First weekend box office is currently the most important measure of any big budget action picture's success.
Hitch is a date movie, released in time for St. Valentine's day in the US, which probably explains its massive
first weekend box office — US$ 43.1 million — the biggest romantic comedy opening ever!
The research shows that even as the key
first weekend box office receipts were reported, prices stayed remarkably stable as traders ignored new value - relevant information and continued to rely on their initial estimates.
Not exact matches
2 continued its
box office reign this
weekend, while King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the summer season's
first major flop.
The
first superhero blockbuster film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge
box -
office opening this
weekend.
But despite the anticipation for Spider - Man's
first solo entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Spider - Man: Homecoming» didn't win the title of best opening
weekend for a Spider - Man movie, according to
Box Office Mojo.
That figure not only makes it Universal's largest
box -
office opening ever, but also the largest worldwide opening for a movie ever and the only to crack $ 500 million in its
first weekend.
The five films Murdoch's 20th Century Fox division put out this summer season (which runs from the
first weekend in May through Labor Day in the entertainment industry) grossed $ 783 million as of earlier this week, according to film revenue - tracking website
Box Office Mojo.
Deadpool became the
first R - rated movie to top $ 100 million in domestic
box office sales over its opening
weekend, pulling in an impressive $ 135 million in North America and a whopping $ 260 million worldwide, according to
box office research firm Rentrak.
Since its release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed almost every Hollywood
box -
office record, racking up more than $ 500 million in worldwide ticket sales in just its
first weekend.
Identity Thief, which stars Jason Bateman as the victim of McCarthy's (yep) identity thief, opened in
first place by a landslide, earning $ 36.6 million over the
weekend despite a severe winter storm that caused several movie theaters in the Northeast to close temporarily,
Box Office Mojo reports.
In 2010 Marvel's Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury took the # 1 spot in its
first weekend with a domestic
box office gross of $ 128.1 million.
Of the
first -
weekend limited release Best Picture Nominees currently in theaters, most are in the same realm in terms of
box office totals as the Best Picture winners of the past several years.
Lone Survivor has triumphed in its
first weekend of release to rise to the top of the US and Canadian
box office.
Indeed, the
first time the film's
weekend box office was less than its opening
weekend was January 26th — a full month after the movie
first hit theaters.
A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the
first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past
weekend, which marked the «
first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the
first two
box office spots,» as CNN puts it.
Women and space were a winning combo at the movies this
weekend, with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for
first at the domestic
box office.
The very
first theatrical release of New York - based film distributor Bleecker Street, Danny Collins grossed a somewhat respectable $ 5.6 million, despite a max theater count of just 739 and only a single top ten finish at the
weekend box office.
Rio flew to the top of the
box office in its first weekend of release, Box Office Mojo repor
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«Iron Man 2» opened big the
first weekend in May, but the
box office has lagged since then.
Nearly a year after it was
first scheduled to hit theatres, Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is poised to take
first place at the
weekend box office.
British audiences proved this past
weekend that they have an appetite for serious films, putting three of the year's top awards contenders in the
first three spots on the
box office chart.
Sizable
box office numbers are expected next
weekend for the third installment of The Hunger Games, Mockingjay — Part 1, the
first of two major competitors to Transformers: Age of Extinction.
The grim
box -
office for Mars Needs Moms ($ 7 mil opening
weekend) marks the year's
first toon casuality...
dropped at the
box office two weeks ago and performed poorly, taking in only $ 7 million its
first weekend while scoring a rare «F» on CinemaScore.
It may or may not correlate to actual
box -
office performance come opening
weekend, but Deadline reports that ticket presales for Marvel's Black Panther have already outpaced previous record holder Captain America: Civil War for Fandango's fastest - selling MCU title in the
first 24 hours.
Doctor Strange's $ 493m worldwide
box office to date in just its third
weekend of release already puts it head of the lifetime worldwide grosses of Incredible Hulk, Thor, and Captain America: The
First Avenger.
«Jumanji» is also singular in winning the
box office in its third, fourth and fifth
weekends after finishing second in its
first two
weekends to «Star Wars: The Last Jedi.»
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has proved its mettle by dominating the
box office on its
first weekend of opening.
UK
box office top ten and analysis for the
weekend of Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd November 2014... Exactly a year after its predecessor topped the chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 debuted in
first place at the UK
box office, pulling in # 12,654,109 — accounting for 2 out of every 3 cinema tickets -LSB-...]
For the
first time since January, six films managed # 1m in
weekend takings at the UK
box office, spreading the wealth evenly.
Transformers: The Last Knight wins its
first weekend at the
box office with a franchise low of $ 45.3 million.
After three weeks atop the chart, Minions has been knocked from pole position at the UK
box office by Marvel's latest superhero blockbuster Ant - Man, which debuted in
first place with an opening
weekend of # 4,011,345.
The
first movie of 2018, Insidious: The Last Key, takes on the biggest movie of 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the
box office this
weekend.
Fox's «The Greatest Showman» is holding strong at No. 4 at the
box office, grossing more over the New Year's holiday than it did in its
first weekend of release.
As expected, the latest installment of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, finished atop the
box office in its
first weekend.
Disney and Pixar's latest animated feature Coco delivered on its promise to top the
box office upon release by finishing
first during the Thanksgiving holiday
weekend with an estimated $ 49 million.
Ryan Coogler's comic - book sensation on Sunday became the
first film since James Cameron's 2009 smash to top the
weekend box office five straight...
Black Panther made $ 350 million dollars in its
first weekend at the
box office.
Over the
weekend, «Black Panther» became the
first film since 2009's «Avatar» to top the
box office in North America five straight
weekends.
First, though, Hoult stands to possibly rule the
box -
office this
weekend with Warm Bodies, a surprisingly well - received zombie love story, in which Hoult takes the lead as a malcontent member of the undead.
Allegiant's
box office debut brought in $ 29.1 million, which was a more than 40 percent drop from both Divergent and
first sequel Insurgent's opening
weekend earnings.
Despite the fictional
box office success of its movie star, Entourage sputtered in the real world, opening in fourth place and barely tripling that
first weekend gross (the 47th worst put up by a 3,000 + theater release) en route to a front - loaded $ 32 million domestic and weak $ 12 million overseas.
Films with women or minorities in lead roles led the
box office 11 out of the first 12 weekends this year, reports CNN, citing information from the box - office tracking site Box Office Mo
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As previously reported, the
weekend of March 9 marked the
first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same
weekend, with Coogler's «Black Panther» again topping the
box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.
Tim Burton's latest fantastical oddity, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, earned a hefty $ 28.5 m at the US
box office in its
first weekend on release, but Peter Berg's acclaimed disaster movie Deepwater Horizon, about the 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, failed to attract an audience.
«Matt Damon is back this week as Jason Bourne for the
first time since 2007, and he's ready to fight his way to the top of the
weekend box office,» Read More →
In other words, the summer
box office will kick off earlier than expected (the
first weekend in May is historically considered the official start of the summer season).
The studio is most likely waiting for the
weekend box office results to announce any sort of follow - up, and there's no kind of preliminary word on whether
first time director Tim Miller could return as well.
Black Panther won its fifth consecutive
weekend this past week over new releases A Wrinkle in Time and Tomb Raider, marking the
first time any movie has won five straight
weekends at the
box office since Avatar in 2009.