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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ocean’s 8″” Solid, “Hereditary” Mildly Shivery, “Hotel Artemis” Condemned

OCEAN’S EIGHT (Village Roadshow/Warners) wasn’t expected to be a blockbuster, and its reported production budget of $70M was in keeping with that, although the A-level Warners marketing campaign will raise th...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Studio Scorecard – 6.11.2017

OPENINGS: In the US, the launch of THE MUMMY (Perfect World/Universal) could hardly have gone worse with a $32.2M weekend. Although it’s higher than the openings for Tom Cruise’s recent Jack Reacher title...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Crazy Rich Asians” Romps, “Happytime Murders” Sad, “Papillon” Behind Bars

The lack of strong new competition is certainly helping, as is the Wednesday opening that kept last Friday down a bit, but nevertheless, the Weekend 2 hold for CRAZY RICH ASIANS (SK Global/Warners) is on track to be extr...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.25.2019

OPENINGS: ANGEL HAS FALLEN (Millenium/Lionsgate) smartly picked a weekend to open that was far enough away from Hobbs & Shaw with its larger and overlapping audience, and near enough to the end of summer to keep th...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ghostbusters” No Scare For “Pets”

The $17.1M opening day (including $3.4M from Thursday night) for GHOSTBUSTERS (Columbia/Sony) reported in preliminary numbers at Deadline would be fine if the movie were at the same budget level as previous Paul Feig/Mel...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.15.2018

OPENINGS: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (Sony Animation/Columbia/Sony) clocked in with a reliable $44.1M weekend, just about midway between the first Transylvania‘s $42.5M and the second’s $48.5M. ...

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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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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.19.2019

OPENINGS: JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3: PARABELLUM (Thunder Road/Summit/Lionsgate) continued the upward climb of the franchise in the US with a $57M weekend, substantially ahead of the $30.4M for Wick 2, which was above the $14...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Studio Summer Movie Guide: Disney

The summer movie season will be underway momentarily on the east coast, as 7PM screenings commence for The Amazing Spider-Man–which isn’t exactly riding a rave of critical support (56% positive at Rotten Toma...

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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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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.4.2019

OPENINGS: HOBBS & SHAW (Universal) dropped 13% on Saturday, considerably less frontloaded than the 31% Saturday drops for the last 2 Fast & Furious titles, The Fate Of the Furious and Furious 7. Both of those...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.16.2017

OPENINGS: The summer saga of underperforming franchise titles continued with WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (TSG/20th), with a $56.5M start that’s 22% below the $72.6M opening for Dawn 3 years ago, and just barel...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Minions” In Control

MINIONS (Illumination/Universal) was expected to enfold the weekend box office in its little yellow fingers, and so it is. Preliminary numbers at Deadline give it a $45M opening day, which appears to be the largest ope...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Shoots Down “Logan Lucky”

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (Summit/Lionsgate) is off to a mild late-August start, but it will be enough to win the quiet weekend. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $8.1M (including $1.7M from Thursd...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lucy” Holds Its Lead Over “Hercules”

Allaying concerns about word of mouth, LUCY (Universal) held quite well in its 2d day of release, down 10% from Friday to $15M+ (better than some of the summer’s blockbusters, which fell 15% or more), according to ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ocean’s 8″” Solid, “Hereditary” Mildly Shivery, “Hotel Artemis” Condemned

Behind the US/Worldwide Studio Scorecard – 6.11.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Crazy Rich Asians” Romps, “Happytime Murders” Sad, “Papillon” Behind Bars

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.25.2019

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ghostbusters” No Scare For “Pets”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.15.2018

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

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.19.2019

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Studio Summer Movie Guide: Disney

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

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.4.2019

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.16.2017

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Minions” In Control

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Shoots Down “Logan Lucky”

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lucy” Holds Its Lead Over “Hercules”

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