M. Knight Shyamalan’s film, Split, is morphing from an unexpected hit, to a certified January sensation. The thriller had an impressive $40 million dollar opening last week and followed it up with an estimated $26.2 million dollars in its second weekend of release. The movie was made on an announced budget of $9 million dollars and […]
In an unexpected turn of events, people flocked to the movie theaters during Inauguration Weekend and felt at home with the new thriller, Split. The movie stars James McAvoy (Victor Frankenstein) as a disturbed kidnapper who suffers with an intense form of multiple personality disorder. It was directed by M. Knight Shyamalan, whose once promising career […]
It was an unusual weekend at the box-office as seven out of the top ten films all grossed in double digits. Hidden Figures finished in the top spot for the second week in a row with an estimated $20.8 million dollars, while losing only 8% of the previous week’s audience. This is only the film’s second week […]
[UPDATED] Hidden Figures took first place with an impressive $22.8 million dollar weekend, after going into its full release and expanding into over 2,400 theaters. The Taraji P. Henson led movie was made on an announced $25 million dollar production budget, so its a certified moneymaker. The film is about a key group of African-American women who […]
The New Year opened with another Star Wars movie at the top of the box-office, as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story cruised into its third week of release. The Lucasfilm release made another $49.5 million dollars over the weekend, as its domestic total rose over $424 million dollars. It’s worldwide total has climbed over $789 million dollars […]
The past weekend was another good one for the Star Wars franchise and the annual takeover of the holiday season – started last year with Lucasfilm’s The Force Awakens – is complete. Rogue One once again dominated movie theaters making another estimated $64.3 million dollars in its second week of release. In two short weeks, the Star Wars spin-off has made over […]
There was no doubt that Lucasfilm’s newest adventure Rogue One: A Star Wars Story would debut in the top spot. However, there were a laundry list of concerns for Disney’s “experiment” in the Star Wars universe, where for the first time a spin-off story would be told that does not feature a Jedi. It seems that fan’s attachment to […]
It was an uneventful weekend at the box-office, as Moana continued to ride a tsunami of critical and fan acclaim. In its third week of release, Disney’s animated feature made another estimated $18.8 million dollars to add to its hefty $145 million domestic totals. The movie lost only 33% of the previous week’s audience and looks to […]
There were signs of a post-Thanksgiving hangover, as it was a lethargic week at the box-office this past weekend. No new films managed to crack the top five spots, as Moana continued its reign at the top for the second consecutive weekend. Disney’s high-seas adventure continues its run with an estimated $28.3 million dollar pull, which brings […]
Disney’s year continues to impress with a list of blockbuster releases that would make a typical movie studio’s decade. Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War, and The Jungle Book are just some of this year’s hits and with next month’s pending release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, things will only go up for the Mouse House. It was […]
Since 2001, any movie connected with J.K. Rowlings World of Wizardry has been a ticket to print money for Warner Bros. This past weekend marked a new time period, as the franchise moved past the Harry Potter phase and into the era of Fantastic Beasts. The new start, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, came in first place […]
The magic is far from over for Marvel Studios as Doctor Strange has continued its huge run in its second week. The movie managed to lose less than 50% of its first week’s audience with a $43 million dollar weekend. It’s close to crossing the $500 million dollar mark worldwide and is tracking behind only Iron Man for Marvel’s […]