Internationally, it was much of the same story for Ready Player One, which raked in approximately $ 61.7 million from its premiere in China, giving
it the biggest opening weekend of all time in that country for any Warner Bros. film.
Disney and Marvel's superhero smorgasbord Avengers: Infinity War had
the biggest opening weekend of all time at the box office, bringing in an estimated $ 250 million at 4,474 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, and an estimated $ 630 million globally.
After Avengers: Infinity War set the record for
the biggest opening weekend of all time, Ryan Reynolds shared the brutal rejection letter Deadpool received after he applied to be part of the Avengers.
On behalf of everyone here at Marvel Studios, we thank you for being the best fans in the universe and making Avengers: Infinity War
the biggest opening weekend of all time.
The comedy - adventure debuted in North America to $ 73.7 million,
the biggest opening weekend of any Walt Disney Animated Studios release.
IA5 started play this weekend with the industry's biggest opening ever in Uruguay at $ 620K; and in Mexico it was Fox's 2nd
biggest opening weekend of all time -LRB--4 % from Ice Age: Continental Drift) with $ 8.4 M. Germany was No. 1 with $ 4.2 M — notable given the Mannschaft's Euro 2016 match against Italy on Saturday night which ran to extended penalties.
It also had the 6th
biggest opening weekend of all - time.
At the time of release, the film recorded the second
biggest opening weekend of all time with a $ 191.3 million box office.
Not exact matches
With the exception
of the third film, «Tokyo Drift,» each
opening weekend has been
bigger than the last.
The film surpassed Frozen's record
of $ 67.4 million to earn the
biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March
opening weekend in box office history.
While Black Panther rode a huge wave
of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the
biggest opening weekend ever for the month
of February (and the fifth - largest
of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number
of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days
of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts
of attacks at screenings
of the movie.
Moviegoers flocked to the theaters this
weekend to see Stephen King's It, giving it the third
biggest box office
opening of the year, according to Warner Bros..
Right on the heels
of The Wolverine, which topped its
opening weekend box office, it makes sense to get the fanboys itching for the next
big thing in the X-Men universe.
The
Big Short, the film adaptation
of Michael Lewis» book
of the same name about the causes
of the financial crisis,
opens in UK cinemas this
weekend.
Walt Disney's «Avengers: Infinity War» set new records for the
biggest domestic and global
opening of all time this
weekend, collecting an estimated $ 250 million in the U.S. and Canada and $ 630 million around the world.
God's Not Dead 3, the third movie in a franchise that's enjoyed financial success in the past,
opened to a measly $ 2 million last
weekend, finishing below the low bar set by Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, one
of the
biggest commercial and critical flops in history.
A largely unknown story outside
of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking records for advance cinema booking, recording the
biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.
CNN: Surprise Mormon announcement could
open doors for more women missionaries
Big news broke in the Mormon world this
weekend, when the president
of The Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter - day Saints announced a lowered minimum age requirement for missionary service, most notably for women.
After needing a near - miracle to make it out
of the NCAA tournament's
opening weekend, Michigan spent Thursday night reminding everyone why they were a trendy Final Four pick heading into the
Big Dance.
Last
weekend, two
big upsets in the Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and opened the door for a number of teams like Notre Dame and Miami to play their way
big upsets in the
Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and opened the door for a number of teams like Notre Dame and Miami to play their way
Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and
opened the door for a number
of teams like Notre Dame and Miami to play their way in.
Penn State will travel to Ohio State this
weekend which will likely kill the playoff chances for one
of those teams, but the door will still be
open for Wisconsin to join the playoff party should they ultimately win the
Big Ten Championship Game.
Last
weekend, two
big upsets in the Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and opened the door for a number of teams like Notre Dame
big upsets in the
Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and opened the door for a number of teams like Notre Dame
Big Ten (Michigan St over Penn St, Iowa over Ohio St) shook up the playoff picture and
opened the door for a number
of teams like Notre Dame...
In perhaps the
biggest matchup
of the
opening weekend, Arsenal - Liverpool has seen a lot
of action on visiting Liverpool, but be careful about this line movement.
A
big - time performance by Juve was needed knowing how hot Napoli had been ever since the
opening weekend of the season.
MotoGP season moves to Japan where we will have round 15
of 2017 season at the famous Motegi circuit this
weekend starting from Friday, 12 October 2017 with the
opening two practice sessions followed by Saturday's qualifying leading to the
big race on Sunday, 15th October 2017.
