Despite a disappointing opening, Sony’s Venom 3 rallied in week two, while Robert Zemeckis’s Here was a disaster. After a pretty underwhelming start at the North American box office, Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance, surprised everyone this weekend by posting a terrific hold. The estimated $26.1 weekend was a lot higher than we predicted. The … Read more
While IF fell short of industry expectations, it rallied to a so-so start at the box office this weekend. Yesterday, it looked like John Krasinski’s IF would fall wildly short of industry exceptions, with the film initially tracking for a $40 million opening. While the final $35 million start marks a significant shortfall, the weekend … 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
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