box office Archives

You may not know this unless you read the trades, but Ne zha 2, an animated feature film, is the first movie of 2025 to break one billion dollars at the box office after just one week and is now the highest-grossing Chinese film ever And that's just in China This makes it the most[...]

It set opening weekend records in multiple countries at the time, crossed the billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature It has since gone on to become a staple in Disney Parks and had an entire land built for it at Shanghai Disney The sequel, Zootopia[...]

However, both of the films also came out in the number one spot for what kind of release they were. Rebel Moon took the top spot on Netflix during its release weekend, while Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom took the top spot at the box office While most people would see these as indications that both[...]

With good reason, too, as it is another chance to build a franchise for the company, which can already count Mario, Minions, Sing, and more in its stable, but it is also a chance to prove something else, and that is that original concept animation can still make money and break out at the box[...]

There is a new reigning champion of the 2023 box office, and they are very pink It shouldn't be a surprise that Barbie [$575.4M] has passed The Super Mario Bros Movie [$574M] to become the biggest movie of 2023 at the domestic box office, but it has also done so in a little over a month, according to[...]

The Flash scored $9.7 million during its Thursday preview screenings, which should send it above the early tracking numbers.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is off to a huge start at the weekend box office The film grabbed a spectacular $17 million from Thursday previews, the second-highest preview night for an animated movie behind only The Incredibles 2 The first film, Into The Spider-Verse, made $3.5 million in Thursday previews when it opened in 2018,[...]

Avatar: The Way of Water continues to climb the list of biggest films ever at the box office, and now Star Wars has fallen The Force Awakens is the latest film on the all-time list dethroned by James Cameron. Avatar now has made $2.075 billion worldwide, and earlier this week became only the sixth film ever to[...]

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and Idris Elba's thriller Beast both opened higher than most would have predicted, heading into this box office weekend The former debuts at number one with $20.1 million, continuing the trend of anime films opening large this year Fans continue to pour into theaters for these events, which, at least[...]

Box office prognosticators knew this was coming, but it is still sad to see the totals come in and know that Summer Season is over Bullet Train won its second weekend, having a smaller than thought drop of $13.4 million That brings the action flick to $54.4 million as the march to get the film[...]

Their films have dominated the box office this year, and as of this weekend, they have become the first studio to cross the $3 billion mark worldwide since 2019 After three years of a pandemic box office, this is a big deal Leading the way for the studio this year so far are Jurassic World:[...]

In addition to becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022, Top Gun: Maverick has soared, breaking another box office record surpassing James Cameron's Titanic during its original run at the box office for its domestic numbers setting new bests for Paramount Pictures and star Tom Cruise Since its May 27th release, Top Gun: Maverick surpassed the[...]

All Right Reserved. Top Gun Might Just Win The Summer Box Office, Maybe 2022 Overall "After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him[...]

All Rights Reserved. Doctor Strange Cleans Up, As Expected… A certain Twitter account that reports on box office totals thought they would be cute and compare Doctor Strange to another film in theaters right now, the beloved Everything Everywhere All At Once As they gleefully pointed out, Doctor Strange's $36 million is more than Everything has made[...]

The Batman is now in theaters, and audiences are pretty jazzed for this take on The Dark Knight, as the film has scored $21.6 million at the box office already after Thursday's debut screenings That figure also includes $4 million in previews from Tuesday and Wednesday night, which were Imax for the most part So,[...]

Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to wrack up box office records, now at $557.19 million, good enough to make it the 11th highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office, adjusted for inflation It is also the third-highest 14 day gross of all-time, after Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Force Awakens At some point[...]

While things might look a bit dire when it comes to other aspects of life when it comes to the box office, and you're Sony Pictures, you're in a very good place If there is a movie that studios will cite as "proof" that everything is fine and no one needs to worry about anything[...]

Spider-Man: No Way Home's final numbers have come in from this weekend's box office, and guess what? It is even bigger The final numbers put it at $260 million domestically and a whopping $600.8 million worldwide That is good enough to topple Avengers: Infinity War in both cases, making it the second-biggest opening ever at[...]

While promoting Tom Shone's latest book "The Nolan Variations," the director and writer spoke to the Los Angeles Times to discuss how he interprets the box office return. Christopher Nolan on the set of Tenet Image courtesy of Warner Bros "Warner Bros released Tenet, and I'm thrilled that it has made almost $350 million," Nolan said[...]

Kung Fu Mulan, the Chinese-produced animated Mulan movie, has been pulled from movie theatres in China just three days after release because it flopped so badly. Still from "Kung Fu Mulan", Gold Valley Film The Chinese box office is ruthless – movies that open with low box office takings are often yanked from the theatres two or[...]

Films like Sonic The Hedgehog and depending on how long this lasts Black Widow, Fast and Furious 9, Mulan, Onward, and more will take serious hits to their box office performances The last fast film grossed nearly $400 million in China alone, its highest gross in any country Fans of James Bond have called on[...]

There are quite a few box office disappointments in 2019 We're going to mainly focus on once proven franchises that fizzled in 2019 While two remain in theaters, they are already considered flops Here's Bleeding Cools list of the most underwhelming franchise flops of 2019. L-R: Lionsgate, Paramount, Fox, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. https://youtu.be/ZsBO4b3tyZgVideo can't be loaded because[...]

Frozen 2 handily won this weekend's box office, opening to $127 million here in the US, and $350.2 million worldwide That US number makes it the highest November opening for an animated film ever, third highest for any animated flick period The $350.2 million worldwide makes it the highest animated debut ever though, beating Toy[...]

Ford V Ferrari was tops at the box office domestically this weekend, taking in $31 million in its opening frame This was at the higher end of expectations, but a smart advertising campaign and great reviews led to elevated box office With awards season in full swing, expect this one to linger around It also[...]

Three-day weekends in the United States are always interesting for Box Office Reports, and this 2019 Memorial Day weekend really proves that. Among the top grossers we've got a strong showing for Disney with Guy Ritchie's live-action Aladdin at $90 million (per Box Office Mojo's numbers), Lionsgate's John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum with $24.6 million, Disney[...]

If you've been following the box office reports from the last two weeks, you more than likely were anticipating this bit of Avengers: Endgame cash money news. Beautiful "Avengers: Endgame" poster by John Aslarona According to box office watchers on the wall, the 22nd Marvel Studios film just passed James Cameron's Titanic for the number 2 spot on the[...]

We knew it was only a matter of time before Marvel Studios' 21st Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel hit the $1 billion box office milestone Apparently, the Brie Larson-starring female superhero film passed the benchmark sometime between April 1st (not an April Fools joke, thankyouverymuch) and April 2nd. BoxOfficeMojo hasn't updated their numbers yet, which does show[...]

We are thrilled to report that Captain Marvel's second weekend in theaters has resulted in the second-highest March opening (so far) for a film, behind Disney's Beauty and the Beast back in 2017. According to BoxOfficeMojo, the first female-fronted solo superhero film for Marvel studios has passed $760 million at the worldwide box office, taking in $69 million this[...]

Yet another HUGE record-setting thing for Marvel Studios' recently-open Captain Marvel you may not have realized; it is now the highest-grossing film

Night Shyamalan's Glass took the top spot at the domestic box office over the weekend The two actual surprises were the Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston film The Upside taking second place, and the animated film Dragon Ball Super: Broly finishing in third. Take into account that this is a three-day weekend for the USA, and the Monday box office may see[...]