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Weekend Box Office: WONKA Three-Peats to Start 2024, NIGHT SWIM Treads Water in Second Place

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:04:17 +0000

#1 = Wonka In its fourth frame, Warner Bros.’ fantasy musical held like an Everlasting Gobstopper to claim the lead for a third nonconsecutive frame with $14.4M. The film originally debuted on top, then fell to the runner-up slot against the opening of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, before regaining the lead in its third […]

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Weekend Box Office: Warner Bros. Dominates the Holiday Frame with WONKA, AQUAMAN 2, and COLOR PURPLE

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:53:07 +0000

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. Here’s a box office breakdown of the New Year’s frame. Keep in mind that most […]

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The Ten Highest-Grossing Movies at the Global Box Office in 2023

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:53:00 +0000

2023 left us with a transitional year at the global box office. The continued success of established franchises like Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal’s Fast series, and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible films was balanced by the dominance of new IPs like Warner Bros.’ Barbie and Universal’s Super Mario Bros. The highlight of the year came in […]

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The Top 10 Movies of 2023 at the Domestic Box Office

Boxoffice Staff — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 11:12:00 +0000

Theatrical exhibition crossed another important milestone in its quest to recover the ground lost at the box office during the Covid-19 pandemic, crossing $8 billion in earnings. A Summer movie season on par with pre-pandemic box office receipts was crucial in mitigating a soft release schedule in the back half of the year due to […]

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Weekend Box Office: AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM Opens to $40M Over Christmas Frame

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:30:24 +0000

On Christmas weekend in most recent years, a single film has earned $100M+ – from four Star Wars releases in the 2010s, to Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021 and Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022. This weekend, the total box office is poised to earn less than $100M total. Here’s a breakdown, with […]

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Weekend Box Office: WONKA is Sugary Sweet in 1st Place

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:52:44 +0000

#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 Woods = $31.0M +65% above 2018’s Mary Poppins Returns = $23.5M 2.45x 2014’s Annie = […]

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Weekend Box Office: THE BOY AND THE HERON Flies, RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ Tumbles to 6th

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 19:16:00 +0000

#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, including: 2002’s Spirited Away = $10.0M 2014’s The Wind Rises = $5.2M 2005’s Howl’s Moving […]

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Weekend Box Office: RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ Earns Best Post-Thanksgiving Opening Since 2003’s THE LAST SAMURAI

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:23:33 +0000

#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 this frame. However, Renaissance does start below several other concert documentaries: -9% below 2009’s posthumous […]

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Weekend Box Office: BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES Beats Both NAPOLEON and WISH on Thanksgiving Frame

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:00:58 +0000

#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 last Hunger Games film, equalling 2016’s first Fantastic Beasts prequel which also debuted -56% off […]

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Weekend Box Office: HUNGER GAMES and TROLLS Open Far Below Predecessors, THE MARVELS Has MCU’s Steepest Sophomore Drop

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 17:53:23 +0000

#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 Catching Fire: $158.0M -64% below 2014’s Mockingjay Part 1: $121.8M -57% below 2015’s Mockingjay Part […]

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Weekend Box Office: THE MARVELS Earns Lowest Marvel Cinematic Universe Opening of All Time

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:17:20 +0000

#1 = The Marvels Disney’s superhero sequel posted by far the worst opening in the 15-year history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with only $47.0M. That’s -15% below the prior worst: 2008’s The Incredible Hulk ($55.4M), only the MCU’s second installment, which came out before the franchise reached its future levels of cultural ubiquity. […]

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Weekend Box Office: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S is First Horror Leader in Post-Halloween Frame Since 1991

Boxoffice Staff — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:51:15 +0000

#1 = Five Nights at Freddy’s Universal’s horror video game adaptation fell a steep -76% to $19.4M in its sophomore frame, as is to be expected over the immediate post-Halloween weekend. Still, lacking major competition, it repeats in first place and becomes the first “true” horror film to win the immediate post-Halloween weekend since 1991’s […]

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