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Tyler Perry scores big and beats Tom Cruise with Boo! A Madea Halloween as it opens to $27 million

October 24, 2016 by Luke Owen

Released in the run-up to All Hallow’s Eve, not many people gave Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween a fighting chance as it competed against the Tom Cruise-starring Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and horror prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil, but the comedy spoof beat them both. Screening in significantly less theatres than both Jack Reacher: Never Go Back […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Boo! A Madea Halloween, Tyler Perry

Blair Witch disappoints and earns just $9 million at the box office

September 18, 2016 by Luke Owen

Despite heavy marketing and a lot of buzz coming from its surprise announcement at San Diego Comic Con, Adam Wingard’s sequel Blair Witch has fallen below expectations. Showing on over 3,100 screens, Blair Witch managed just $9 million domestically coming second to Sully in its second week of release. It did fend off Bridget Jones’s […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: adam wingard, Blair Witch

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials opens in the US to $30 million; now on $108 million worldwide

September 21, 2015 by Luke Owen

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is off and running at the US box office, with an impressive opening weekend. Opening in around 3,700 screens in the US, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials opened to $30.3 million and took the number one spot, facing fierce competition from Johnny Depp’s Black Mass, which opened to $23.3 million. […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Hotel Transylvania 2 reaches $150 million worldwide

October 5, 2015 by Luke Owen

Having shot the to the number one spot in the US box office last week, Hotel Transylvania 2 reached another milestone this weekend. The movie added an impressive $33 million to its total over the weekend, facing stiff competition from The Martian and Sicario. Hotel Transylvania 2 now sits at $90 million domestically after just two […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Hotel Transylvania 2

Pixels bombs at the box office with just $24 million

July 27, 2015 by Luke Owen

Adam Sandler’s latest movie, Pixels, hasn’t had great reviews from critics so far (read our review here), with some reviews calling it one of the worst movies ever made. And the box office has reflected the poor showing from the critic-circle with a very disappointing $24 million opening weekend. With a reported budget of $88 […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Pixels

Pixels set to open to $30 million; box office may fall in light of events in Louisiana

July 25, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Sony’s video-game adaptation comedy Pixels opens across America this weekend and early indications suggest the film could debut to around $30 million, though those estimates may fall in light of the tragic events in Louisiana on Thursday. Three people were killed and nine others injured at a shooting during a screening of Trainwreck on Thursday […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: Ant-Man, Minions, Paper Towns, Pixels, Southpaw, Trainwreck

Minions races past $200 million internationally, set for $110 million US opening

July 11, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s smash-hit film Minions has already raced past a milestone today at the international box-office ahead of its US opening this weekend, reports Variety. In the US, the hit animated prequel took in around $6.2 million in Thursday night previews – the highest ever preview total for an animated film. If […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: Despicable Me, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Minions

Minions enjoys massive $115.2 million US opening; global total already at $395.7 million

July 13, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: Inside Out, Jurassic World, Minions, Self/less, Terminator: Genisys, The Gallows

FIFA film United Passions grosses just $900 in U.S. opening weekend

June 10, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

As if the story couldn’t get any worse for FIFA after all of the recent allegations and arrests, their venture into the film world hasn’t faired much better with the self-funded football story United Passions flopping dramatically at the US box office. United Passions is FIFA’s own film and tells the story of their 111-year […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: fifa, Fisher Stevens, Gerald Depardieu, Sam Neill, Tim Roth, United Passions

Avengers: Age of Ultron nabs $27.6 million from US midnight screenings

May 1, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Today, after a week of waiting patiently for the release, Avengers: Age of Ultron arrives in the USA, and the film is already breaking records from its Thursday midnight previews. From midnight shows, Ultron ended with an estimated $27.6 million, almost $10 million more than the $18.7 million midnight opening for The Avengers on the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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