Sony Pictures will have been screaming “we’ve got one” over the weekend, as their soft projections for Ghostbusters: Afterlife were obliterated at the U.S. box office to the tune of $44M. Predicted to gross somewhere between $27-$35M over the three-day weekend, Jason Reitman’s sequel to his father’s beloved 1984 comedy classic instead munched on an […]
The Little Things tops the U.S. box office alongside simultaneous HBO Max release
Even in the face of a pandemic, lackluster reviews and a simultaneous release on HBO Max, Denzel Washington’s moody detective drama The Little Things (read our review here) managed to get people into the 2,172 theatres that were showing it over the weekend, earning the number one spot and $4.8 million. Ordinarily these kind of […]
Liam Neeson’s The Marksman aims low to secure top spot at the US box office
With the moviegoing business decimated in most corners of the world, it doesn’t take much for a film to eek out top spot at the domestic box-office, and that’s the case once again this week as Liam Neeson’s The Marksman (read our ★★★ review here) held on at the summit with just over $2 million, […]
How to Train Your Dragon 3 keeps Madea’s swansong from the top of the US box office
Toothless and Hiccup managed to stay circling high above the competition at the US box office this weekend, as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World fought off Tyler Perry’s latest Madea movie, A Madea Family Funeral, to take the top spot with an estimated $30 million. Universal’s trilogy capping adventure dipped -45% during […]
Crazy Rich Asians has impressive second weekend box-office drop of just 6%
With a phenomenal film and some great word-of-mouth, Crazy Rich Asians did something unheard of this weekend! The film, directed by Jon M. Chu, dropped only 6% at the box office; drawing in a second-weekend haul of $25M. This achievement brings the worldwide total up to an estimated $83M. It seems the characters in the film aren’t […]
Pacific Rim Uprising tracking suggests it will dethrone Black Panther
Seeking to do what Red Sparrow, A Wrinkle in Time, and Tomb Raider have all failed to achieve, Pacific Rim Uprising is released next week hoping that it can take the box-office crown from Marvel’s all-conquering Black Panther. Variety is reporting that the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s underwhelming 2013 monster vs robots smackdown is […]
Maze Runner sprints to the top of the US box office as The Greatest Showman holds its note
Fox’s The Maze Runner: Death Cure (read our review here) finished atop the US box office, with a 25% decline compared to its predecessor, understandable considering standard franchise fatigue, and the fact that filming was delayed when Dylan O’Brien suffered an on-set injury. One of the only breakout YA adaptations amongst a slew of films that […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has biggest Friday opening of 2014; although the lowest of the franchise
It may be the lowest of the franchise thus far, but The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has smashed records for 2014 with the biggest opening Friday of the year. Taking a whopping $55 million across 4,151 screens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has eclipsed Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had a Friday total of […]