Challengers looks to be opening within expectations, but Boy Kills World is underperforming in a big way. As we predicted earlier this week, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is set to lead the box office this weekend, with Deadline reporting that it’s on track for a $15 million opening. While that’s a bit below the $17 million … Read more
Harrison Ford’s former estate in a very exclusive part of Los Angeles is currently for sale, and whoever buys it will end up owning a piece of movie history. According to the Robb Report, the cinema legend, who currently stars as Jacob Dutton in the Yellowstone prequel 1923, purchased the 6-bedroom, 7-bathroom, 7,164-square-foot estate in … Read more
As expected, A24’s Civil War is now the studio’s biggest opening ever, with it nearly doubling the take of previous record holder Hereditary. Alex Garland’s Civil War performed close to our expectations this weekend, grossing an estimated $25.7 million (via ComScore’s early numbers) to post what’s easily A24’s biggest opening weekend ever. In fact, it … Read more
According to recent reports, the fifth Indiana Jones movie lost upwards of $130 million for Disney. The fifth Indiana Jones movie was supposed to send the franchise out on a high note, but it proved to be a sad anti-climax to an amazing franchise. Indeed, yesterday, Disney boss Bob Iger won a brutal proxy battle … Read more
Despite not getting a theatrical release, Doug Liman’s Road House reboot is throwing hands on the streaming charts. According to Deadline‘s report, the hard-hitting action film starring Jake Gyllenhaal is landing decisive blows to audiences with a record-breaking 50 million global viewers in its first two weeks of release. “The groundbreaking, successful debut of Road House is a testament to the … Read more
Godzilla x Kong are roaring their way to a much bigger opening weekend than anyne could have predicted. It looks like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is roaring its way to a much better opening weekend than expected. The industry was predicting a $50 million opening (including us), but audiences are turning out in … Read more
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire managed to open (slightly) higher than Afterlife, but is it enough to keep the franchise going? After posting Friday numbers that had the industry thinking that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire would fall short of Afterlife’s $44 million opening, the sequel rallied to a so-so $45.2 million 3-day opening. While that’s certainly good news … Read more
A middling CinemaScore rating and soft Friday grosses mean that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is opening below expectations. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is opening in line with our box office predictions, and that’s not necessarily a good thing. After posting a pretty solid preview number on Thursday, Deadline is reporting that the movie’s box office has cooled … Read more
Kung Fu Panda 4 is having a much bigger weekend than expected, but Dune 2 is showing incredible staying power in 2nd place. It’s looking like Kung Fu Panda is about to K’O Dune: Part Two at the box office – for this weekend anyway – with the Dreamworks sequel on its way to the … Read more
Thanks to a big boost at the box office on Saturday night, Dune Part Two blew away expectations to double the first film’s opening weekend. The final numbers are coming in, and Dune: Part Two is defying earlier predictions that it would open in the $75 million-ish range with a strong $81 million opening weekend. … Read more