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Sorry, Trolls: Captain Marvel
Had a Monster Weekend

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Mar 10, 2019 11:16 AM CDT

Sorry, Trolls: Captain Marvel Had a Monster Weekend

$153M opening is the top ever for a female-fronted movie

(Newser) - Captain Marvel launched with an estimated $153 million domestically and $455 million globally—setting a record for a female-fronted movie and scoring the second-largest opening for a comic book adaptation, notes the Hollywood Reporter . The result came in at the high end of expectations for Captain Marvel, reports the AP...

Dragon Trains Madea's Funeral

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Mar 3, 2019 11:07 AM CST

Dragon Trains Madea's Funeral

But Tyler Perry's final installment still captures $27M

(Newser) - Tyler Perry put the final nail in his Madea franchise this weekend, but moviegoers left Madea Family Funeral in second place, with $27 million, notes the Hollywood Reporter . That's the third biggest opening for the 15-year-old franchise. Topping the box office a second weekend in a row was How ...

Will Audiences Warm to Alita: Battle Angel?

President's Day Weekend
Movies Plunge 60%

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Feb 17, 2019 12:43 PM CST

President's Day Weekend Movies Plunge 60%

Of course, 'Black Panther' broke records last year

(Newser) - Alita: Battle Angel wasn't exactly blessed at the box office this President's Day weekend but did come in first with a domestic bow of $41.7 million, per the Hollywood Reporter . The CGI cyberpunk flick, with a high net budget of around $165 million, will need to overcome...

Lego Movie 2:
Everything Is Not Awesome

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Feb 10, 2019 11:16 AM CST

Lego Movie 2: Everything Is Not Awesome

Sequel wins the box office, but falls well short of expectations

(Newser) - The good news for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: The blockbuster's sequel won the weekend box office with a $35 million haul. The bad news: It fell far short of becoming a blockbuster in its own right, and short of its own expectations, which were more in...

This Weekend's
Biggest Loser:
Basically
All Movies

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Feb 3, 2019 11:06 AM CST

This Weekend's Biggest Loser: Basically All Movies

Box office has its worst Super Bowl weekend in 19 years

(Newser) - The bad news for M. Night Shyamalan's Glass is that it didn't quite manage to crack double-digit figures this weekend. The good news is that nobody else did, either, as the box office suffered its worst Super Bowl weekend in nearly 20 years, reports Variety . That gave Glass...

Americans
Weren't Looking
for Serenity in Theaters

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Jan 27, 2019 11:27 AM CST

Americans Weren't Looking for Serenity in Theaters

The Matthew McConaughey- and Anne Hathaway-led film debuted at No. 8

(Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan's Glass made about half as much this weekend as it did the weekend prior, but the film still managed to hang on to the No. 1 slot. Its $19 million weekend take puts its 10-day domestic total at $73.5 million. Variety reports some "holdovers"...

Bad Reviews, Low Cinema Score? Glass Doesn't Care

Glass, Broken
by Reviews?
Not at All

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Jan 20, 2019 2:59 PM CST

Glass, Broken by Reviews? Not at All

But the biggest surprise is a Japanese anime movie

(Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan scored his fifth No. 1 movie as the director's Glass, while not quite the blockbuster some expected, nevertheless dominated Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office with $40.6 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday, the AP reports. Universal Pictures...

Oscars, Schmoscars:
Kevin Hart Finds an Upside

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Jan 13, 2019 11:05 AM CST

Oscars, Schmoscars: Kevin Hart Finds an Upside

Meanwhile, Keanu Reeves finds a career low with 'Replicas'

(Newser) - Kevin Hart isn't hosting the Oscars, but the AP reports that he's got a No. 1 movie. Hart's The Upside surpassed expectations to open with $19.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The strong performance of The Upside pushed Aquaman to second after...

Aquaman Just
Brought Down a
DC Universe Record

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Jan 6, 2019 11:09 AM CST

Aquaman Just Brought Down a DC Universe Record

Wins the box office for a 3rd week in a row, crosses $1B mark, stomps Batman v. Superman

(Newser) - Aquaman is still the champ at the box office three weeks in, reports the AP , but the high-concept thriller Escape Room also drew some substantial crowds in its debut weekend. Warner Bros. on Sunday said that Aquaman has added an estimated $30.7 million from over 4,000 North American...

You Just Can't Get
Enough Aquaman

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Dec 30, 2018 3:46 PM CST

You Just Can't Get Enough Aquaman

The DC superhero flick wins again

(Newser) - Aquaman kept his muscle-bound grip on the box office this weekend and held Mary Poppins at bay yet again—but her numbers are on the rise, Variety reports. The DC superhero tentpole banked another $51.6 million domestically, falling just 24%, while the slow-starting Emily Blunt musical was up 18%...

