” & “Glass Castle” Weak

ANNABELLE: CREATION (New Line/Warners) will easily take the weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $15.1M, slightly below the $15.5M for 2014’s original Annabelle, but Creation is ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Straight Outta Compton” Crowns Universal’s Summer; “Man From UNCLE” Fades

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Legendary/Universal) had a smashing start, with preliminary numbers at Deadline giving it $22.8M on Friday (that includes $5M from Thursday night). With a production budget under $30M and a mode...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/25/14

OPENINGS: Despite all the testosterone flowing through the Avengers-verse, the biggest star to emerge from the mega-franchise is turning out to be Scarlett Johansson, the latest warrior woman at the front of the box of...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fantastic 4″” Super-Flops, “The Gift” and “Ricki & The Flash” OK

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Straight Outta Compton” and A Fight For the Bottom

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Stay In Shells, “Me Before You” Fair, “Popstar” Never Starts

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/23/15

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.2.2018

TUESDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Tammy” Has Solid $1.3M Start

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cars 3″” Low On Gas, “All Eyez On Me” A Sleeper Hit

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Wonder Woman” Becomes Summer’s Superhero; “Pirates” Collapses

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.27.2017

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.25.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Annabelle: Creation” Solid, “Nut Job 2″” & “Glass Castle” Weak

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Straight Outta Compton” Crowns Universal’s Summer; “Man From UNCLE” Fades

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/25/14

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