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Christopher Robin Tries to Oust Tom Cruise
Mission Impossible
Fends Off a Little Bear
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Aug 5, 2018 11:10 AM CDT

Mission Impossible Fends Off a Little Bear

Christopher Robin takes a respectable second at the weekend box office

(Newser) - Tom Cruise held onto first at the weekend box office and left the world's kindest bear in a cloud of action-movie dust, Variety reports. Mission Impossible—Fallout held top spot for the second week with $35 million while Christopher Robin, a family film about Winnie the Pooh, bowed with...

Mission: Impossible Shoots for No. 1
Mission: Impossible
Breaks Franchise Record
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Jul 29, 2018 11:31 AM CDT

Mission: Impossible Breaks Franchise Record

'Mamma Mia' takes second, ahead of 'Equalizer 2'

(Newser) - Audiences turned out this weekend to see Tom Cruise in his sixth run as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible—Fallout, which easily took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office, the AP reports. Studios on Sunday estimate that Fallout earned $61.5 million from 4,386 North American...

Equalizer 2 Tops Mamma Mia! in Battle of the Sequels
Equalizer 2 Tops
Mamma Mia! in
Battle of the
Sequels
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Jul 22, 2018 11:11 AM CDT

Equalizer 2 Tops Mamma Mia! in Battle of the Sequels

Vigilante thriller beats box-office expectations

(Newser) - The Equalizer 2 surprised Hollywood by passing Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and taking top spot at the weekend box office, Variety reports. The Denzel Washington vigilante thriller banked $35.8 million over Mamma Mia's $34.4 million, with Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($23 million), Ant-Man and ...

Ant-Man and the Wasp Stings Jurassic World
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Stings Hard
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Jul 8, 2018 12:00 PM CDT

Ant-Man and the Wasp Stings Hard

The Marvel Cinematic Universe strikes again

(Newser) - Despite its heroes' diminutive size, Ant-Man and the Wasp opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales, the AP reports. According to studio estimates Sunday, the "Ant-Man" sequel easily surpassed the $57 million debut of the 2015 original in North...

Jurassic World 2 Stomps Again, With a Couple Surprises

'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' and 'Uncle Drew' do better than expected

(Newser) - The Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dinosaurs are ruling the box office for the second weekend in a row, the AP reports. Studios on Sunday estimate that the blockbuster sequel earned $60 million in its second weekend in North American theaters, bringing its domestic total to $264.8 million. Worldwide, the...

Jurassic Sequel Stomps Its Way to $150M Bow
Jurassic World
Sequel Crushes
Box Office
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Jun 24, 2018 11:40 AM CDT

Jurassic World Sequel Crushes Box Office

'Incredibles 2' slips to second as 'Ocean's 8' takes third

(Newser) - The dinosaurs still rule the box office. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom surpassed expectations to open with an estimated $150 million in ticket sales in US and Canada theaters over the weekend, the AP reports. While that total didn't approach the record-breaking debut of 2015's "Jurassic" reboot, it...

Incredibles 2 Makes History
Incredibles 2 Makes History
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Jun 17, 2018 11:30 AM CDT

Incredibles 2 Makes History

'Ocean's 8' settles into second spot

(Newser) - Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 has broken the record for the best animated opening of all time and the biggest for a PG-rated film, the AP reports. Disney estimates Sunday that the film has earned $180 million in its first weekend in theaters. The previous animation record-holder was another...

Ocean&#39;s 8 Cleans Up
Ocean's 8 Breaks the Bank
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Jun 10, 2018 12:15 PM CDT

Ocean's 8 Breaks the Bank

Female-led heist flick wins weekend box office

(Newser) - Ocean's 8, the female-fronted overhaul of the starry "Ocean's" heist franchise, opened with an estimated $41.5 million at the box office, taking the weekend's top spot from the fast-falling Solo: A Star Wars Story, the AP reports. At a lower price point and in a...

Solo Stumbles in Second Weekend
Solo Slows Down
Over Second
Weekend
box office
Jun 3, 2018 11:38 AM CDT

Solo Slows Down Over Second Weekend

Roguish pilot feels gravitational pull at the box office

(Newser) - Solo: A Star Wars Story is losing momentum quickly at the box office, the AP reports. After an underwhelming launch , the space saga fell 65% in weekend two with $29.3 million from North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Solo has now earned $148.9 million domestically....

Han Solo Does OK, Not Great
Han Solo Comes in a Little Low
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May 27, 2018 12:25 PM CDT

Han Solo Comes in a Little Low

The 'Star Wars' prequel struggles at home, tanks abroad

(Newser) - Is the world getting tired of a galaxy far, far away? The underwhelming debut of Solo: A Star Wars Story suggests as much over the Memorial Day weekend, per the Hollywood Reporter . The Disney and Lucasfilm prequel opened with a debut estimated around $83.3 million over three days and...

