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Taken 3 opens to $91.8 million worldwide

January 12, 2015 by Luke Owen

Your US box office report for January 9th – 11th… Despite the mediocre reviews (read our review here) with some critics outright calling the film “Die Hard 5 bad” (Den of Geek’s Ryan Lambie), Taken 3 has opened to the second-biggest January weekend in the US with $40.4 million. Just falling shy of Ride Along‘s […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Selma, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Unbroken

US Box Office Report – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 breaks 2014 records with $123 million opening

November 23, 2014 by Luke Owen

Having broken Friday opening records for 2014, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has now smashed weekend records for the year – despite being the lowest of the franchise. Beating out all of the competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 took a whopping $123 million over the weekend, topping previous record holder […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Beyond the Lights, Big Hero 6, Birdman, Dumb and Dumber To., Fury, Gone Girl, Interstellar, Nightcrawler, st vincent, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

The Martian opens to $100 million worldwide

October 5, 2015 by Luke Owen

He may be lost on a planet on his own, but thousands went in their droves to see Matt Damon in Ridley Scott’s The Martian. The film opened to $55 million domestically, averaging around $14k per screen. While it is a fantastic opening, it’s sadly just short of the record made by Gravity in this spot […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: The Martian

The Purge: Election Year triples its budget with an impressive opening weekend at the box office

July 4, 2016 by Luke Owen

It’s been a good year for horror movies doing well against bigger budgeted blockbusters, and The Purge: Election Year can add its name to that list. Opening against stiff competition in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan and the money-printing machine Finding Dory, The Purge: Election Year managed an incredibly impressive $31 million […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: The Purge: Election Year

Suicide Squad tracking record domestic August opening weekend of $125 million plus

July 15, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Given that it featured DC’s three most iconic characters – and indeed, three of the most iconic characters in all of comic books – Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice didn’t quite manage to perform to expectations at the box office, falling short of the $900 million mark worldwide. Next month its the turn […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC, DC Extended Universe, Suicide Squad

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first film to cross $800 million in North America

January 11, 2016 by Luke Owen

J.J. Abrams’s sci-fi epic in a galaxy far, far away continues to smash records as Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first film in history to cross $800 million domestically. The film ended the weekend at the top of the US box office for the fourth week in a row, battling stiff competition from […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens tops Avatar as the biggest movie of all-time in North America

January 7, 2016 by Luke Owen

It faces an uphill climb if it wants to become the biggest movie ever released, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens can take solace in the fact it is now the biggest movie to be released in North America. The previous record, held by James Cameron’s Avatar, was $760 million which has now been topped […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first movie to hit $900 million at the domestic box office

February 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

It had already taken the crown of the highest-grossing North American release of all time back in early January, and now after fifty days on screens Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the first film in history to pass $900 million at the domestic box office. “The film’s achievements are truly […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows opens to $69 million

June 6, 2016 by Luke Owen

It’s Turtle Power once again as the Heroes in a Half-Shell have topped the US box office, but it’s not pizzas all round. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows [read our reviews here, here and here] opened against romance flick Me Before You and comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping to earn an estimated […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 outgrosses Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office

May 28, 2017 by Justin Cook

As has been expected for the past couple of weeks, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 officially surpassed the worldwide total of its series predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy, at the box office this weekend. Vol. 2 is still bringing in box office dollars at a fairly rapid pace, as the film is only in its fourth week […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News, UK Box Office, US Box Office Tagged With: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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