Godzilla x Kong roars to a massive $75 million opening; Frozen Empire collapses

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 rallies to a $45 million opening

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

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire is on track for an opening in the $42-44 million range

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

‘Madame Web‘ Had A Historically Bad Opening Weekend

Madame Web had an opening weekend that made the bad box office totals of recent Marvel releases look great in comparison. The Marvels, for example, was the worst film in all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe from a box office perspective; it only grossed $46 million in its opening weekend on the way to making about $200 … Read more

A ‘John Wick’ Themed Attraction Is Opening in Las Vegas

Fans of the John Wick franchise who are no longer content to simply watch the movies will soon get to “experience” them in an attraction set to open soon in Las Vegas. “The John Wick Experience” is coming to AREA15 in Vegas. The press release claims it “blends immersive theatre and highly themed cinematic environments to create an … Read more

Lisa Frankenstein on track for a disastrous $4 million opening; Argylle not doing much better

Lisa Frankenstein is imploding at the box office, with the Diablo Cody-written horror flick on track for a poor opening. It looks like my box office predictions for Lisa Frankenstein were a bit off, with Deadline’s early numbers suggesting the 80s retro horror film is dying at the box office. Indeed, the Kathryn Newton/ Cole … Read more

Argylle fails to launch a franchise for Apple with $18 million opening

While it opened moderately better than expected, Argylle had a pretty bad opening, killing the franchise’s potential. The numbers are in, and while, they’re less dire than we were predicting; in the end, Argylle had a disastrous opening for Apple Films/ Universal. It ended up rallying to about $18 million, higher than the $16.5 million … Read more