It’s no shock when the box-office slows down in the month of August. It’s the season when families take their last vacations for the summer and studios begin to look ahead to their Fall and Winter release slates. This past weekend was business as expected, as The Hitman’s Bodyguard took the top spot at the box-office in […]
The horror genre continues to prove that it may have the strongest punch, pound for pound, in the movie industry. From late summer through the Fall, horror flicks with small budgets make huge sums of money and a leader in that trend has been The Conjuring franchise. The fourth installment – and second spin-off in the series […]
Christopher Nolan continues to prove to be one of the most talented and bankable directors working today. His ability to craft original visions into films that please intellectuals and popcorn gobblers resulted in Interstellar, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy, and it seems that he has once again left an imprint. His most recent effort, the war movie Dunkirk, […]
Spider-Man had a triumphant introduction to the Marvel cinematic universe with last year’s Captain America: Civil War and this past weekend the web-swinger took back his rightful place at the top of the box-office. Spider-Man: Homecoming made its presence known in its debut with an impressive estimated take of $117 million dollars. The sixth film based on Marvel […]
Pixar is no stranger to opening in first place at the box-office and their latest attempt, Cars 3, landed at the top spot in its debut weekend. The third chapter in the adventures of race car, Lightning McQueen, secured first place with an estimated $53.6 million dollar opening. It’s the lowest opening in the Cars franchise and signals that […]
The films of the DCEU are known for having big opening weekends, then plummeting suddenly in their second week due to mixed reviews and audience reactions. However, Wonder Woman has proven to buck previous trends by winning over critics, which has led to an astonishingly high audience retention rate in its second week of release. After an […]
After over 75 years of development and false starts, Wonder Woman proved to all skeptics that a female-led superhero movie can work and that Wonder Woman should stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her DC counterpoints, Batman and Superman. Warner Bros had a lot riding on their fourth film in their building DC cinematic universe, after two profitable misfires with Batman […]
The Memorial Day weekend might have caused several studio executives to return to work early after a holiday output that was unexpectedly low. As expected, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales debuted in first place with an estimated $62.6 million dollars over the three-day standard weekend tracking period and $77 million over the four-day […]
There was little doubt that Beauty and the Beast would be a breakout hit this spring. Now that the movie is in its second week, the industry is slowly absorbing the huge numbers for the live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic animated film. The movie made an estimated $90.4 million dollars in its second weekend. However, its worldwide […]
It was clear since Disney first announced their remake of their classic animated film, Beauty and the Beast, that it would dominate its opening weekend. Everything went according to plan for the Mouse House. In fact, the new live-action movie broke expectations and records with an estimated $174.7 million dollar opening. It demolished last year’s record […]
Despite the film’s focus on an aging hero who is facing his mortality, Logan struck an opening weekend worthy of a young franchise. Hugh Jackman’s last turn as the veteran X-Men, Wolverine, proved to find its audience despite the film’s R-rating. Logan made an estimated $85.3 million dollars domestically and over $244 million dollars worldwide in its debut weekend. […]
Horror movies were the toast of the town in 2016, with multiple hit movies that delivered both quality and a high volume of ticket sales. Lights Out, Don’t Breathe, and The Conjuring 2, were just some the year’s successes and it looks as if the trend will be continuing into 2017. Comedian Jordan Peele, of the hit […]