Movie Ranking: 15 Years of Big-Budget Flops

Check out the most spectacular money losers

(Newser) - Film studios dream of the box-office blockbuster–the big-budget movie that pays off huge and justifies all the work and money that went into it. But as Looper observes, there is a familiar law of physics that applies to big-budget movies: For every brilliant big-budget film that inspires and entertains,...

DeadPool 2 Beats Infinity War
DeadPool 2 Beats Infinity War
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May 20, 2018 12:09 PM CDT

DeadPool 2 Beats Infinity War

Two female-driven films take third and fourth

(Newser) - Superheroes ruled the weekend box office as DeadPool 2 ousted Avengers: Infinity War from its top perch, per Variety . The Ryan Reynolds sequel scored $133.5 million at home, beating the original's $132.4 million domestical haul and making it the highest-grossing R-rated debut ever. Infinity War banked another...

Melissa McCarthy Challenges Infinity War
Melissa McCarthy
Challenges Infinity War
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May 13, 2018 12:30 PM CDT

Melissa McCarthy Challenges Infinity War

But the 'Avengers' flick still reigns

(Newser) - Melissa McCarthy jumped into the box-office fray with a new movie this weekend, but Avengers: Infinity War still rules, the AP reports. The Walt Disney Studios on Sunday estimates it has added $61.8 million from North American theaters, bringing its total domestic earnings to $547.8 million in its...

Infinity War Breaks New Record
Infinity War Breaks New Record
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May 6, 2018 12:05 PM CDT

Infinity War Breaks New Record

'Avengers' flick crosses $1B mark in 11 days

(Newser) - In its second weekend in theaters, Avengers: Infinity War continues to dominate in North America, the AP reports. The Walt Disney Co. says Sunday that the superhero film will gross an estimated $112.5 million over the weekend, becoming the second-highest grossing film in weekend two behind Star Wars: The ...

Infinity War Kills It With $250M Bow
Infinity War Breaks
All-Time Record
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Apr 29, 2018 11:48 AM CDT

Infinity War Breaks All-Time Record

'A Quiet Place' takes distant second

(Newser) - A few dozen superheroes lifted Avengers: Infinity War to a record $250 million in ticket sales over the weekend, narrowly surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the highest opening weekend of all-time, the AP reports. According to Disney's estimates Sunday, the Marvel Studios superhero smorgasbord bested the previous...

Amy Schumer&#39;s I Feel Pretty Has Pretty Good Bow
Amy Schumer's
I Feel Pretty
Has Pretty
Good Bow
box office
Apr 22, 2018 12:00 PM CDT

Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty Has Pretty Good Bow

But surprise horror winner 'A Quiet Place' regains No. 1

(Newser) - John Krasinki’s horror flick A Quiet Place reclaimed the top spot from Dwayne Johnson's Rampage this weekend and held off two film debuts, per the Hollywood Reporter . With A Quiet Place banking $20 million and Rampage at $18 million, Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty held a respectable...

Rampage Pummels Past A Quiet Place t o Box Office No.1
Rampage Edges Past
A Quiet Place to No.1
BOX OFFICE
Apr 15, 2018 1:30 PM CDT

Rampage Edges Past A Quiet Place to No.1

The Dwayne Johnson flick just barely beat out the John Krasinski thriller

(Newser) - After a wobbly start, Dwayne Johnson muscled his way to a No. 1 opening for Rampage—but just barely. Close on its heels was the word-of-mouth sensation A Quiet Place in its second week in theaters, and not too far behind that was the Blumhouse horror Truth or Dare in...

Ready Player One Wins in Debut
Ready Player One
Wins in Debut
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Apr 1, 2018 12:10 PM CDT

Ready Player One Wins in Debut

Tyler Perry film takes second, 'Black Panther' third

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg's action-adventure Ready Player One has topped the domestic box office over the holiday weekend. Studio estimates on Sunday say the Virtual Reality-focused film earned a solid $53.2 million in its first four days in theaters from 4,234 locations. Based on Ernest Cline's popular novel...

Black Panther Wins Again, but a Christian Film Surprises

Superhero flick is No. 1 for fifth straight week, but 'I Can Only Imagine' defied expectations

(Newser) - Black Panther has become the first film since 2000's Avatar to top the weekend box office five straight weekends. According to studio estimates Sunday, Black Panther grossed $27 million in ticket sales over the weekend, pushing its domestic haul to $605.4 million, per the AP . Worldwide, Black Panther...

Black Panther Hits a Big Milestone
Black Panther
Hits a Big
Milestone
BOX OFFICE
Mar 11, 2018 2:21 AM CST

Black Panther Hits a Big Milestone

Disney's new Marvel film has crossed the $1B mark, the 5th to do so

(Newser) - Disney's megahit Black Panther has passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, reports the AP . The studio said Saturday that the milestone is based on Disney's estimate of ticket sales. The announcement comes on the 26th day of release for the blockbuster, notes the Hollywood ...

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