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Shang-Chi Stays on Top With $35.8M Weekend
Shang-Chi Stays on Top
With $35.8M Weekend
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Sep 12, 2021 2:00 PM CDT

Shang-Chi Stays on Top With $35.8M Weekend

Black Widow 's pandemic record falls

(Newser) - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stayed on top at the box office, collecting $35.8 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was the best second-weekend gross of any film during the pandemic, edging out the previous Marvel movie, Black ...

Shang-Chi Upends Thinking With Labor Day Record
Shang-Chi Upends Thinking
With Labor Day Record
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Sep 5, 2021 2:10 PM CDT

Shang-Chi Upends Thinking With Labor Day Record

Theatrical-first strategy pays off for Marvel film

(Newser) - On what's historically one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings smashed the record for Labor Day openings with an estimated $71.4 million in ticket sales, giving a box office reeling from the recent coronavirus surge a...

Candyman Director Makes History
Candyman Director
Makes History
Aug 31, 2021 1:46 AM CDT

Candyman Director Makes History

It's the first film to debut at No. 1 for a Black female director

(Newser) - Candyman debuted in the No. 1 spot for the domestic box office, making it the first film directed by a Black woman to do so. Director Nia DaCosta, 31, also now has the second highest-grossing three-day domestic box office opening for a Black female director, People reports. The top spot...

Creepy Candyman Tops Slow Box Office

Jordan Peele movie is a follow-up to the 1992 horror original

(Newser) - Candyman hooked the top spot at the North American box office. The Universal Pictures film starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II impressively pulled in more than $22.3 million through a quiet weekend despite concerns over the delta variant, per the AP . The R-rated horror movie, co-written by Jordan Peele and directed...

Free Guy Outruns Big Names and Animated Puppies
Animated Puppies Top
Most of the Big Names
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Aug 22, 2021 2:00 PM CDT

Animated Puppies Top Most of the Big Names

None of the weekend debuts can catch Ryan Reynolds' latest

(Newser) - Four new films with major stars including Hugh Jackman and Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend, and only the one with animated puppies fared well. But it wasn't enough to beat out Ryan Reynolds' action-comedy Free Guy, which topped the charts for the second weekend...

Ryan Reynolds May Have a New Movie Franchise

'Free Guy' exceeds expectations, and Disney already wants a sequel

(Newser) - Ryan Reynolds may have another movie franchise on his hands in addition to Deadpool. Not only did his new flick, Free Guy , do better than expected at the box office over the weekend, but Reynolds announced that Disney already wants a sequel. Free Guy, a sci-fi action comedy that takes...

Suicide Squad Ticket Sales Weak as Delta Surges

The latest wave of COVID infections is keeping movie fans at home

(Newser) - Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus, and in-home streaming. The latest casualty: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, a critically acclaimed, carnage-ridden would-be smash that disappointed with $26.5 million in estimated...

Jungle Cruise Thrives Despite Delta Variant Concerns

Disney flick does well in theaters despite renewed COVID worries

(Newser) - Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, Jungle Cruise still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office. The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt exceeded expectations by pulling in more than $34.1 million over the...

Old, M. Night Shyamalan's Latest, Tops Snake Eyes

Both films doing well despite low ratings from critics

(Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan’s Old easily won a slower weekend at the North American box office, while the GI Joe pic Snake Eyes lived up to its name, per the AP . Although both fresh offerings from major studios, moviegoers turned out in modest numbers on a weekend where there was...

Families Drive Space Jam Past Black Widow
Space Jam
Outplays
Black Widow
box office
Jul 18, 2021 11:35 AM CDT

Space Jam Outplays Black Widow

Families turn out to give studio its biggest opening of the pandemic

(Newser) - Black Widow ceded its No. 1 spot to an unlikely foe in its second week in theaters: the Tune Squad. LeBron James, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the stars of Warner Bros.' Space Jam: A New Legacy defied expectations and won the box office this weekend. According to...

Disney Strategy Pays Off for Black Widow
Disney Strategy
Pays Off for
Black Widow
box office
Jul 11, 2021 1:40 PM CDT

Disney Strategy Pays Off for Black Widow

Marvel film does especially well in theaters, at $80M

(Newser) - Even with an option to watch Black Widow at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday the superhero pic generated an estimated $80 million in ticket sales in...

Universal Holds Top 3 Draws
Universal Has
Top 3 Draws
box office
Jul 4, 2021 12:30 PM CDT

Universal Has Top 3 Draws

'F9' leads for second weekend, at $24M

(Newser) - Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, at least one studio has reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend. Universal Pictures currently has the top three films at the domestic box office with F9, The Boss Baby: Family Business, and The Forever Purge, according...

An Anticipated Movie Debut Falls Shy of Expectations
An Anticipated Movie Debut
Falls Shy of Expectations
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Jun 13, 2021 5:22 PM CDT

An Anticipated Movie Debut Falls Shy of Expectations

'In the Heights' can't overtake 'Quiet Place' sequel

(Newser) - Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of In the Heights dampened Hollywood's hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office. Jon M. Chu's exuberant adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical opened with a...

Quiet Place II Opens Big, Hollywood Sighs in Relief

Horror sequel will take in $58M over the long weekend

(Newser) - Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski's thriller sequel A Quiet Place Part II opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio...

Mortal Kombat , Demon Slayer Make for a Big Weekend
Theaters Post Best
Weekend of Pandemic
box office
Apr 25, 2021 2:55 PM CDT

Theaters Post Best Weekend of Pandemic

Mortal Kombat , Demon Slayer drive ticket sales

(Newser) - The weekend at movie theaters featured something not seen for a while: a genuine box-office battle. Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat reboot and the Japanese anime film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train vied for the top spot at the North American box office, with Mortal Kombat narrowly winning, the AP reports....

Godzilla vs. Kong Opening Is a Pandemic High Point
Godzilla vs. Kong Opening
Offers Hope to Industry
box office
Apr 4, 2021 2:45 PM CDT

Godzilla vs. Kong Opening Offers Hope to Industry

Film makes the best showing of the pandemic

(Newser) - With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. Godzilla vs. Kong scored easily the best opening of the pandemic, with an estimated $48.5 million since opening Wednesday, even as it was simultaneously streaming at home. The monster...

Marvel Concedes: Avatar Is Back Atop All-Time Box Office

Avengers: Endgame

(Newser) - The lastest expression of China's economic might came Saturday, when the rereleased Avatar sold enough tickets there to again make it the highest-grossing film of all time. As box office sales topped $2.8 billion, Avatar displaced Avengers: Endgame, CNBC reports. The Avengers installment, which took the title in...

2 Big Pieces of News for Wonder Woman Fans

'1984' installment makes $16.7M in its opening weekend, and a 3rd installment is on

(Newser) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic having shuttered an estimated 65% of North American movie theaters, Wonder Woman 1984 scored a decent box office win: $16.7 million in its US opening weekend after debuting Christmas Day. That's a pandemic record, USA Today reports, and Variety calls the number "robust...

Only Major Film in Theaters During Pandemic to Leave

Home release of 'Tenet' is next month

(Newser) - After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's Tenet will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. The film will be available digitally as well as on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K just before the holidays, potentially bringing an end to its turbulent but singular run...

Movie Chains Open for Month, and the Report Card Is In

Americans are not returning in big numbers

(Newser) - About three quarters of the country’s movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly, per the AP . The biggest movies continue to limp along. According to studio estimates Sunday, Warner Bros.’...

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