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Suicide Squad Ticket Sales Weak as Delta Surges

The latest wave of COVID infections is keeping movie fans at home

(Newser) - Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus, and in-home streaming. The latest casualty: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, a critically acclaimed, carnage-ridden would-be smash that disappointed with $26.5 million in estimated...

Jungle Cruise Thrives Despite Delta Variant Concerns

Disney flick does well in theaters despite renewed COVID worries

(Newser) - Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, Jungle Cruise still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office. The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt exceeded expectations by pulling in more than $34.1 million over the...

Old, M. Night Shyamalan's Latest, Tops Snake Eyes

Both films doing well despite low ratings from critics

(Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan’s Old easily won a slower weekend at the North American box office, while the GI Joe pic Snake Eyes lived up to its name, per the AP . Although both fresh offerings from major studios, moviegoers turned out in modest numbers on a weekend where there was...

Families Drive Space Jam Past Black Widow
Space Jam
Outplays
Black Widow
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Jul 18, 2021 11:35 AM CDT

Space Jam Outplays Black Widow

Families turn out to give studio its biggest opening of the pandemic

(Newser) - Black Widow ceded its No. 1 spot to an unlikely foe in its second week in theaters: the Tune Squad. LeBron James, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the stars of Warner Bros.' Space Jam: A New Legacy defied expectations and won the box office this weekend. According to...

Disney Strategy Pays Off for Black Widow
Disney Strategy
Pays Off for
Black Widow
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Jul 11, 2021 1:40 PM CDT

Disney Strategy Pays Off for Black Widow

Marvel film does especially well in theaters, at $80M

(Newser) - Even with an option to watch Black Widow at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday the superhero pic generated an estimated $80 million in ticket sales in...

Universal Holds Top 3 Draws
Universal Has
Top 3 Draws
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Jul 4, 2021 12:30 PM CDT

Universal Has Top 3 Draws

'F9' leads for second weekend, at $24M

(Newser) - Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, at least one studio has reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend. Universal Pictures currently has the top three films at the domestic box office with F9, The Boss Baby: Family Business, and The Forever Purge, according...

An Anticipated Movie Debut Falls Shy of Expectations
An Anticipated Movie Debut
Falls Shy of Expectations
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Jun 13, 2021 5:22 PM CDT

An Anticipated Movie Debut Falls Shy of Expectations

'In the Heights' can't overtake 'Quiet Place' sequel

(Newser) - Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of In the Heights dampened Hollywood's hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office. Jon M. Chu's exuberant adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical opened with a...

Quiet Place II Opens Big, Hollywood Sighs in Relief

Horror sequel will take in $58M over the long weekend

(Newser) - Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski's thriller sequel A Quiet Place Part II opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio...

Mortal Kombat , Demon Slayer Make for a Big Weekend
Theaters Post Best
Weekend of Pandemic
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Apr 25, 2021 2:55 PM CDT

Theaters Post Best Weekend of Pandemic

Mortal Kombat , Demon Slayer drive ticket sales

(Newser) - The weekend at movie theaters featured something not seen for a while: a genuine box-office battle. Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat reboot and the Japanese anime film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train vied for the top spot at the North American box office, with Mortal Kombat narrowly winning, the AP reports....

Godzilla vs. Kong Opening Is a Pandemic High Point
Godzilla vs. Kong Opening
Offers Hope to Industry
box office
Apr 4, 2021 2:45 PM CDT

Godzilla vs. Kong Opening Offers Hope to Industry

Film makes the best showing of the pandemic

(Newser) - With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. Godzilla vs. Kong scored easily the best opening of the pandemic, with an estimated $48.5 million since opening Wednesday, even as it was simultaneously streaming at home. The monster...

