News about the sequel shouldn't come as a surprise, given that the film just became Johnson's
biggest domestic box office hit of his career, surpassing «Furious 7.»
It's the seventh -
biggest domestic box office opening of all time.
Not exact matches
China's
box office revenue is still swelling at double - digit rates after years of breakneck growth and, with Hollywood know - how and
bigger budgets, Chinese movies are gaining momentum as they find ways to play on
domestic themes and improve production quality.
Paramount released a number of notable
big - budget flops in 2016, including Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Zoolander 2 ($ 28.8 million in
domestic gross) and a Ben - Hur remake that Paramount co-financed with MGM, which only grossed $ 26.4 million domestically, according to
Box Office Mojo.
Canadians trust
domestic drug stores and
big box chains, while Research In Motion falls out of the top 10.
Released in February, Deadpool is the
biggest movie of 2016 so far with $ 330 million in
domestic box office gross and a worldwide haul of more than $ 700 million.
And if the coming
big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide
box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the
domestic box office for the year.
The movie also holds the record for the
biggest opening day at the
domestic box office with $ 119.1 million,
biggest opening weekend at the
domestic box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.
In the Best Picture race, the
biggest hits were the World War II flick «Dunkirk,» which last year grossed around $ 188 million in U.S.ticket sales, good for 14th place on the
box office charts, and Jordan Peele's horror film «Get Out,» which tucked in just below «Dunkirk» with $ 176 million in
domestic sales.
The Foreign Market Share percentages include only the
big six major studios, while the
Domestic Market Share percentages include all domestic box office figures, including releases by independent
Domestic Market Share percentages include all
domestic box office figures, including releases by independent
domestic box office figures, including releases by independent studios.
Gru, his girls and his vast army of minions return in Despicable Me 2, the follow - up to the blockbuster 3D CGI feature that grossed more than $ 540 million at the worldwide
box office and became the tenth
biggest animated film in
domestic history.
«Black Panther» now officially has the second
biggest four - day opening in
box office history, making $ 40.1 million on President's Day Monday to bring its
domestic launch to $ 242million.
Grossing $ 90 million at the
domestic box office (the equivalent of $ 228 M today), the film was the fourth
biggest earner of 1983, trailing only Return of the Jedi, Terms of Endearment, and Flashdance, the latter two also part of a banner year at Paramount under the guidance of rising, Disney - bound Hollywood power players Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Look at «The Hangover», because the first film was so well liked the sequel became an even
bigger hit, but because the sequel was considered to be inferior by critics in general, the 3rd film really suffered and paid the price as it came nowhere near the previous films
domestic box office grosses.
It crushed
domestic and worldwide
box office records — and it hasn't even opened in one of the world's
biggest markets yet.
The first Jumanji was a
big box office hit, grossing $ 100.4 million at the
domestic box office during its run.
SNUB: «The
Big Sick» The Amazon Studios release was a hit with audiences, earning $ 43 million at the
domestic box office.
After making waves with his critically acclaimed «Snabba Cash» — which is only seeing a theatrical release this summer, two years after it's original Swedish unveiling — Daniel Espinosa was linked to numerous
big - name projects before moving onto the Denzel Washington / Ryan Reynolds starrer «Safe House,» which has surely earned him a lot of good will with its
box office performance (it crossed $ 100 million
domestic this week).
Black Panther, with
domestic box office collection of 630.9 million dollars is now officially the
biggest superhero film in US ever.
New Line Cinema's sequel to the surprise 2013 horror hit «The Conjuring» is set to dominate the weekend, even as it faces off against Universal's
big - budgeted video game adaptation «Warcraft, which is expected to tank at the
domestic box office.
That puts it in the top five on the all - time
domestic charts, and makes it the
biggest superhero movie in U.S.
box office history.
Bradley Cooper couldn't have had a much better 2014, with «Guardians Of The Galaxy» and «American Sniper» proving to be the two
biggest movies of the year at the
domestic box office, and the latter winning him his third Oscar nod in four years.
«Despicable Me 2» edged the Adam Sandler comedy «Grown Ups 2» at the
domestic box office this weekend, while the surge some predicted for Guillermo del Toro's «Pacific Rim» never quite materialized — making it the latest
big - budget beast to come crashing down this summer.
With two
big BAFTA wins on Sunday for screenplay and lead actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a
domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance debut over a year ago.
This fresh mash - up of two familiar film formats won over audiences
big time last year, bringing its
domestic box office total to over $ 50 million.
While not one of the
big hits of summer, Schmucks just about met
box office expectations, narrowly clearing its $ 69 million budget with a $ 73 M
domestic gross.
My best explanation for this is that the film ultimately found itself betwixt and between: too
big to be the kind of arty film that critics love to champion, but not
big enough (its
domestic box office was almost exactly $ 100 million) to force its way into the conversation, à la Avatar, in a «the people have spoken» fashion.
Since its release in February, «Black Panther» has grossed $ 675 million at the
domestic box office, making it Marvel's No. 1 film overall (eclipsing the $ 623 million take of 2012's «The Avengers») and the third -
biggest moneymaker of all - time on these shores.
The
biggest worldwide
box office hit in the genre was «Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time,» with $ 335 million worldwide, and that's a film generally deemed to have been a flop («Lara Croft: Tomb Raider» is the
biggest domestic grosser, with $ 131 million).
At the
box office, Paul Feig's Spy, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road and Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 (which again topped the
domestic box office for a fourth straight time this weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times) have all been
big successes.
Okay, so maybe Taylor Kitsch hasn't had the best year between «John Carter» flopping and «Battleship» failing to find its sea legs at the
domestic box office, but Aaron Johnson has impressed with his career choices lately, and the idea of Salma Hayek playing the
big bad is oozing with potential.
And while there is a fair amount of
box office competition coming down the pike, not the least of which being Spider - Man: Homecoming and War of the Planet of the Apes, its entirely plausible that Wonder Woman will reach year's end as the third
biggest domestic grosser, and possibly worldwide.
Kaari Upson's recent
domestic scenes — upended sofas and despoiled rolls of paper towels at the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and now the GOOD THING YOU ARE NOT ALONE show on the third floor of the New Museum — depict America as a
big -
box store gone to seed.
Theatrical distribution — the other
big - ticket studio revenue stream — has also seen better days, declining for the second straight year, with the
domestic box office finishing 2011 with about $ 10.17 billion — off from $ 10.56 billion in 2010.