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big match on the
opening weekend of the Championship.
Last season's 20 - minute
opening blitz against the Red Devils at the Emirates was a high - class dissection
of one
of our
biggest rivals, and while Wenger would be delighted to see a repeat performance this
weekend, he will take the win no matter how it comes.
Ahead
of the midweek fixtures, Roma have
opened up a two point lead at the summit and Rudi Garcia's men definitely were the
big winners in an action packed
weekend of football in Italy.
The
biggest game
of the
opening weekend of the new Premier League season goes off at lunch time from Old Trafford.
Marquette picked up their two
biggest wins
of the season over the
weekend, ending Kansas» eight match winning streak to
open the season, and holding on to win against LSU on Sunday.
Both Everton and Man City took a win on the
opening weekend of the Premier League season so there is a
big three points up for grabs when the two
of them meet at the Etihad on Monday evening.
The
Big Short, the film adaptation
of Michael Lewis» book
of the same name about the causes
of the financial crisis,
opens in UK cinemas this
weekend.
That's the second -
biggest opening weekend on record, behind only the $ 247.9 m Fri - Sun launch
of The Force Awakens on this
weekend back in 2015.
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weekends for the haunted theatre which will
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The South Africa - set action film, co-starring Olga Kurylenko, is set to be one
of the years
biggest flops after taking just 46 in the UK on its
opening weekend.
That film was also the year's
biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one
of the worst
opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.
There are even shrewd / savvy efforts to incorporate the plots
of Marvel's theatrical releases into the show shortly after their
big opening weekends.
The final Hunger Games film is expected to be one
of the year's
biggest hits, with analysts predicting a global
opening weekend of $ 300m (# 197m).
-- a movie with less craft and grace than an episode
of Cop Rock — to the
biggest opening weekend ever for a movie musical.
Labor Day rarely results in impressive numbers (All About Steve ranks as one
of the holiday's all - time best
openings) so, fans
of One Direction aside, no one is expecting
big box office news next
weekend.
Viewed by another metric, Armando Iannucci's The Death
Of Stalin was a big success with the week's highest per - screen average, pulling in an average of $ 45,327 on each of the four screens where it opened this past weeken
Of Stalin was a
big success with the week's highest per - screen average, pulling in an average
of $ 45,327 on each of the four screens where it opened this past weeken
of $ 45,327 on each
of the four screens where it opened this past weeken
of the four screens where it
opened this past
weekend.
Like some film got an amazing
opening weekend as
big as 100 Millions but then the next week it dropped to 35 millions, which is 65 % dropped rate... that kind
of drop rate is very rare in the Hollywood films industry.
With his first lead role, 11 - year - old Smith had an
opening weekend that stacked up well against the track record
of his superstar father, Will Smith, who has had only two debuts
bigger than «The Karate Kid» («I Am Legend» at $ 77.2 million and «Hancock» at $ 62.6 million).
Trevan, Trey and Eric are back with reviews
of the week's big Wednesday openings — Silver Linings Playbook and Life Of Pi — two great movies that deserve your attention this weeken
of the week's
big Wednesday
openings — Silver Linings Playbook and Life
Of Pi — two great movies that deserve your attention this weeken
Of Pi — two great movies that deserve your attention this
weekend.
Most interesting
of all is that key foreign markets like China didn't even contribute to it's
big weekend as the film won't be
opening there until January.
A
big hit at Sundance 2016 and the first local feature to gross more than a million on
opening weekend in New Zealand, Waititi's adventure featuring a lovable, doughy, Tupac - loving orphan and his crusty foster uncle (Sam Neill in one
of his best roles) is sure to be a favorite
of CCFF crowds.
Among
big Marvel previews, Age
of Ultron «s Thursday repped close to 33 %
of its $ 84.4 M
opening day before seeing a $ 191.2 M
opening, while Black Panther with a $ 25.2 M preview night also repped 33 %
of its $ 75.9 M first day which yielded a $ 202M three - day
weekend.
Three
big films hit cinemas this
weekend in the UK (one
of them
opens next week in America), with a fantasy blockbuster taking on a sci - fi action thriller and a Wild West comedy for box...
The film, distributed on disc by Image Entertainment, is said to be the
biggest flop
of Sander's career, with an
opening weekend gross
of just $ 24,000.
The movie shattered the record for
biggest R - rated
opening weekend with $ 132.4 million, which also marked the best debut in the history
of 20th Century Fox.