Exhibit A: Trading on both a hit book and an established director whose name is enough to give an entire generation the warm and fuzzies — not to mention the multitude of references to other dopamine - triggering nostalgic properties contained within — Ready Player One got the high score at the domestic
box office this weekend with $ 53.2 million.
Beyonce's new thriller «Obsessed» topped the
domestic box office this weekend with $ 28.5 million, adding another impressive performance to the budding actress's career.
Scoring the second biggest
box office weekend opening of the year so far, «Ready Player One» looks set to be a huge success for director Steven Spielberg, and its incredible cast of talented actors.
Pixar's fourteenth animated feature film Monsters University and the Brad Pitt zombies flick World War Z each had a fantastic debut at the North
American box office this weekend as the former lived up to expectations and the latter... Read More
SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow - up (where it only fell 45 %), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the
US box office this weekend by Cars 3.
Black Panther is now the highest - rated live - action superhero movie ever, and with a record - breaking
box office weekend for its premiere, the film is literally changing the game.
Don't Breathe — $ 15.7 million [2nd week; $ 51.1 million total] Labor Day traditionally isn't a
big box office weekend.
Post Golden Globes and just ahead of next week's Sundance Film Festival, awards contenders will continue to dominate the
Specialty box office this weekend, though newcomers continue to trickle in.
It's one of the most low -
key box office weekends of the year, though clearly, Touchstone is going for prestige here over cash.
It easily won the
foreign box office this weekend with $ 56.6 million, including a debut in China of $ 31 million, for a global cumulative of a whopping $ 914.4 million.
Black Panther goes for its
sixth box office weekend in a row as it faces down the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising in its debut.
20th Century Fox's R - rated superhero film «Deadpool 2» won the
domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $ 125 million opening weekend, according to Fox.
With Avengers: All The Avenging And Then More Avenging expected to continue dominating the
global box office this weekend, the studios are using the frame to dump movies that — to put it kindly — won't be missed.
Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One made a solid start at the North
American box office this weekend, easily taking the number one spot from a slumping Pacific Rim: Uprising.
Taking home more than the theatrical
box office weekend openings of both Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman, the World War 2 shooter also set a new record for digital downloads on its first day on the PlayStation 4, while sales overall were double that of the previous Call of Duty title Infinite Warfare.
Lionsgate is opening the title, which should grab the lions share of the
Specialty box office this weekend, in limited release starting Friday ahead of going wide by Christmas.
DreamWorks Animation's «The Croods» managed to bring in $ 44.7 million to take
the box office this weekend.
Deadpool just crossed $ 300 million at the domestic
box office this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $ 311.2 million.
If anything, Disney can be proud of the fact that it has two titles topping
the box office this weekend, and both of them are telling stories with diverse, multi-cultural characters.
Debuting number one at
the box office this weekend, the film not only shows James McAvoy give a stunning performance, but
Debuting number one at
the box office this weekend, the film not only shows James McAvoy give a stunning performance, but sets very dark themes and more shockingly, an insane twist at the end that has left audiences's stunned.
With Avengers set to clean up at
the Box Office this weekend, trotting out and agenda of colourful, mindless fun and popcorn, it is no surprise that Christopher Nolan and company put out the grimmest, moodiest, downer of a trailer possible for The Dark Knight Rises.
Warner Bros. and Legendary «s Kong: Skull Island is the king of
the box office this weekend with an estimated $ 61 million to top Wolverine threequel Logan.
According to Box Office Mojo, It climbed back to the top of
the box office this weekend, making $ 17.3 million and $ 291.18 overall domestically.
Marking the successful merging of the Nostalgia - Industrial Complex and the Halloween - Industrial Complex (a subsidiary of ChristmasCo ™), kiddie horror flick / «90s kid» catnip Goosebumps opened big at
the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $ 23.5 million and knocking The Martian from its lofty No. 1 vantage...
Two independent productions made huge waves at
the box office this weekend, with the first being Screen Media Films» special effects extravaganza The...
While Black Panther is dominating
the box office this weekend, in a couple weeks it will be Jennifer Lawrence «s turn to be a badass on the big screen in Red Sparrow.
After all the hype, «X-Men Origins: Wolverine» opened with a solid $ 87.0 million at
the box office this weekend.
The most critically - acclaimed movie of the summer, a pulse pounding historical action picture with high exit - polling scores as well, may very well repeat at the top of
the box office this weekend.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier dominated
the box office this weekend, earning $ 96.2 million, surpassing Fast Five as the highest - grossing April debut, Box Office Mojo reports.
Not only did Jackass 3D demolish all of the competition at
the box office this weekend, it made $ 50 million earning it the highest grossing October opening weekend ever stealing the honor from Scary Movie 3 and its $ 48.1 million.
Get Out has gotten strong reviews for its mixture of racial microaggressions and macro horror, and is expected to do well at
the box office this weekend.
FilmDistrict and TriStar's Evil Dead remake handily won
the box office this weekend with an estimated $ 26 Million haul.
As a new post-Oscars cycle begins, Specialty winners should see a bump in
the box office this weekend with added runs while new titles enter theaters with audiences looking to spring and beyond.
Their latest horror film, Happy Death Day killed
the box office this weekend with an estimated $ 26.5 million.
Steve Jobs movie just did horribly in
the box office this weekend.
The tank - set World War II drama Fury, starring Brad Pitt, topped
the box office this weekend, and held off David Fincher's Gone Girl with a solid $ 23.5 million.
Scarlett Johansson's «Lucy» destroyed The Rock's «Hercules» movie in
the box office this weekend.