Updated November 14, 2016 at 10:06 a.m. EST: Doctor Strange maintained the # 1
box office spot in its second week, with an estimated $ 43.03 m domestic gross over the weekend for a lifetime - to - date of $ 153.01 m in North America and $ 339.6 m internationally for a combined $ 492.6 m total according to BoxOffice.
Not exact matches
The film passed the worldwide gross of 2003's «The Matrix Reloaded» ($ 742 million) for the top
spot after
box -
office numbers came
in Monday.
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.
«Soul Surfer,» the feature film based on the true story of surfer Bethany Hamilton being attacked by a shark and her journey back to surfing, opened last weekend
in the fourth
spot on the
box office charts - partly a testament to its appealing family - friendly message and a marketing campaign that heavily targeted religious groups.
Despite fan backlash, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to retain its number one
spot at the
box office in its second weekend, beating out Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Hugh Jackman's The Greatest Showman.
A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment
in the Bruce Willis series, grossed an estimated $ 25 million to take the top
spot at the
box office, according to Box Office Mo
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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 millio
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 millio
in its first weekend with a domestic
box office gross of $ 128.1 million.
One of the best reviewed movies of this or any year, the Alfonso Cuarón - directed dramatic thriller has topped the
box office for three consecutive weekends
in North America as well as internationally, holding the number one
spot in every major market
in which it has opened.
For the fourth year
in a row, a holdover took the number one
spot at the pre-Labor Day
box office while new releases struggled.
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 i
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 i
in the first two
box office spots,» as CNN puts it.
Hop, featuring Brand's voice as the title character, held on firmly to the top
spot at the
box office, grossing an estimated $ 21.6 million
in its second week of release.
New Line Cinema's Stephen King adaptation «It» floated to the top
spot in this weekend's
box office charts, breaking the record for the largest opening of a horror movie ever, and blowing past analysts» $ 55 - million projections to the tune of $ 117...
But given Black Panther's long legs at the
box office — it's showing great staying power by hanging on to the No. 1
spot in its fourth weekend, a feat that hasn't been achieved since Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens — we're not filing away our list of Wakanda puns just yet.
Box Office: Puss
in Boots didn't just take the top
spot for the second weekend
in a row; it demolished the competition.
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.
The saga of Katniss Everdeen will bring the masses into its arena this weekend as «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» arrives
in theaters, easily unseating «Thor: The Dark World» for the top
box -
office spot.
This pattern seems to have been repeated by Warner Bros» Green Lantern which landed on the number one
spot at the
box office after making its way across 3,800 theaters all over the U.S. Notably the movie stars Ryan Reynolds
in the role of the Green Lantern who is a lesser known DC comics character alongside Blake Lively.
«Thor: The Dark World» is gaining an equal mix of positive and negative reviews although Oliver Lyttelton called the movie «enjoyable
in spots, but haphazard and ultimately unsatisfying» which probably won't ruin it at the
box office, but could prove that no directed has perfected the «Thor» formula yet.
In 2010, the only movie to retain the top
spot of the US
Box Office for three consecutive weeks was Inception.
As Variety observed, «this marks the first time
in recent memory that films both led and directed by African - Americans have nabbed the first and second place
spots at the
box office.»
Black Panther took the No. 1
spot at the North American
box office with $ 41.1 million according to studio estimates Sunday, leaving another newcomer
in its wake.
In fact, the order of the post-Thanksgiving
box office is identical to last week's holiday results, at least for the first six
spots anyway.
But regardless of what Oscar and the larger theatergoing audiences decide, Lady Bird and Gerwig have officially earned a
spot in the conversation about surprising
box -
office earners
in 2017.
The film grossed $ 55.6 million domestically to finish the weekend
in top
spot at the
box office ahead of fellow new releases Fifty Shades Darker ($ 46.8 million) and John Wick: Chapter 2 ($ 30 million), and -LSB-...]
