Tag: film
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The Biggest Thanksgiving Box Office Ever: How Moana 2, Wicked & Gladiator II Delivered an Historic Weekend
This Thanksgiving delivered a record-breaking $422M box office weekend! From Moana 2’s tidal wave debut to Wicked’s magical hold and Gladiator II’s resilience, the holiday proved theaters are thriving again. Dive into the biggest Thanksgiving box office ever—read more in the link!
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Wicked & Gladiator II Bring Magic and Action to the Box Office, but “Glicked” is no “Barben-heimer”
Two box office titans collided this weekend as “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” debuted with $114 million and $55 million respectively, coining the term “Glicked.” But is it the next “Barbenheimer”? While one film enchanted audiences with its magic, the other struggled to recapture past glory. Here’s why these films soared—or fumbled—at the box office.
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Box Office Bliss: Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Score Big with Top Two Hits
This weekend, Hollywood’s power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds dominated the box office, with Deadpool and It Ends With Us claiming the top spots. This success underscores the power of female-driven narratives and beloved book adaptations, with Blake Lively proving herself as a box office magnet for smartly budgeted films. In this article, I…
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Marvel’s Dynamic Duo: Deadpool & Wolverine Smash Box Office Records with $211M Opening Weekend
Deadpool & Wolverine achieved a monumental, record-breaking $205 million opening weekend. This opening is more than just massive, it’s downright historic. Because of the enduring appeal of Ryan Reynolds’ portrayal of Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s iconic Wolverine, coupled with promises of groundbreaking changes for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is the biggest opening weekend ever…
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Twisters Roars to $81 Million Opening Weekend: A Tornado of Cash, Crushing All Forecasts
Twisters massively over-performed this weekend, storming the box office with a phenomenal $81 million opening weekend— far surpassing the predicted $40-50 million. The momentum for this sequel kept building bigger throughout the weekend, just like a tornado in real life. This is officially now the highest opening ever for a disaster film, passing The Day…
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Inside Out 2 Shatters Records with $154 Million Opening, Reclaiming Disney and Pixar’s Box Office Dominance
Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 shattered expectations with a colossal $154 million opening in the U.S. and a jaw-dropping $300 million globally. This opening number is so massive, that it’s just silly. Not only is this almost DOUBLE what the industry was tracking pre-release (this was only estimated to open with $85 million), but it’s also…
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Bad Boys Ride or Die Blazes Past Expectations with $57 Million Opening Weekend, + Five reasons to be optimistic this summer
I was tempted to give this story the headline, “Will Smith Slaps The Box Office Into Overdrive”, but it seemed like such low-hanging fruit. The last time I wrote in this blog it was last summer, as Barbenheimer was saving the summer box office, which brought the 2023 box office to unprecedented heights post-COVID. Now…
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Tom Cruise’s latest Mission Impossible opens to $79 million – but why didn’t it open bigger at the box office?
The last time I wrote in this blog, it was last year, as Top Gun Maverick was soaring past $700 million in the U.S. I asked the question then, “Can Tom Cruise be stopped?”, and, well, the answer to that question might exist sooner than I thought. Tom Cruise’s latest Mission Impossible film opened with…
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DC Films Leadership – James Gunn and Peter Safran now CEOS – how did this happen, and what could this mean?
James Gunn had a very great day yesterday, showing that getting FIRED from Disney 4 years ago, ironically, led to the best possible career jump he could have ever had.
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Studios Winners and Losers: Before and After COVID
With no new blockbuster releases planned for the next few weeks, I thought it would be fun to take a moment to breakdown how the box office is so far for 2022, and to compare the 4 major studios (Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros and Disney). So let’s compare their performances from 2019 (the last “normal”…
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