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Jan 28, 2024 12:55 PM CST

The Beekeeper Rises to Top

Holdovers profit from Oscar nominations

(Newser) - With no new wide releases on the schedule this weekend, holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by The Beekeeper in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios' Jason Statham action film earned $7.4 million to take the No. 1 spot, according to studio estimates...

Mean Girls Repeats as Films Angle for Oscars Attention

Mean Girls Wins Slow Weekend

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Jan 21, 2024 2:00 PM CST

Mean Girls Wins Slow Weekend

Awards contenders try to make their mark before Oscar nominations

(Newser) - On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, Mean Girls repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of awards contenders sought to make an impact ahead of Oscar nominations Tuesday. With a dearth of new releases, the Tina...

New Mean Girls Pulls Audiences From Warm Homes

It's Like Old Times
for Mean Girls

box office

Jan 14, 2024 12:30 PM CST

It's Like Old Times for Mean Girls

Other new releases for holiday weekend fall short

(Newser) - Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn't dampen the opening weekend for Mean Girls. The Paramount release, adapted from the Broadway musical and the 2004 Tiny Fey movie, earned $28 million in its first three days in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not accounting for inflation,...

Wonka Stays on Top as Year Starts Slowly

Year Begins Slowly,
With Wonka Repeating

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Jan 7, 2024 12:25 PM CST

Year Begins Slowly, With Wonka Repeating

Industry hopes for boost from Golden Globes

(Newser) - Timothée Chalamet and Wonka topped the box office charts for the third time in its four weekends in theaters. Warner Bros.' family-oriented musical added $14.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, bringing its total domestic grosses to $164.7 million. After finishing 2023 on...

Wonka Ends Uneven Year on Top

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Dec 31, 2023 2:30 PM CST

Wonka Ends Uneven Year on Top

Ticket sales climb but were still higher before pandemic

(Newser) - Hollywood closed out an up-and-down 2023 with Wonka regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for The Color Purple, and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022's grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms. The New Year's weekend this year...

The Color Purple Is a Christmas Day Winner

There Were Christmas Day
Winners, Losers at Box Office

box office

Dec 26, 2023 4:40 PM CST

There Were Christmas Day Winners, Losers at Box Office

'The Color Purple' lands squarely in the winners category

(Newser) - It was a green Christmas for The Color Purple. The film bested expectations with its $18 million opening on Monday, a figure that makes it the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time. The Hollywood Reporter says the biggest Christmas Day opener remains 2009's Sherlock Holmes, which brought in...

Aquaman Laps Struggling Rivals

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Dec 24, 2023 1:30 PM CST

Aquaman Laps Struggling Rivals

Theaters have quiet weekend despite several debuts

(Newser) - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom led a crowd of new releases at the box office over the weekend. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jason Momoa earned an estimated $28.1 million in its first three days of release in 3,706 locations in North America, according to...

Chalamet's Wonka
Opens on Top

box office

Dec 17, 2023 3:45 PM CST

Chalamet's Wonka Opens on Top

Studio had played down the film's song-and-dance numbers

(Newser) - Wonka debuted with $39 million in box office sales in US and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it a strong start for the Timothée Chalamet-starring Willy Wonka musical that underscored the young star's draw. Musicals have been tough sells in theaters...

Miyazaki Achieves Career First

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Dec 10, 2023 2:15 PM CST

Miyazaki Achieves Career First

Anime film maker, 82, reaches No. 1 in North America

(Newser) - For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki's decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki's latest enchantment, The Boy and the Heron, debuted with $12.8 million, according to studio estimates. The long-awaited animated fantasy from the director of...

Beyonce's Renaissance Is No. 1

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Dec 3, 2023 2:15 PM CST

Beyonce's Renaissance Is No. 1

Concert film has strong debut on a slow weekend

(Newser) - Beyonce was a one-woman show this weekend. The concert picture she wrote, directed and produced won the weekend box office with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres on Sunday. The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but Renaissance: A Film by ...

Hunger Games Prequel Repeats

box office

Nov 26, 2023 1:05 PM CST

Hunger Games Prequel Repeats

Big-budget 'Napoleon' wins battle for second place

(Newser) - The Walt Disney Co.'s Wish had been expected to rule the Thanksgiving weekend box office, but moviegoers instead feasted on leftovers, as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes led ticket sales for the second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Neither of the weekend's...

Hunger Games Prequel
Tops Other Debuts

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Nov 19, 2023 1:30 PM CST

Hunger Games Prequel Tops Other Debuts

Several films open before holiday rush

(Newser) - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a busy weekend at the multiplex, leading into the often-lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. And while there were...

Marvel Series
Reaches
Low Point

box office

Nov 12, 2023 12:50 PM CST

Marvel Series Reaches Low Point

Brie Larson film debuts to a fraction of predecessors' openings

(Newser) - Since 2008's Iron Man, the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box office history. Now that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear and tear. The superhero factory hit a new low with the weekend launch of The Marvels, which opened with just...

Without Dune, Freddy's Repeats

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Nov 5, 2023 12:50 PM CST

Without Dune, Freddy's Repeats

Sequel was postponed till March

(Newser) - The North American box office had one of its slowest weekends of the year, due in large part to Dune: Part Two's absence from the lineup, though moviegoers had many other options to choose from. The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy's repeated its first-place ranking, followed...

Critics Can't
Slow Rush
to Freddy's

box office

Oct 29, 2023 11:55 AM CDT

Critics Can't Slow Rush to Freddy's

Horror film debuts in theaters, streaming simultaneously

(Newser) - It hardly mattered that Five Nights at Freddy's was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend. Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation on the big screen, which made $78 million to top the North American box office, according...

Scorsese Places Strong Second

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Oct 22, 2023 1:10 PM CDT

Scorsese Places Strong Second

Taylor Swift's concert film tops debuting 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

(Newser) - In a movie matchup almost as unlikely as Barbie and Oppenheimer, Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend. And while the box office belonged for a second time to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon got off to a strong...

Taylor Swift's Film Is a Smash

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Oct 15, 2023 12:36 PM CDT

Taylor Swift's Film Is a Smash

'The Eras Tour' opening is bigger than Justin Bieber's ' Never Say Never'

(Newser) - Movie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country. The unparalleled enthusiasm helped propel Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour to a dominating, first-place debut between $95 million and $97 million in North America, AMC Theatres said Sunday....

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

box office

Oct 8, 2023 2:50 PM CDT

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

Barbie slips out of Top 10 for the first time

(Newser) - The Exorcist: Believer spun heads and drove off all foes at the box office. Facing competition from no major new releases, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.2 million in North America in its opening weekend for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, according to studio estimates...

Animation, Horror
Show Strongest

box office

Oct 1, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Animation, Horror Show Strongest

'PAW Patrol,' 'Saw' sequels top weekend

(Newser) - After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. The performances of the four—PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Saw X, The Creator and Dumb Money—told a familiar story at the box office. What worked? Horror and animated franchises. What didn't? Originality...

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

box office

Sep 24, 2023 3:20 PM CDT

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

Audiences apparently weren't eager for next Expendables installment

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save Expend4bles from a debut box office flop. The Lionsgate and Millennium film, also known as Expendables 4, pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis "50 Cent"...