It has a current
domestic box office take of $ 6.6 million in its fifth weekend, 300 % ahead of last year's Room at the same point in time.
The original «Star Wars» tops our list, with a $ 461 million
domestic box office take that translates to $ 1.8 billion in 2015.
Fans bestowed upon 2005's «Revenge of the Sith» a $ 380 million
domestic box office take that's good for $ 455 million today.
Not exact matches
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The movie was the highest - grossing film of 1985,
taking in $ 211 million at the
domestic box office, the equivalent of $ 458 million today.
That was enough to propel its
domestic box -
office take to $ 475 million, or $ 666 million in 2015 dollars.
Director Kathryn Bigelow's intense Iraq war drama made the ultimate case for a large
box -
office haul not predicting Oscar success when it
took top honors in 2010 over James Cameron's Avatar and its $ 760 million in
domestic gross.
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.
The paltry
domestic and worldwide
box -
office take illustrated that it was, surprisingly, possible for a modestly budgeted, eagerly anticipated movie with a seemingly built - in audience that stars Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, and Penélope Cruz to lose money, if it's awful enough.
Pacific Rim hit theaters in summer 2013 and grossed just $ 101 million at the
domestic box office but went on to
take in over $ 400 million worldwide.
According to
Box Office Mojo, Doctor Strange will soon have
taken in half a billion dollars worldwide, with approximate global earnings of $ 502.8 million - its
domestic total making up for $ 161.8 million of that.
Prisoners
took top honors at the
domestic box office this weekend, with an estimated $ 21.4 million from 3,260 locations.
By the time the two companies reached an accord in July 2010, the movie had gone on to
take nearly $ 50 million at the
domestic box office, as well as picking up six Oscar nominations, and winning two of the categories.
The James Bond adventure continues to be a
box office staple in its fifth week,
taking in over $ 5 million for a
domestic gross to date over $ 184 million.
Because of that - and because the movie unites the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Guardians of the Galaxy against the Mad Titan Thanos - Avengers: Infinity War has
taken off and broken several records in its path at both the
domestic and worldwide
box office.
Scoring a Golden Globe nod for Best Comedy, as well as a lead nomination for Murray as Best Actor in a Comedy / Musical, Naomi Watts also secured a surprise SAG nod for her comedic supporting turn, it managed a forty - four million
take at the
domestic box office, and was pitched as a return to form for Bill Murray.
(Moonlight only
took in $ 27,854,932 at the
domestic box office last year.)
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.
Take a quick trip to
Box Office Mojo «s annual ranks, and you'll notice that the $ 246 million cumulative
domestic gross of 2005's five nominees was the lowest total in movie history.
It seems all but inevitable that Marvel's latest will become the most lucrative comic - book movie ever made by the end of this weekend, finally slaying the cumulative
domestic box office of Joss Whedon «s affable Avengers and
taking its rightful place in the top five highest grossing movies of all time domestically.
Those films didn't make money, A24 knows this, so they carefully marketed this film to a crowd that would
take the bait, and it paid off with six million dollars (the film probably cost less than nine) and landed number eight on the weekends
domestic box office.
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 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.
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.
This strategy in telling the tale might just hurt the chances of a humongous
domestic box office, but I'm sure that is a risk they were willing to
take, and so far it has paid off.
2» on May 5, which topped the opening weekend
box office with a
domestic take of over $ 146 million and has gone on to garner over $ 860 million at the worldwide
box office to date.
Far fewer people saw Troy than Warner Bros. had hoped (though its overseas
box -
office basically tripled its
domestic take), which meant there was far less upside than expected for Byrne, playing the definition of a thankless role as essentially Bond Girl to Achilles.
Universal and Legendary's rock»em, sock»em sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising was the film to finally dethrone Black Panther at the
box office upon opening to a tepid $ 28 million
domestic take, down 23 percent from the $ 37.2 million its 2013 predecessor made.
Avengers: Infinity War broke not only the
domestic opening weekend
box office record bringing in $ 250 million this weekend, but it also succeeded in
taking in a total of $ 630 million worldwide, giving it records for both
domestic and global openings of all time.
It didn't
take long for the film to reach $ 1 billion globally and it has remained at the top of the
domestic box office for five straight weekends, a first since 2009's «Avatar.»