Weekend Box Office: No Such Luck
This summer’s box office is down nearly 13% from last year, and a lot of that is due to the month of August. Down 34% from last August, this month’s releases are barely drawing an audience.
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Weekend Box Office: Nut Allergy
Horror is on the rise, while shoddy kids’ movies and shameless Oscar bait are declining. Despite one of the weekend’s new movies having an unexpectedly large opening, the other releases under-performed so much that the box office ...
Weekend Box Office: Darkness Falls
This weekend’s box office numbers were not only the lowest of the summer, but some of the lowest of the year. Stephen King’s latest may have topped the reigning champ for the #1 spot, but it certainly wasn’t much of a victory....
Weekend Box Office: British Occupation
As well as this weekend’s new kids’ movie played on Friday, it couldn’t keep up its momentum on Saturday or Sunday, allowing ‘Dunkirk’ to easily retain the top spot at the box office. Similarly, thanks to a strong second week, the...
Weekend Box Office: Sinking the Competition
This weekend showed the possibility of two trends coming true: Effects-driven blockbusters will decline and original content will thrive. Christopher Nolan’s war film and the female-led crude comedy both outgrossed expectations. C...
Weekend Box Office: War Party
Much to my surprise, the apes squashed a spider this weekend. That’s right, more moviegoers opted to see the continuing prequelization of humanity’s fall to intelligent primates than Marvel Studios’ latest box office and critical ...
Weekend Box Office: Spidey Casts a Big Web
The Marvel golden goose laid another valuable egg this weekend. As we all knew he would, Peter Parker climbed to the top of the box office charts.
Weekend Box Office: The House Doesn’t Always Win
Not all sequels are smash hits. Not all stars have power. And not all small-time directors are limited to small-time numbers. This weekend’s box office results weren’t exactly predictable, but they’re pleasantly fitting.
Weekend Box Office: Rough Knight
I’m proud of you, domestic audiences! This weekend, the latest ‘Transformers’ movie opened far behind its predecessors. Now it’s time for international viewers to follow suit. Together, we can make Hollywood great again!
Weekend Box Office: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
This weekend saw an old champ return to the top of the pedestal. Of the other new movies, most played well with the exception of the female-led crude comedy, which stalled out.
Weekend Box Office: Not Quite Dead on Arrival, But Close
The international box office has once again saved a huge studio movie from its less-than-blockbuster domestic performance. Tom Cruise’s latest star vehicle didn’t even make a dent in the strong holdover from last weekend’s top mov...
Weekend Box Office: Wonderful!
All eyes were on this weekend for several reasons tied to one movie in particular. The big questions were: Could the latest standalone entry to DC comics’ cinematic series actually be good? Could it rev up moviegoers ahead of this...