After five weeks of
box office dominance, Black Panther finally drops to second place, with Pacific Rim Uprising debuting
in the top
spot with $ 28 million.
UK
box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 4th September to Sunday 6th September 2015... Despite four new entries cracking the top ten, the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton held on to top
spot in its second weekend, pulling
in # 1.37 million to push its UK haul to # 5.8 million and -LSB-...]
Although it trailer behind the blockbuster, it managed to take the number two
spot in this weekend's
Box Office Challenge.
In the
box -
office battle of the bears, 20th Century Fox's «Kung Fu Panda 3» kicked the Oscar - nominated «The Revenant» from the top
spot this weekend.
The Mark Wahlberg videogame adaptation Max Payne shot down all - comers at the US
box office at the weekend, taking a respectable $ 18m on debut to open
in the top
spot.
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.
The movie was one of the few bright
spots of an otherwise bummer summer, bringing
in a deserved $ 188 million domestically at the
box office, and $ 525 million worldwide.
Or do Liam Neeson and Martin Lawrence stand a chance of debuting
in the number one
spot on the
box office charts?
Up until now, the only weekend
in which a film with a white male lead actor had won the
box office came when «Maze Runner: The Death Cure,» starring Dylan O'Brien, knocked «Jumanji» off the top
spot at the North American
box office on the weekend of Jan. 26.
The film has the full muscle of the Mouse House behind it, occupying the
spot in the calendar that saw Beauty and the Beast rake
in over $ 500 million at the domestic
box office last year.
The
box office results for the weekend of January 7th - 9th has True Grit riding into the top
spot for the first time
in its release.
Four flicks invade the
box office this Friday and it will be a toss up between two of these said four,
in vying for the top
spot.
Dumb and Dumber To was released to huge
box office takings this last weekend, landing straight into the No. 1
spot in the States -LSB-...]
The No. 1 opening for the Sony Animation release — a Genndy Tartakovsky - directed monster mashup voiced by Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James and Mel Brooks — marks the third weekend
in the last four that the top
spot at the
box office has been claimed by a Sony specialty label.
UK
box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October 2015... Sony Animation's sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 held on to top
spot at the UK
box office for the second week
in a row with # 2.28 million — although its reign will be short - lived, with Spectre pulling -LSB-...]
Having shot the to the number one
spot in the US
box office last week, Hotel Transylvania 2 reached another milestone this weekend.
Disney and Marvel's «Black Panther» held on to the No. 1
spot at the
box office for the fourth weekend
in a row, adding $ 40.8 million to its North American gross.
Despite a 99 % approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes and opening
in more than 2,000 theaters, the film didn't even earn a
spot in this weekend's
box office top ten.
(They own the top four
spots on the worldwide
box office rankings, with the recently released «Doctor Strange» at # 9 and climbing, and «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» still waiting
in the wings.)
Sticking
in the fourth -
spot is
box -
office stalwart Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with $ 10.7 million.
It is the first R - rated movie to take the top
spot at the yearly
box office since Saving Private Ryan released
in 1998.
Sully may not be remembered
in the top tier of either filmmaker's filmography — our own Brian Formo said it fell short
in his review — but it's good enough for a top
spot in Friday's
box office with $ 12.2 million, looking at a weekend tally around $ 34 million.
Doctor Strange snagged the No 1
spot at the weekend
box office for a second week
in a row.
The Twilight Saga has held its
spot as the top - selling home entertainment franchise since 2008 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 took
in $ 281.3 million
in domestic
box office sales after its release on November 18, 2011.
UK
box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th October to Sunday 11th October 2015... Ridley Scott's The Martian retained top
spot at the UK
box office in its second weekend, pulling
in # 3.85 million to push its haul to # 13.21 million and counting.
With an all - star cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoe Kravitz, Ilana Glazer and Kate McKinnon, the movie is expected to make a major splash at the domestic
box office this weekend, but to earn a
spot on the list of the 15 highest - grossing female - driven comedies
in the U.S., it will have to take
in slightly more than $ 128 million.