Mary Poppins Goes
Up Against Aquaman

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Dec 23, 2018 1:32 PM CST

Mary Poppins Goes Up Against Aquaman

But Jason Mamoa is big and he can swim

(Newser) - Aquaman dove headfirst into box-office bliss this weekend with a $72 million bow that kept runner-up Mary Poppins Returns at bay, Variety reports. The musical sequel banked $22.2 million, ahead of "Transformers" spinoff Bumblebee ($20.9 million), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($16.3 million), and Clint Eastwood's...

Audiences Flock
to Spider-Verse,
Abandon Mortal Engines

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Dec 16, 2018 11:11 AM CST

Audiences Flock to Spider-Verse, Abandon Mortal Engines

Peter Jackson 'tentpole' utterly tanks as animated 'Spider-Verse' takes top spot

(Newser) - The animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has swung to the top of the domestic box office in its first weekend in theaters. Sony Pictures on Sunday estimates that the film has earned $35.4 million from North American theaters, reports the AP. Critics have praised the film focusing on Miles...

Aquaman Just Killed—in China

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Dec 9, 2018 2:15 PM CST

Aquaman Just Killed—in China

At home, it's still 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'

(Newser) - In the calm before the Christmas storm at the box office, Ralph Breaks the Internet remained No. 1 for the third straight week, while the upcoming DC Comics superhero film Aquaman arrived with a cannonball-sized splash in Chinese theaters, the AP reports. For the second week in a row, no...

Ouch: Crazy
Rich Asians
Bows in China

box office

Dec 2, 2018 12:10 PM CST

Ouch: Crazy Rich Asians Bows in China

Meanwhile, 'Ralph' still rules in America

(Newser) - Ralph Breaks the Internet surfed to a second straight week of box-office dominance by banking another $25.8 million—just a 53% ebb that put it over $100 million, Variety reports. Holdovers filled out the domestic top five with The Grinch ($17.7 million) followed by Creed II ($16.8...

Fantastic Beasts
Finds an Audience

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Nov 18, 2018 11:11 AM CST

Fantastic Beasts Finds an Audience

$62.2M debut for the latest JK Rowling installment

(Newser) - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald charged right out of the box-office gate and dethroned The Grinch by a tally of $62.2 million to $38.1 million. While that's a lesser haul than the $75 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them debuted with domestically, the sequel...

Rhapsody Rocks, While
Disney Rolls Out a Bomb

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Nov 4, 2018 11:11 AM CST

Rhapsody Rocks, While Disney Rolls Out a Bomb

Queen biopic snatches $50M in debut despite lukewarm reception

(Newser) - Critics may have yawned , but audiences let Bohemian Rhapsody rock them—to the tune of a box office-winning $50 million in its opening weekend. That's enough to notch the No. 2 opening ever for a music biopic, notes Billboard , behind Straight Outta Compton's $60.2 million. CNN...

Halloween Notches
Another Win

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Oct 28, 2018 11:04 AM CDT

Halloween Notches Another Win

Jamie Lee Curtis and Co. pull in $32M, again taking the weekend crown

(Newser) - Michael Meyers and Jamie Lee Curtis can't be stopped . Halloween has topped the box office for the second straight weekend , carving up $32 million in ticket sales. The top three films were all unchanged at the North American box office, as Hollywood left Halloween to dominate the pre-trick-or-treating weekend....

Halloween
Keeps Killing
at the Box Office

Oct 21, 2018 3:30 PM CDT

Halloween Keeps Killing at the Box Office

The sequel has scared up $77.5M in ticket sales

(Newser) - Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare. Universal Pictures said Sunday that Halloween took in an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters. It captured first place at the box office with the second-highest...

First Man Doesn't Land on Top

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Oct 14, 2018 11:45 AM CDT

First Man Doesn't Land on Top

'Venom,' 'A Star is Born' remain the champs

(Newser) - The Neil Armstrong film First Man has landed in third place at the North American box office, behind last weekend's champs Venom and A Star Is Born, the AP reports. Studio estimates on Sunday say that the Ryan Gosling-starrer brought in $16.5 million. Directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle,...

Venom Kills,
A Star Is
Born Soars

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Oct 7, 2018 11:45 AM CDT

Venom Kills, A Star Is Born Soars

While sleeper hit 'A Simple Favor' keeps chugging along

(Newser) - The surprise combination of Venom and A Star is Born lit up the weekend box office with two strong debuts, Variety reports. The Marvel antihero flick scored $80 million domestically as the well-reviewed remake starring Lady Gaga banked $42 million. Rounding out the top five were Smallfoot ($14 million), Night ...