In another quiet weekend, David Ayer’s The Beekeeper kicked Mean Girls out of the top spot in its third weekend, earning $7.4 million (-14%) compared to the latter’s $7.3M (-37%), per Deadline. To date, Beekeeper has collected $42.2M domestically, while Mean Girls sits at $60.8M. Otherwise, the only notable news was the financial bump (or… Read More: Box Office Results: The Beekeeper Flies Past Mean Girls to… »
Wonka enjoyed a healthy start at the domestic box office, earning $39 million from 4,203 theaters, per Deadline. The musical comedy held strong throughout the weekend, dipping just 3% on Saturday for an impressive $14M, following $14.4M on Thursday/Friday. Worldwide, the pic starring Timothee Chalamet has accrued $151.4M, including $8.7M from Imax. With few obstacles… Read More: Box Office Results: Wonka Leaps to the Top »
Another quiet weekend at the box office still drew a few surprises. Notably, The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla: Minus One—two Japanese films—claiming two of the top three spots. The former led the way with an impressive $12.8 million, the best US/Canada opening for GKIDS and Studio Ghibli, per Deadline. Meanwhile, Godzilla expanded to… Read More: Box Office Results: Boy and the Heron Leads the Way »
Snow lands on top! The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes topped the Thanksgiving box office in its second weekend, hauling in $28.8 million (3-day, -35%) and $41.1M (5-day) to bring its domestic total to $98.3M per Deadline. The prequel remained atop the charts despite high-profile newcomers, namely Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which finished… Read More: Box Office Results: Hunger Games Snakes by Napoleon and Wish »
Taylor Swift: Eras Tour annihilated the worldwide box office, pulling in roughly $95-$97 million domestically and $31M-$33M internationally for a $126-$130M global opening, per Deadline. We’re still awaiting final figures, but anything over $96.2M (earned by Joker in 2019) would be an October record domestically. AMC rivals are calling $94.3M stateside, which is nothing to… Read More: Box Office Results: Taylor Swift Dominates the Competition »
Audiences opted for scares this weekend and powered the latest Exorcist chapter, The Exorcist: Believer, to $27M, per Deadline. The trade notes that Universal Studios purchased the horror franchise from Morgan Creek for $400M in the hopes of making a new trilogy. While this new installment cost just $30M to produce, the numbers, while good,… Read More: Box Office Results: The Exorcist: Believer Powers Its Way to… »
In a surprising twist — for October — Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie claimed the top spot at the domestic box office with a reported $23 million, topping Saw X ($18M) and The Creator ($14.1M), per Deadline. The Paramount animated flick exceeded the $13M domestic bow of the 2021 original, which went on to gross… Read More: Box Office Results: Paw Patrol 2 Tops Saw X and… »
In a tighter-than-expected race, The Nun II narrowly overshadowed the debut of A Haunting in Venice, $14.7 million to $14.5M, per Deadline. For Haunting, the opening is higher than the $12.9M earned by Death on the Nile in 2022 but considerably less than the $28.7M raked in by 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express. Nile… Read More: Box Office Results: The Nun II Narrowly Edges A Haunting… »
On a surprisingly busy September weekend, moviegoers flocked to The Nun 2 and propelled the latest Conjuring chapter to the top of the domestic box office with a solid $32.6 million haul, per Deadline. That opening lands in the middle of the pack for the James Wan horror franchise, below Annabelle: Creation ($35M) but above… Read More: Box Office Results: The Nun 2 Creeps Its Way to… »
In an incredibly tight race, Gran Turismo narrowly edged out Barbie for the top spot at the domestic box office, $17.3 million to $17.1M, per Deadline. Granted, the racing drama benefited from advanced previews, but it takes the podium for now. The Neill Blomkamp-directed pic comes in at the lower end of video game adaptations,… Read More: Gran Turismo Passes Barbie for the Top Spot at the… »