Critics have not been impressed by the film and the crowded opening
weekend box office returns have been kind of dismal, but that won't have been for any lack of effort on John Cusack's part.
Not exact matches
All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The
Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening
weekend at the
box office.
Early estimates place the opening
weekend returns for Avengers: Infinity War at $ 250 million, making it the highest - earning opening
weekend of all time at the domestic
box office.
The Disney - Marvel movie «Black Panther,» which finds the superheroic T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman)
returning to his remote African kingdom to assume the throne, roared into theaters over the
weekend as a full - blown cultural event, breaking
box office records and shattering a myth about the overseas viability of movies rooted in black culture.
The researchers compiled a database of the
weekend box -
office returns for the top 10 movies in 17 different countries over three years.
Recalling John Milius» 1982 hit Conan the Barbarian (another film that launched the cinematic action career of a then - little - known athlete named Arnold Schwarzenegger), the sword - and - sandal adventure raked in 36 million dollars on its opening
weekend and stayed at the top of the
box office in the weeks following its impressive debut.Though he would
return to the ring for the remainder of 2002, it didn't take Johnson long to soften on the prospect of a
return to the silver screen — and with the following year's The Rundown, he did just that.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of July 10, 2016, featuring new release Secret Life of Pets and
returning champ Finding Dory.
Disney and Marvel managed to snag yet another
box office record from themselves this
weekend, with THR reporting that Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is now the most successful superhero movie — in terms of domestic
box office returns, anyway — of all time.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of October 11, 2015 featuring new release Pan, the nationwide expansion of The Walk, and
returning champ The Martian.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of October 30, 2016, featuring new release Inferno and
returning champ Boo!
Here's our
box office report for the
weekend of May 4th, 2014 — featuring the
return of everyone's favorite webslinger in «The Amazing Spider - Man 2.»
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of April 24, 2016, featuring new release The Huntsman: Winter's War and
returning champ, The Jungle Book.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of May 15, 2016, featuring new release Money Monster and
returning champ Captain America: Civil War.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of May 22, 2016, featuring The Angry Birds Movie, Neighbors 2, and
returning champ Captain America: Civil War.
After pretty much destroying the
box office this past
weekend, and on track to take home a cool $ 1 billion dollars, «Iron Man 3» is a triumphant
return for writer / director Shane Black.
«Blade Runner 2049» may have been the top choice for moviegoers this
weekend, but the long - anticipated sequel failed to generate the soaring
box office returns industry watchers expected.
Another guy having a great
return to movies this year is Ben Affleck whose crime drama «The Town» which he co-wrote, directed and stars in, fell only 33 % this
weekend, a terrific hold in an era where
box office leaders usually fall between 50 to 60 % from opening
weekend to the next.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of June 26, 2016, featuring Independence Day: Resurgence and
returning champ Finding Dory.
Paramount Pictures» breakout horror hit «A Quiet Place» may
return to the top of the
box office charts in its third
weekend of release, unseating the big - budget Dwayne Johnson arcade game adaptation «Rampage.»
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of January 29, 2017, featuring
returning champ Split and new releases A Dog's Purpose and Resident Evil 6.
The studio is most likely waiting for the
weekend box office results to announce any sort of follow - up, and there's no kind of preliminary word on whether first time director Tim Miller could
return as well.
Our
box office wrap - up for the
weekend of January 15, 2016, featuring
returning champ Hidden Figures and new releases like Patriots Day.
Here's our
box office report for the
weekend of February 3, 2012 — featuring the performance of new releases «Chronicle», «The Woman In Black» and «Big Miracle» as well as
returning films like «The Grey» and «The Descendants».
Here's our
box office report for the
weekend of January 13th, 2012 — featuring the performance of new releases «Contraband» and «Beauty and the Beast 3D» as well as
returning films like «Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.»
Here's our
box office report for the
weekend of January 20th, 2012 — featuring the performance of new releases «Underworld Awakening», «Red Tails» and «Haywire» as well as
returning films like «Contraband» and «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo».
Your
weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars
returns with the latest from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi home entertainment details and
box office, more from Rian Johnson's new trilogy, Liam Neeson on a potential
return and more... Let's kick things off this week with Solo: A Star Wars -LSB-...]
Neither Bradley Cooper, Bruce Willis, or the triumphant
return of a young Harrison Ford could help rescue the post-Labor Day
weekend frame at the North American
box office.