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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rio 2″” Wins Battle of Sequels

RIO 2 (20th) has leaped out to a Friday lead, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, one that it should be able to sustain for the weekend. The Rio sequel has $11.5M on Friday, about 10% ahead of the first Rio&#...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

After a sub-par Thursday, preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) surging to $16.1M on Friday. If that number holds, it will be a tremendous 62% jump from T...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Warcraft” Fights Overseas, “Conjuring” & “Now You See Me” Sequels OK

The most interesting box office story of the weekend is WARCRAFT (Legendary/Universal). It’s a dud in the US, with $11M on Friday according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, which with its frontloaded fan audie...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rings,” “Space Between Us” Punt Super Bowl Weekend, “Split” Scores Again

Hollywood generally has little interest in opening films against the Super Bowl, and to the extent it participates, it tries to counterprogram the game by aiming at the young female demographic. Thus we have a PG-13 ho...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jigsaw” Doesn’t Scare, “Thank You For Your Service” & “Suburbicon” Flop

Rebooting an aged horror franchise can be tough. Recent attempts to bring back Alien, Scream and Friday the 13th have faltered, and now Saw, rechristened as JIGSAW (Lionsgate), isn’t off to much of a start. Pre...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Meg” Chews On Expectations, “Slender Man” Low, “BlacKkKlansman” OK

THE MEG (Gravity/Warners) appears to be having the opposite box office experience from what we’ve come to associate with US/China action movies. In the US, it’s overperforming, perhaps helped by a calendar ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Joker” Has The Last Laugh

Everything has broken right for JOKER (BRON/Village Roadshow/DC/Warners). Its combination of gold-standard IP with a gritty, violent, R-rated aesthetic has been largely accepted critically and earned it film festival k...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cloudy” With A Chance of Victory

Preliminary box office numbers at Deadline give Friday, as expected, to CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony), and it will easily win the weekend as well. Its $10M opening day is above the original Cloudy in 2009 ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Think Too” OK, “Jersey Boys” Off-Key

This is going to be a soft weekend at the box office, since studios are largely saying out of the way of next week’s Transformers behemoth. Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, THINK LIKE ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Furious 7″” Off To the Races With Giant Opening Day

Everyone knew that FURIOUS 7 (MRC/Universal) was going to have an enormous weekend, but the franchise is toppling even the most optimistic forecasts. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day (which includes $...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Force Awakens” Shreds the Record Books

There was never any doubt that STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney) was going to be huge. The issue was almost existential: how big was it possible for a December opening to be, when the month–which ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Don’t Breathe” Inhales Audiences, “Mechanic” Breaks Down

DON’T BREATHE (Screen Gems/Sony) is the 2d horror movie of the late summer, after Lights Out, to benefit from an effectively marketed premise (monsters in the dark and the quiet) and strong reviews. According to ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate” Wins Again, but “Latin Lover” & “Baahubali 2″” Solid; “The Circle” Flattens

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (Universal) will win its third consecutive box office weekend, but in the US it continues to run with considerably less than vroom-vroom momentum. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, i...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Grinch” Steals Weekend, “Overlord” & “Spider’s Web” Slow

After last weekend’s misfired The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, THE GRINCH (Illumination/Universal) is kicking off the family holiday movie season in a bigger way. Early numbers at Deadline have opening day at ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rio 2″” Wins Battle of Sequels

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Leaps; “Annie” and “Museum” OK; “Inherent Vice” Stalls

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Warcraft” Fights Overseas, “Conjuring” & “Now You See Me” Sequels OK

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Rings,” “Space Between Us” Punt Super Bowl Weekend, “Split” Scores Again

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jigsaw” Doesn’t Scare, “Thank You For Your Service” & “Suburbicon” Flop

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Meg” Chews On Expectations, “Slender Man” Low, “BlacKkKlansman” OK

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Joker” Has The Last Laugh

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cloudy” With A Chance of Victory

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Think Too” OK, “Jersey Boys” Off-Key

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Furious 7″” Off To the Races With Giant Opening Day

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Force Awakens” Shreds the Record Books

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Don’t Breathe” Inhales Audiences, “Mechanic” Breaks Down

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate” Wins Again, but “Latin Lover” & “Baahubali 2″” Solid; “The Circle” Flattens

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Grinch” Steals Weekend, “Overlord” & “Spider’s Web” Slow

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