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
Argylle has managed to top the box office in its second weekend, but it’s still a long way from recouping its massive budget. It looks like Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle will walk away with an easy win this Super Bowl weekend, with it coming in (slightly) ahead of our expectations to lead the box office with … Read more
The A Quiet Place series is a firmly post-apocalyptic horror franchise. The first movie, from 2018, began with the Earth already mostly destroyed by an alien invasion, and followed a handful of survivors as they struggled to endure while making as little noise as possible. (These aliens have extremely sensitive hearing so they are drawn to … Read more
Welcome to the slow movie season, folks. Without any new high-profile pictures released, Paramount’s Mean Girls and MGM’s The Beekeeper remained atop the charts with $11.7 million (-59%) and $8.4M (-49%) apiece, per Deadline. To date, Mean Girls, a musical remake of the 2004 Lindsey Lohan comedy, has accrued $50M through two weeks, while the … Read more
The first week of December resulted in a relatively quiet box office, albeit with a few pleasant surprises. Among them is Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, which took the top domestic spot with $22 million, per Deadline. Sure, this latest concert venture is far from the $92M opening of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in October. … Read more
Tim Burton was responsible for some of the most beloved superhero movies ever: 1989’s Batman and Batman Returns. He also came very close to making a Superman movie, Superman Lives, which was supposed to star Nicolas Cage, and fell apart right before shooting was about to begin. All of these projects are referenced in the recent DC film The Flash, including having Michael … Read more
Hall H is usually a four-day affair, with friends and family planning on camping out under the tents, but the tents were mostly empty on Saturday. There were no Hall H panels for Sunday. The convention center lobby was crowded on Saturday but not packed. The big winner was Paramount and its Star Trek properties. My … Read more