The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The first weekend of the new year kicks off with the latest horror-thriller hopeful from Universal and Blumhouse as other holiday holdovers look to continue anchoring the market.

Warner Bros. owns three of the top four films at this weekend’s box office. Yet the real story may be Universal, which this past Tuesday replaced Disney as the domestic yearly box office leader, if including each company’s subsidiary distributors....

#1 = Wonka Warner Bros.’ fantasy musical took a bite out of the box office with a first place debut of $39.0M. That’s higher than comparable openings of December family-friendly musicals from the past decade: +25% above 2014’s Into the...

#1 = The Boy and the Heron GKIDS’ and Studio Ghibli’s Japanese-language anime from director Hayao Miyazaki soared to $12.8M, securing the top spot over the weekend. For comparison, that’s higher than the final domestic totals of several Miyazaki films,...

One more quiet weekend is on deck before the heart of holiday season ramps up with Wonka on December 15. First, can Beyoncé repeat atop the box office in Renaissance's second frame, or might Hayao Miyazaki's final film contend for...

#1 = Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé The AMC Theatres Distribution + Variance Films concert documentary can pay the “bills, bills, bills” with a $21.0M debut. Renaissance earns first place despite playing in 2,539 theaters, only the #5 widest release...

The post-Thanksgiving corridor is typically a slow one, which will be true again for the most part this year. The exception looks to be Beyoncé's concert film, which appears headed toward a #1 box office debut.

#1 = The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Last frame, Lionsgate’s dystopian action prequel started in first place with $44.6M, substantially below the openings for all four installments in the original franchise. It opened -56% below the...

#1 = The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Lionsgate’s dystopian action prequel starts with $44M, substantially below the openings for all four installments in the original franchise: -71% below 2012’s The Hunger Games: $152.5M -72% below 2013’s...

If you have a favorite music video from the late-90s through 2011, there’s a good chance it was directed by Francis Lawrence. Bringing that same sensibility to feature films, Lawrence made music at the box office in a career that...

Pre-Thanksgiving weekend will see the welcome release of four major studio films as the holiday corridor begins to ramp up with a variety of content.

This week's report moves ahead to the weekend of December 8, though no wide releases from major studios are currently planned for that date.