Already, the leading exhibitor AMC is reporting that 33 venues have already set admissions - revenue records for a single
title on an opening weekend in play at the chain, and Saturday isn't even over yet.
The AMC chain reported Sunday that 80 AMC locations, more than 10 % of its U.S. circuit, have set an admissions - revenue record for a single
title on opening weekend.
Not exact matches
The Blues picked up a draw at home to Swansea City
on the
opening weekend of the campaign and then slipped to a 3 - 0 defeat away at
title challengers Man City.
Arsenal
on the flip - side are breezing into the
title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their
opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.
The Gunners have climbed inside the top four for the first - time since beating Leicester
on the
opening weekend of the campaign, and there is now talk of a possible
title surge.
However if Barcelona stumble here and drop points than
opens up an oppertunity for Atletico Madrid to get back in the
title race as they face Barcelona
on Sunday next
weekend.
Feyenoord Rotterdam 2 - 1 PSV Eindhoven highlights: Feyenoord Rotterdam
opened the Eredivisie
title race wide
open after they defeated league leader PSV Eindhoven
on the
weekend.
The
title ranks in the 25th spot
on the list of top - grossing
opening weekends outside North America.
Other
titles opening in limited release this
weekend include IFC Films» The Preppie Connection, Filmbuff's Thank You For Playing and Freestyle Releasing's Ktown Cowboys, which will play theaters exclusively starting Friday before becoming available
on VOD and all digital platforms March 25.
Once again starring Ryan Reynolds as the
title character, Deadpool 2 approached its
opening weekend with the weight of the world
on its shoulders, following the massive debut of the first Deadpool movie in 2016.
Formally
titled Wichita, the James Mangold directed Knight and Day actually arrived in theaters
on Wednesday earlier this week, but since it's now the
opening weekend I thought I'd
open the floor for discussion.
The only information available is that the project is currently
titled Cloverfield Movie (IMAX), meaning it will be
opening on IMAX screens next Halloween
weekend.
Two
titles delivering notably strong holds are Andrew Haigh's Lean
on Pete, up 6 % from its
opening session, and Michael Pearce's Beast, down just 2 % from last
weekend.
You'd think a J.A. Bayona film
titled A Monster Calls, which stars Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, and (the voice of) Liam Neeson, wouldn't fear a little competition
on its
opening weekend.
You may recall that this summer's Inside Out also failed to dominate
on its
opening weekend, though it rebounded in its third frame to take the
title from Jurassic World.
And Fargo
opens with a pretty strong roundhouse slap: a
title card indicating that the (totally fabricated) plot of the film was based
on true crimes, implying that Minnesota is such a remote and irrelevant cultural environment that a half - dozen people could get slaughtered in one
weekend and even the locals wouldn't be quite sure if they remember that actually happening.
The effort began
on August 28th and now, just in time for the Toronto Film Festival and Contagion's
opening weekend, these billboards have grown to show off the film's
title in as bold a way as ever.
Roadside released Bill Condon's Mr. Holmes in July, 2015 in 361 theaters, grossing over $ 2.7 M its
opening weekend, going
on to cume over $ 17.7 M. Similarly, Anton Corbin's A Most Wanted Man bowed in 361 locations in July, 2014, taking in over $ 2.68 M its first
weekend, going
on to cume over $ 17.2 M. For this
weekend's The Wall bow, Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions is taking the
title to about 520 theaters across North America.
The
title will
open day and date this
weekend in theaters and via most
on - demand platforms including iTunes.
Based
on the best - selling young adult book of the same
title by Gayle Forman, If I Stay comes with a built - in
opening -
weekend audience.
That Millen and Gelsomino managed to clinch the American Rally Association's (ARA)
Open 2WD - class
title with a rally still
on the schedule at last
weekend's New England Forest Rally speaks more to their talent and skill than to any inherent superiority of the RAV4 platform.
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.