Marvel Concedes: Avatar Is Back Atop All-Time Box Office

Avengers: Endgame

(Newser) - The lastest expression of China's economic might came Saturday, when the rereleased Avatar sold enough tickets there to again make it the highest-grossing film of all time. As box office sales topped $2.8 billion, Avatar displaced Avengers: Endgame, CNBC reports. The Avengers installment, which took the title in...

2 Big Pieces of News for Wonder Woman Fans

'1984' installment makes $16.7M in its opening weekend, and a 3rd installment is on

(Newser) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic having shuttered an estimated 65% of North American movie theaters, Wonder Woman 1984 scored a decent box office win: $16.7 million in its US opening weekend after debuting Christmas Day. That's a pandemic record, USA Today reports, and Variety calls the number "robust...

Only Major Film in Theaters During Pandemic to Leave

Home release of 'Tenet' is next month

(Newser) - After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's Tenet will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. The film will be available digitally as well as on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K just before the holidays, potentially bringing an end to its turbulent but singular run...

Movie Chains Open for Month, and the Report Card Is In

Americans are not returning in big numbers

(Newser) - About three quarters of the country’s movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly, per the AP . The biggest movies continue to limp along. According to studio estimates Sunday, Warner Bros.’...

US Moviegoing Gets &#39;Litmus Test&#39; With Tenet
Christopher Nolan Gives
Hollywood a 'Litmus Test'
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Sep 6, 2020 4:40 PM CDT

Christopher Nolan Gives Hollywood a 'Litmus Test'

Will Americans go see his movie during the pandemic?

(Newser) - In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's Tenet brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in US and Canadian theaters, the AP reports. The result could be greeted as either the rejuvenation of US cinemas—more Americans went to the...

2014 Movie Was Sunday's Top-Grossing Film Worldwide

Interstellar was a hit in reopened Chinese cinemas

(Newser) - Christopher Nolan's dystopian sci-fi epic Interstellar was a hit in 2014—and it returned to become the world's top-grossing movie on Sunday. That's thanks to box office figures from China, where movie theaters started to reopen on July 20, reports Quartz . Interstellar made $2.6 million when...

27 Years Later, This Film Is Back on Top
27 Years Later, This
Film Is Back on Top
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Jun 23, 2020 10:45 AM CDT

27 Years Later, This Film Is Back on Top

'Jurassic Park' makes a comeback, along with other Spielberg classics

(Newser) - There's a new No. 1 at the box office—and by new, we also mean old. Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic Jurassic Park nabbed the No. 1 spot at the US box office for a fourth time in its history over Father's Day weekend, earning $517,600 at...

It Cost $0 to Make. It Was a Box Office No. 1
It Cost $0 to Make.
It Was a Box Office No. 1
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Jun 21, 2020 3:30 PM CDT

It Cost $0 to Make. It Was a Box Office No. 1

Unsubscribed makers found loophole that brought them to the top of the charts

(Newser) - "In any other climate, this would be impossible," says filmmaker Christian Nilsson, who had a No.1 box office hit with a movie that cost $0 to make. Nilsson and his friend Eric Tabach, an actor and YouTuber, shot 29-minute horror film Unsubscribed entirely on Zoom in mid-May...

In China, Movie Theaters Have Begun Reopening

But they're not exactly crowded

(Newser) - As China considers the pandemic to be easing, the country has begun to reopen movie theaters. More than 500 in five provinces are back in business, Variety reports, though they aren't doing much business. The theaters brought in less than $2,000 combined on Friday. Two provinces reported that...

The Box Office Numbers Aren&#39;t Pretty
The Box Office
Numbers Aren't Pretty
Mar 15, 2020 12:46 PM CDT

The Box Office Numbers Aren't Pretty

On a terrible weekend, 'Onward' stays at the top

(Newser) - Ticket sales plunged to their lowest levels in at least 20 years at North American movie theaters, as the coronavirus pandemic led to one of Hollywood's worst weekend's ever at the box office, the AP reports. Studio estimates Sunday show receipts totaled about $56 million in US and...

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