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Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend
Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend
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Oct 8, 2023 2:50 PM CDT

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

Barbie slips out of Top 10 for the first time

(Newser) - The Exorcist: Believer spun heads and drove off all foes at the box office. Facing competition from no major new releases, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.2 million in North America in its opening weekend for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, according to studio estimates...

Animation, Horror Show Strongest
Animation, Horror
Show Strongest
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Oct 1, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Animation, Horror Show Strongest

'PAW Patrol,' 'Saw' sequels top weekend

(Newser) - After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. The performances of the four—PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Saw X, The Creator and Dumb Money—told a familiar story at the box office. What worked? Horror and animated franchises. What didn't? Originality...

Expendables 4 Can&#39;t Budge Nun 2
Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2
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Sep 24, 2023 3:20 PM CDT

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

Audiences apparently weren't eager for next Expendables installment

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save Expend4bles from a debut box office flop. The Lionsgate and Millennium film, also known as Expendables 4, pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis "50 Cent"...

Nun 2 Edges Branagh&#39;s Haunting
Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie
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Sep 17, 2023 2:30 PM CDT

Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie

Third in Kenneth Branagh's Poirot series starts slowly

(Newser) - The Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in US and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery, according to studio estimates Sunday. In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros.'...

The Nun II Owns the Weekend
The Nun II Overcomes Reviews
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Sep 10, 2023 1:35 PM CDT

The Nun II Overcomes Reviews

Horror sequel trails first installment but still tops the weekend

(Newser) - As with many horrors before it, bad reviews didn't scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for The Nun II. The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters, earning an estimated $32....

Equalizer Makes Forceful Debut
Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut
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Sep 3, 2023 1:40 PM CDT

Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' still set records

(Newser) - The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. By the end of the Monday holiday, Sony expects that total will rise to $42 million, the AP reports. Labor Day signals the end of...

Gran Turismo - Barbie Race Is Almost Too Close to Call
Officially, Gran Turismo
Passes Barbie
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Aug 27, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Officially, Gran Turismo Passes Barbie

National Cinema Day throws a wrinkle into race

(Newser) - Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story and Barbie are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig's pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony Pictures reported that Gran Turismo opened with $17.3 million over the weekend, while...

Blue Beetle Sneaks Up on Barbie
Blue Beetle
Sneaks Up
on Barbie
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Aug 20, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Blue Beetle Sneaks Up on Barbie

'Oppenheimer' sets an odd record

(Newser) - The DC superhero film Blue Beetle led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning Barbie from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month. The Barbie phenomenon is far from over. Greta Gerwig'...

Barbie , Oppenheimer Reunite
Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite
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Aug 13, 2023 1:50 PM CDT

Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite

Summer blockbusters are 1-2 again

(Newser) - Barbie's star has not dimmed. Director Greta Gerwig's film phenomenon is a runaway No. 1 at the box office in its fourth week, bringing in $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film from Warner Bros., which is in 4,137 theaters,...

Barbie Becoming $1B Hit
Barbie Becoming $1B Hit
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Aug 6, 2023 12:00 PM CDT

Barbie Becoming $1B Hit

'Oppenheimer' is now the biggest World War II film ever

(Newser) - Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, Barbie is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed Wonder Woman. Barbie, which Gerwig directed and...

Barbenheimer Parties On
Barbenheimer Stays on Top
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Jul 30, 2023 2:30 PM CDT

Barbenheimer Stays on Top

Blockbusters remain 1-2 for the weekend

(Newser) - A week later, the "Barbenheimer" boom has not abated. Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer stayed strong this weekend, seven days after they conspired to set box office records, with Barbie taking in a massive $93 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Oppenheimer stayed in second...

Rivalry Hype Profits Barbie , Oppenheimer
Rivalry Hype Profits
Barbie, Oppenheimer
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Jul 23, 2023 2:15 PM CDT

Rivalry Hype Profits Barbie, Oppenheimer

Blockbusters hit milestones in opening weekend

(Newser) - "Barbenheimer" didn't just work—it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business...

Latest Mission: Impossible Has Franchise-Best Opening

Latest Tom Cruise film starts strong but short of 'Top Gun: Maverick'

(Newser) - After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One launched with a franchise-best $80 million over five days, though it came in shy of industry expectations with a $56.2 million haul over the three-day weekend, according to studio estimates. The Paramount Pictures debut...

Horror Film Tops Indiana Jones
Insidious Bounces Indiana Jones
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Jul 9, 2023 1:50 PM CDT

Insidious Bounces Indiana Jones

Reviews again don't hurt horror series

(Newser) - Indiana Jones' reign atop the box office was brief. In its second weekend in theaters, the Disney release was usurped by another franchise fifth—Insidious: The Red Door. The horror film starring and directed by Patrick Wilson scared up $32.7 million in ticket sales from 3,188 theaters, according...

Indiana Jones Doesn&#39;t Capture Audiences
Indiana Jones Doesn't
Capture Audiences
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Jul 2, 2023 2:08 PM CDT

Indiana Jones Doesn't Capture Audiences

'Dial of Destiny' nevertheless takes weekend's top spot

(Newser) - Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn't rush to the theater in significant numbers to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and say goodbye to Harrison Ford as the iconic archaeologist, the AP reports....

Spider-Man Rides High Again
Spider-Man
Returns to Top
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Jun 25, 2023 3:10 PM CDT

Spider-Man Returns to Top

'The Flash' plunges in its second week

(Newser) - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while The Flash saw a drop faster than the film's speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel—starring Shameik Moore as the teenage webslinger Miles Morales—reclaimed the No. 1 spot in its fourth week in North...

The Flash Proves a So-So Champ
The Flash Proves
a So-So Champion
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Jun 18, 2023 1:30 PM CDT

The Flash Proves a So-So Champion

'Elemental,' 'The Blackening' trail in debuts

(Newser) - DC and Warner Bros.' long-in-the-works superhero movie The Flash opened to $55 million in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Though a fair amount of money by normal standards, a sizable jump from DC's last release, the Shazam! sequel, and...

Reworked Transformers Rises to Top
Reworked
Transformers
Rises to Top
box office
Jun 11, 2023 3:45 PM CDT

Reworked Transformers Rises to Top

Latest installment outperforms reviews

(Newser) - It was Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse versus the Transformers at the box office, and the bots came out on top. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh entry in the series, was No. 1 in its first weekend in North American theaters with $60.5 million, according to studio...

Animated Spider-Man Soars in Debut
Animated Spider-Man
Soars in Debut
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Jun 4, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Animated Spider-Man Soars in Debut

Latest installment far exceeds forecast and first film

(Newser) - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opened in US and Canadian theaters to a massive $120.5 million, more than tripling the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises. Sony Pictures' multiverse-spinning...

Little Mermaid Emerges a Winner

Little Mermaid
Emerges
a Winner
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May 28, 2023 2:35 PM CDT

Little Mermaid Emerges a Winner

Live-action remake dethrones 'Fast X'

(Newser) - The Little Mermaid made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend. Disney's live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. And Disney estimates the film...

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