Disney's live - action «Pete's Dragon» looks likely to bolster
overall box office when it lands in theaters Aug. 12.
Not exact matches
When adjusted for inflation to even the playing field, the top - earning films at the US
box office include many old classics, from
overall winner «Gone with the Wind» to a couple Steven Spielberg favorites and a Disney animation.
According to
box -
office tracker Hollywood.com,
overall revenues came in at $ 153 million, up 11 percent from the same weekend last year,
when «The Hangover» led with $ 32.8 million.
When it comes to
box office this year, Dunkirk at $ 188 and Get Out at $ 176 seem untouchable in terms of
overall take.
When you consider the
overall success of The Hunger Games, Lawrence is actually the most profitable action heroine of all time (hat tip to
Box Office Mojo).
It's more than likely that Black Panther will receive the coveted «fresh» rating
when the reviews do finally hit in the coming weeks, but hopefully, this negativity won't affect the film's
overall performance at the
Box Office — especially since it's a historical film in regards to it's cultural significance.
The Shape of Water, whose budget is $ 20m, will almost definitely enjoy a much higher
overall box office gross
when Fox Searchlight releases it this fall.
Thanks to the lack of commercially appealing new releases,
overall box office is down 17 % on the previous session, and is also down 27 % on the equivalent weekend from 2017,
when Kong: Skull Island topped the chart on its debut.
Other years have seen such scream - makers as The Woman in Black,
When a Stranger Calls, Boogeyman and last year's Rings opening against the Super Bowl, but none did enough business to stop the
overall box office slide.