Dune: Part 2 Box Office Update

Dune: Part Two is looking at about a $76 million opening, although the CinemaScore rating suggests it’ll have legs at the box office. The spice is definitely flowing at the weekend box office, with Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two opening as per expectations with an estimated $70-80 million three-day haul. According to Deadline, the Thursday/Friday … Read more

Bob Marley crosses $100 million worldwide; Madame Web plunges to 4th place at the box office

Bob Marely: One Love continues its impressive box office run, with it cracking $100 million worldwide. Meanwhile, Madame Web is tanking. The early weekend numbers are starting to roll in, and it’s good news for Bob Marley: One Love, with the audience-friendly biopic crossing an important milestone worldwide. Indeed, the film has now crossed the … Read more

Has an abysmal box office launch for Sony’s Madame Web doomed hopes for a new franchise?

Madame Web’s failure at the box office has likely doomed Sony’s plans to launch a franchise featuring characters from the ill-received film. No amount of chest compressions can save Sony‘s Madame Web from being labeled a total failure with fans and at the box office. Sony’s latest Spider-Man-less Spider-Verse movie is dead on arrival after a $26.2M … Read more

The Best Box Office Bombs in Movie History

In 2024, a movie is often labeled a success or failure before it’s even “opened” in theaters. In the parlance of the film industry, we still say that movies are “opening Friday.” But most of the top tentpoles begin screening on Thursdays — sometimes as early as 3PM in the afternoon. The box-office receipts from those early exhibitions are … Read more

Box Office Results: Wonka Sinks Night Swim

The first weekend of 2024 saw Wonka emerge victorious over his competition with $14.4 million, per Deadline. The chocolate maker has earned $164.6M domestically and $465.8M worldwide. Universal, meanwhile, had to settle for second place with their new release Night Swim, which collected $12M from 3,250 theaters — less than half of M3GAN’s opening weekend … Read more