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Red One Tops Weekend Before Wicked, Gladiator II

Audiences, Studios Seem
to Await Wicked, Gladiator II

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Nov 17, 2024 12:15 PM CST

Audiences, Studios Seem to Await Wicked, Gladiator II

Red One tops weekend without being a major draw

(Newser) - Moviegoers were not yet feeling the holiday spirit this weekend, or at least not the cheer Red One was offering. The big budget, star-driven action comedy with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans sold $34.1 million in tickets in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It...

Venom Holds Off Horror, Holiday Challenges

With Few Challenges,
Venom Repeats

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Nov 10, 2024 12:40 PM CST

With Few Challenges, Venom Repeats

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance has been no blockbuster in North American theaters. But in a lethargic fall moviegoing season, even a so-so performing superhero sequel can rule the box office for three straight weeks. For the third weekend in a row, the film has been the No. 1 movie at...

Venom 3 Stays Strong
as Here Goes Nowhere

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Nov 3, 2024 12:30 PM CST

Venom 3 Stays Strong as Here Goes Nowhere

Reviews don't help Tom Hanks, Robin Wright reunion

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance enjoyed another weekend at the top of the box office. The Sony release starring Tom Hardy added $26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a relatively quiet weekend for North American movie theaters leading up to the US election. Charts...

Venom Installment Wins but Not Convincingly

Venom Has a Low-Grade Victory

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Oct 27, 2024 1:40 PM CDT

Venom Has a Low-Grade Victory

Performance reflects a down year for superhero films

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise's previous entries. Projections for the third Venom film from Sony Pictures had been closer to $65 million....

Second Smile Wins Weekend

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Oct 20, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

Second Smile Wins Weekend

Joker 's collapse paves way for another horror victory

(Newser) - Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts, and an Oscar contender got off to a sparkling start this weekend. Smile 2, in its first weekend, and Terrifier 3, in its second, proved to be the big draws for general movie audiences in North America, while the Palme d'Or...

New Joker Film
Is a Financial 'Catastrophe'

Oct 15, 2024 2:59 PM CDT

New Joker Film Is a Financial 'Catastrophe'

Variety estimates the widely panned Warner Bros. musical may lose $200M

(Newser) - Critics don't like it , and audiences seem to like it even less after two weeks in theaters. The way things are going, Joker: Folie à Deux is on track "to be one of the year's biggest catastrophes" in Hollywood, reports Variety . The story focuses on the numbers,...

Terrifier 3 Surprises Competition

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Oct 13, 2024 2:00 PM CDT

Terrifier 3 Surprises Competition

Meanwhile , Joker sequel plunges 81% in second weekend of release

(Newser) - The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a Saturday Night Live origin story, and Pharrell Williams as a Lego. In the end, all were trounced by an ax-wielding clown. Terrifier 3, a gory, low-budget slasher from the small...

Joker 2 Audience Isn't Amused

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Oct 6, 2024 4:10 PM CDT

Joker 2 Audience Isn't Amused

Anticipated sequel tops weekend but receives low scores from viewers

(Newser) - Joker: Folie à Deux is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending. In a turn of events that only Arthur Fleck would find funny, the follow-up to Todd Phillips' 2019 origin story about the Batman villain opened in theaters...

Wild Robot Beats Coppola Flop

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Sep 29, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Wild Robot Beats Coppola Flop

Filmmaker's longstanding Megalopolis project debuts to $4M

(Newser) - Francis Ford Coppola's decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic Megalopolis flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film Wild Robot soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. Wild Robot, Chris Sanders' adaptation of Peter Brown's bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in...

Beetlejuice, Transformers
Top a Slow Weekend

box office

Sep 22, 2024 2:15 PM CDT

Beetlejuice, Transformers Top a Slow Weekend

Joker: Folie à Deux could give theaters a draw soon

(Newser) - It's a three-peat for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged out the animated new release Transformers One, which...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Is Twice a Winner

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Sep 15, 2024 12:05 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Is Twice a Winner

Little new competition pushes the Tim Burton sequel

(Newser) - Moviegoers said yes to more Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend. After its monster opening, the Tim Burton sequel easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Down only 54% from a week earlier, the North American gross for the...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Opens Bigger Than Original

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Sep 8, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opens Bigger Than Original

Sequel has third-best opening weekend of 2024

(Newser) - After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, behind only box office triumphs Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Michael...

Holdovers, Reagan
Can't Topple Incumbent

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Sep 1, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Holdovers, Reagan Can't Topple Incumbent

Deadpool & Wolverine nears another milestone

(Newser) - Onscreen and at the ticket window, Deadpool apparently can't be killed. Deadpool & Wolverine, one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. For the second weekend in a row,...

New Releases
Can't Catch
Holdover Hits

box office

Aug 25, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

New Releases Can't Catch Holdover Hits

Deadpool & Wolverine , Alien: Romulus again top weekend charts

(Newser) - In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The...

Alien: Romulus,
in Debut, Bumps
Deadpool & Wolverine

box office

Aug 18, 2024 4:00 PM CDT

Alien: Romulus, in Debut, Bumps Deadpool & Wolverine

Hits put summer weekend ahead of last year

(Newser) - Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in its 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, playing in 3,885 locations in the US and Canada. Including $66.7 million from international...

Lively's Opening
Pushes Reynolds' Hit

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Aug 11, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Lively's Opening Pushes Reynolds' Hit

It Ends With Us nearly knocks Deadpool & Wolverine out of top spot

(Newser) - In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds' Marvel Studios smash Deadpool & Wolverine remained the top movie in North American theaters for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it's...

Challengers Don't Budge
Deadpool & Wolverine

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Aug 4, 2024 12:45 PM CDT

Challengers Don't Budge Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel hit holds R-rated record after less than two weeks

(Newser) - After 10 days in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. The Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theaters in its second weekend, collecting $97 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That raised its...

Deadpool & Wolverine
Has Year's Biggest Opening

box office

Jul 28, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Deadpool & Wolverine Has Year's Biggest Opening

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman film restores Marvel's glory after flops

(Newser) - Marvel is back on top with Deadpool & Wolverine. The comic book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first Deadpool of $132 million and notched...

When It Comes
to Animated Films,
Inside Out 2 Rules

Jul 24, 2024 3:15 PM CDT

When It Comes to Animated Films, Inside Out 2 Rules

It's now the highest-grossing animated feature ever

(Newser) - One Disney sequel has dethroned another. CNBC reports Inside Out 2 became the highest-grossing animated feature ever on Tuesday, taking the top slot from Frozen II. The film's current box-office take is $1.462 billion versus Frozen II's $1.454 billion, reports Deadline , and that figure is sure...

Twisters Has
Blockbuster Debut

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Jul 21, 2024 12:26 PM CDT

Twisters Has Blockbuster Debut

(Newser) - Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling Twisters to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit rang up $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's about $30 million more than analysts expected initially...