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'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box office
Read full article: 'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box officeFrancis Ford Coppolaās decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic āMegalopolisā flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film āThe Wild Robotā soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.
āDeadpoolā tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekend
Read full article: āDeadpoolā tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekendāDeadpool & Wolverine" ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.
āDeadpoolā and āAlienā top charts again as āBlink Twiceā sees quiet opening
Read full article: āDeadpoolā and āAlienā top charts again as āBlink Twiceā sees quiet openingāDeadpool & Wolverine," āAlien: Romulusā and āIt Ends With Usā topped the charts again at the box office, outperforming new releases like āBlink Twiceā and āThe Crow.ā.
āLisa Frankensteinā fails to revive North American box office on a very slow Super Bowl weekend
Read full article: āLisa Frankensteinā fails to revive North American box office on a very slow Super Bowl weekendāLisa Frankensteinā didnāt come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters.
A quiet weekend at the box office, with āThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boosts
Read full article: A quiet weekend at the box office, with āThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boostsHoldovers and Oscar hopefuls dominated the North American box office charts this weekend in the absence of any new wide releases.
Weekend box office results are muted without āDune: Part Twoā
Read full article: Weekend box office results are muted without āDune: Part TwoāUniversal and Blumhouse's video game adaptation āFive Nights at Freddy'sā topped the North American box office in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Taylor Swiftās āThe Eras Tourā dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film record
Read full article: Taylor Swiftās āThe Eras Tourā dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film recordMovie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country.
'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million opening
Read full article: 'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million openingāThe Exorcist: Believerā took possession of the weekend box office with a North American opening of $27.2 million.
'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box office
Read full article: 'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box officeSylvester Stallone and Jason Statham werenāt enough to save āExpend4blesā from a debut box office flop.
The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerās most online movie showdown
Read full article: The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerās most online movie showdownThe very online showdown between Greta Gerwigās āBarbieā and Christopher Nolanās āOppenheimerā all started with a date: July 21.
Indiana Jonesā box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Read full article: Indiana Jonesā box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North AmericaMoviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Fordās archaeologist character in āIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.ā.
'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office again
Read full article: 'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office againSeveral new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller.
āMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box office
Read full article: āMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box officeThe third installment in the āMagic Mikeā series danced its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with a James Cameron double header, āAvatar: The Way of Waterā and āTitanicā (yes that āTitanicā), looming close behind.
āAvatar 2,ā āM3GANā hold onto top spots at the box office
Read full article: āAvatar 2,ā āM3GANā hold onto top spots at the box officeNew movies like āPlaneā and āHouse Partyā were no match for āAvatar: The Way of Waterā and the killer doll horror āM3GANā at the box office this weekend.
āThe Woman Kingā takes North American box office throne
Read full article: āThe Woman Kingā takes North American box office throneThe Viola Davis-led action epic āThe Woman Kingā easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases.
āSonic 2ā steals weekend box office, but āAmbulanceā stalls
Read full article: āSonic 2ā steals weekend box office, but āAmbulanceā stallsāSonic the Hedgehog 2ā sped to the top of the charts in its opening weekend, earning an impressive $71 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
Disneyās 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekend
Read full article: Disneyās 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekendDisney and Marvelās āEternalsā fell 61% in its second weekend in theaters, but itās still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like āClifford the Big Red Dog.ā.
āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concerns
Read full article: āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concernsDespite growing concerns over the delta variant, āJungle Cruiseā still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the filmās opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.
āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office record
Read full article: āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office recordEven with an option to watch āBlack Widowā at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.
āConjuring 3ā tops āA Quiet Place 2ā as moviegoing returns
Read full article: āConjuring 3ā tops āA Quiet Place 2ā as moviegoing returnsAfter its triumphant first weekend, āA Quiet Place Part IIā fell 59% at the North American box office leaving room for the third movie in the āConjuringā franchise to take first place.
Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theaters
Read full article: Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theatersAbout three quarters of the countryās movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly. The faith-based āInfidel,ā which stars Jim Caviezel, did the best with $1.5 million from just over 1,700 theaters. Both played in under 500 theaters across the country and neither got much more than $200 per location. āThe Nestā earned an estimated $62,000 from 301 locations and āThe Secrets We Keepā brought in just under $90,000 from 471 theaters. Christopher Nolan's āTenetā has only earned $36.1 million from North American theaters to date.
'It: Chapter Two' has big weekend
Read full article: 'It: Chapter Two' has big weekend(CNN) - "It: Chapter Two" had a monster weekend, but it came up short of the record-setting success of its predecessor. The follow-up to Warner Bros. 2017's horror hit "It" brought in an estimated $91 million this weekend. According to Warner Bros., "Chapter Two" is also the second largest opening for a horror movie ever behind the original "It." Longer films usually mean fewer showtimes and that can mean less money at the box office. Despite "Chapter Two" not having as big of an opening as its original film, its strong weekend could give momentum to a big fall and winter for Hollywood.
Disney sets record for highest-grossing year
Read full article: Disney sets record for highest-grossing year(CNN) - Disney set the record for the highest-grossing year for a studio ever, and it's only July. The company has brought in an industry record $7.67 billion to date at the worldwide box office, it announced on Sunday. That passed the previous record, which was also set by Disney, when it made $7.61 billion at the global box office in 2016. Disney has three films that have made more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office in 2019: "Avengers: Endgame," "Captain Marvel" and "Aladdin." The studio also has the top five highest-grossing films at the domestic box office this year.