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.
«Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials» ignited
the weekend box office with an estimated $ 30.3 - million domestic debut, while the Johnny Depp gangster film «Black Mass» opened with some heat of its own.
The 3D racing film had been projected to win
the weekend box office with a total take of $ 25...
And even though millions of movie fans might've done some last - minute «La La Land» and «Moonlight» viewing to get ready for the ceremony Sunday night, Jordan Peele's directorial debut still (easily) won
the weekend box office with $ 33.4 million.
J.K. Rowling's «Fantastic Beasts» expected to dominate
weekend box office with at least $ 70 million in ticket sales
Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of
the weekend box office with an estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.
«Show Dogs» opened in more than 3,200 theaters, and finished sixth at
the weekend box office with $ 6.5 million.
Universal and Blumhouse's Happy Death Day topped
the weekend box office with a strong $ 26.5 million, easily dethroning Blade Runner 2049, which dropped to second place with $ 15.1 million in its second frame.
Word - of - mouth horror sensation «A Quiet Place» edged Dwayne Johnson's monster movie «Rampage» to win
the weekend box office with $ 22 million in ticket sales.
Not exact matches
With Memorial Day
weekend on the horizon, the overall domestic summer
box office is ten percentage points lower than it was at this time last year.
Heading into the
weekend, Warner Bros. was in fifth place in domestic ticket sales among the major studios,
with revenue of $ 235 million, according to
Box Office Mojo, another researcher.
«Spider - Man: Homecoming» opened this
weekend with a $ 117 million
box office bang, much to the delight of Sony executives, who were rumored to be fraught
with anxiety over franchise fatigue.
Overall, the 2014 summer
box -
office totals are down about 24 % from last summer
with just this final holiday
weekend left to try to make up some of that difference.
Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes
with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer
with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening -
weekend box -
office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.
Despite all the negative attention, «War of the Worlds» still went to No. 1 at the
box office during its opening
weekend ($ 65 million), and ended up
with a worldwide take of $ 592 million.
The movie also holds the record for the biggest opening day at the domestic
box office with $ 119.1 million, biggest opening
weekend at the domestic
box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.
For the fourth consecutive
weekend, Disney / Marvel's «Black Panther» topped the
weekend domestic
box office with an estimated $ 41.1 million, according to boxofficepro.
Black Panther entered the fray
with a record breaking President's Day
weekend opening of $ 242 million in domestic
box office sales.
The faith - based movie I Can Only Imagine, based on the writing of the smash MercyMe song, completely out - performed
box -
office expectations this
weekend, ranking third overall
with a $ 17 million take, behind Black Panther and Tomb Raider.
With a $ 192 million haul and a $ 175 million gap between it and its nearest competitor, Black Panther dominated the
weekend box office and delivered Disney and Marvel one of the largest opening
weekends ever.
«Interstellar» could have a huge opening
weekend at the
box office,
with early estimates indicating a take in the range between $ 50 million and $ 55 million, the Hollywood Reporter said.
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.
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.
While it will have two new competitors in theaters tomorrow,
with Lionsgate's Tyler Perry's Acrimony and PureFlix's God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, it is still expected to dominate the
box office throughout the Easter holiday
weekend.
After a very successful
weekend at the
box office for Disney
with the studio's latest live - action adaptation, Cinderella, the Mouse House announced an official release date for Beauty.
Overall, the
box office should finish at around $ 110 million, roughly even
with last year's comparable
weekend.
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.
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.
At the time of release, the film recorded the second biggest opening
weekend of all time
with a $ 191.3 million
box office.
With the July 4th holiday on a Monday, this could be a big
weekend at the
box office, led for the third time by «Finding Dory.»
We always like to end our
weekend box office reports
with a little reminder to «Support your local indie theater, boys and girls,» and
with the roster of films hitting art house and repertory cinemas in 2011, it was an especially great time to stray away from the sticky floors and text friendly megaplexes.
Sony Pictures» Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle tops
box office for a third - straight
weekend, beating out new releases 12 Strong and Den of Thieves
with $ 20 million.
The critical acclaim and strong
box office tracking,
with reports expecting an opening
weekend take to quadruple the film's $ 5 - million production budget, put Peele's career as a multi-hyphenate filmmaker in a promising position.
The N.W.A. biopic from Comcast Corp.'s Universal Studios earned $ 26.8 million in its second
weekend with this
weekend's three new releases falling flat at the domestic
box office.
After all the hype, «X-Men Origins: Wolverine» opened
with a solid $ 87.0 million at the
box office this
weekend.
Thanks to the obsession
with blockbusters that has preoccupied major studios for the past 40 years or so, there have been many
weekends where two heavily promoted tentpole films — sometimes even from the same studio — have occupied the top two slots at the domestic
box office.
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.
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.
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.
After the largest opening day of the year
with a $ 55 million on Friday, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 grossed an estimated $ 123 million at the U.S.
box office over the
weekend, which is a 22 % drop from Catching Fire that debuted to $ 158 million.
And those weren't even the only films
with female leads in the top 5 of this
weekend's domestic
box office: Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth installment in the vampire hunter series starring Kate Beckinsale, opened at No. 4
with $ 13.1 million from 3,070 theaters.
A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film
with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past
weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors
with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two
box office spots,» as CNN puts it.
Women and space were a winning combo at the movies this
weekend,
with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for first at the domestic
box office.
««Jumanji» gets the MVP
box office award for Super Bowl
weekend with a stunning late run ascension to the number one spot as «Maze Runner» adds to its total and «Winchester» enjoys a bit of counter programming success amidst a sea of Oscar contenders over what is a typically slow moviegoing
weekend,» said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst
with comScore.
Fox's «Maze Runner: The Death Cure,» which won the
box office last
weekend, finished second
with $ 10.2 million from 3,793 locations.
«As «Black Panther» continues to redefine what is possible in terms of
box office in the month of February (
with a massive $ 500 million earned globally after just 9 days in theaters), the film will leap to new heights in a second
weekend that will also rewrite the record books,» Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst
with comScore, said.
FilmDistrict and TriStar's Evil Dead remake handily won the
box office this
weekend with an estimated $ 26 Million haul.
With the strong buzz and families looking for something new to see besides Finding Dory or The BFG, The Secret Life of Pets should perform very well at the
box office and finish in the $ 70 million range for its opening
weekend.
Official
weekend box office results will be released on Monday, November 23 — at which time we'll update this post
with any changes.]
[NOTE: These are only
weekend box office estimates — based on Friday and Saturday ticket sales coupled
with adjusted expectations for Sunday.