How much more humiliating can things get for Warners? On Friday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE BOSS (Universal), which isn’t even a high-performing Melissa McCarthy vehicle, beat up both the studio’s superheroes with about $7.5M. The Boss will likely have trouble sustaining itself over the weekend, but at about $20M+, it will […]
A WRINKLE IN TIME (Disney) has likely taken the only box office title it will ever have. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Wrinkle had a narrow victory on Friday with $11.3M ($1.2M of that from Thursday night). But the general front-loadedness of new openings, combined with the likely dim word of mouth here […]
KONG: SKULL ISLAND (Legendary/Tencent/Warners) had a $20M opening day according to preliminary numbers at Deadline (that’s at the high end of numbers reported elsewhere earlier in the day), including $3.7M from Thursday night. Even if that number holds, it’s little more than half the $38.4M opening day for Godzilla 3 years ago. Godzilla had […]
After a string of disappointments at the box office, this weekend’s franchise centerpiece looks like it will deliver. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have the opening day for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (DreamWorks Animation/Universal) at $17.3M (including $3M from Thursday night and $2.5M from earlier paid previews), better than the $12.1M […]
OPENINGS: As YA franchises go, the $11.3M opening day for THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) was ahead of the $9.6M for the first Percy Jackson, which ended up with a $31.2M weekend. Maze is being pitched more to teens than to families, so it may not have quite as strong a weekend multiple as Percy, […]
> First at your boxoffice and first in your hearts: Katniss Everdeen. THE HUNGER GAMES: The juggernaut of The Hunger Games (Lionsgate/Summit) rolls on, with what should be a $20M+ weekend that should bring it to $335M by its 24th day in release. That puts it ahead of all the Twilights and every Harry Potter […]
JASON BOURNE (Universal) is performing in line with expectations. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have its opening day at $22M (including $4.3M from Thursday night), down just 10% from the $24.7M start (with no Thursday screenings) for 2007’s Bourne Ultimatum, the last Matt Damon/Paul Greenglass title in the franchise. Great word of mouth gave Ultimatum […]
As the 2018 box office enters the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, most of its strength still lies in 2017 releases. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (Columbia/Sony) is on track to win its 4th weekend of release. Friday’s $6M take was down 44% from last week, and with […]