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Disney becomes first studio to gross over $3 billion domestically in a single year

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2016 was certainly a great year for The Walt Disney Company, with the studio setting a record at the worldwide box office, having pulled in $7.6 billion in total between January 1st and December 31st. Well, Disney has also set a record on the homefront too, with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story helping push its […]

15 Box Office Flops of 2016

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Luke Owen charts some of the box office flops 2016… Movie screenings were up, but the box office figures for 2016 are down on last year. Granted, we didn’t see a release like Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which grossed $1 billion domestically and $2 billion worldwide), but big titles like Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story grosses $71 million on Friday at the U.S. box office

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Having debuted to the biggest Thursday previews of the year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its domestic run underway yesterday, with the Gareth Edwards-directed Anthology movie lighting up the box office with a Friday gross of $71 million. Rogue One’s haul is the third-biggest opening day of the year behind Batman v Superman: […]

Will Smith suffers worst box office opening of his career with Collateral Beauty

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Will Smith may have enjoyed a solid box office hit earlier in the year with Warner Bros.’ DC ensemble Suicide Squad giving him the biggest opening weekend of his career, but he’s ended 2016 on a sour note, with his new film Collateral Beauty doing the exact opposite. The movie, which sees Smith starring alongside […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie

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It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]

Moana sails to top spot at the US box office with second-biggest Thanksgiving opening of all time

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Disney has continued its record-breaking year at the box office with its latest animated release Moana sailing to top spot in North America with an $81.1 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekiend. Moana has surpassed Toy Story 2 ($80 million) for the second-biggest ever Thanksgiving opening, but trails fellow Disney release Frozen, which debuted with […]

Marvel’s Doctor Strange heading for an $80 million+ domestic opening weekend

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Having grossed an $86 million international opening last week, it seems that Marvel’s Doctor Strange is on track to post a similar figure with is North American debut this weekend, with the Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined Phase Three blockbuster on course for an $82 million to $88 million domestic haul. Doctor Strange earned $9.4 million on Thursday, putting […]

Bad Moms earns $23 million – and it only cost $20 million to make

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While Star Trek Beyond and Ghostbusters continue to fight to recoup their budgets, comedy movie Bad Moms has already done so. With a rumoured budget of $20 million, comedy ensemble Bad Moms has already made $23.4 million domestically and $24.8 million worldwide. If Bad Moms can capture the Bridesmaids audience retention, it could earn around […]

The Bronze becomes one of the biggest US box office flops of all time

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After some positive word of mouth from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, new comedy film The Bronze has become one of the worst box-office flops in history this past weekend. The film, which stars The Big Big Theory’s Melissa Rauch (who also co-wrote with her husband Winston) opened in 1.167 theaters over the weekend to […]