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Justice League should have been one of the most-anticipated movies of all time — the DCEU's answer to Marvel's Avengers — but early box office signs show the movie is set to underperform just like its DCEU predecessors. Originally tracking for a $110 million to $120 million domestic opening, estimates now place Justice League at making just[...]

The box office numbers are in for the weekend, and both Jigsaw and Suburbicon bombed Jigsaw didn't bomb quite as hard as Suburbicon, taking in $16.2 million dollars according to a press release from ComScore and topping the domestic charts It was, however, the second lowest opening of the Saw franchise and below expectations Suburbicon,[...]

After this past weekend at the international box office, Spider-Man: Homecoming has now become the number one grossing superhero film of the year Its gross now stands at $875 million worldwide Wonder Woman is still the North American winner at $411 million to Spidey's $331 million, however. With $874M worldwide, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING is the #1 superhero[...]

Heading into its opening weekend, It was expected to make $70 million, breaking box office records for both horror movie opening weekends and openings in September By Saturday, the film had already shattered those records, earning $13.5 million in Thursday previews and another $51 million on Friday Accordingly, its weekend estimates were upped to $100[...]

But after just one day at the box office, It has already broken both of those records, with Saturday and Sunday's takes still to come. Thursday Night Report: 'IT' Soars to R-Rated, September, & Horror Record $13.5 Million Start #IT #ITMovie https://t.co/TYFRB1yhRI — Boxoffice Pro (@BoxOffice) September 8, 2017 #IT earned an estimated $51.0M on opening day Friday[...]

According to the report, the initial box office for Wolf Warrior 2, the jingoistic movie that is just like an American 1980s action flick, except the hero, Wu Jing's Leng Feng, is Chinese, and the part of the American mercenary, replacing the 80s flicks' vaguely Eastern-European terrorist villain, is played by an American, Frank Grillo[...]

The weekend box office estimates (Fri-Sun) are in, and things aren't looking great for Marvel's Inhumans The movie brought in just $2.6 million globally, earning it the last place in a chart of 25 films tracked by ComScore Amongst 18 features with domestic box office takes this weekend, Inhumans ranks 15th, with $1.5 million. Dunkirk clearly[...]

There were some movies that did very well, so let's look at the top five domestic and worldwide box office winners. First, let's look at the domestic: Summer's Domestic Top 5: #1 WONDER WOMAN ($406M) #2 GotG VOL 2 ($389M) #3 SPIDER-MAN ($318M) #4 DESPICABLE ME 3 ($254M) #5 DUNKIRK ($172M) — Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) August 30, 2017 The[...]

However, this time of year is almost the "pre blockbuster" now, with studios realizing if they release bigger movies in March, they can dominate the box office for weeks on end. May–end of July: The blockbuster season This is when Hollywood usually pulls out the big guns, the family movies, because the kids are out of[...]

Under siege from poor word of mouth and bad reviews, The Dark Tower made just $7.7 million at the box office on Friday, heading toward an estimated opening weekend of $19 million The movie might not even manage to beat Dunkirk, in its third weekend, if things get any worse, though it's currently projected to[...]

The latest in a long string of poor decisions, Americans spent more than $25 million on tickets to The Emoji Movie, according to box office estimates The film, which launched with 0% Rotten Tomatoes ranking (now at 8%), was widely panned by critics for failing to live up to expectations, even expectations as low a[...]

In the surprising twist that everyone saw coming, Spider-Man: Homecoming has surpassed both Amazing Spider-Man films at the domestic box office The Marvel Studios-backed film scored a $117-million in the U.S opening weekend after adjusting for inflation, leaving both Amazing movies in the dust. Box Office Mojo just reported that Homecoming just beat out the Amazing films for total gross (when not adjusting for inflation). This was[...]

In North America, Wonder Woman is now the 34th highest grossing film of all time, beating Deadpool, $368 million to $363 million. Box Office estimates for this article came from the Exhibitor Relations Twitter account. The estimate tallies are in, and Spider-Man: Homecoming fended off all challengers and exceeded early estimates by bringing in $117 million[...]

Despite opening on a Wednesday in order to surprise unsuspecting inner children who might have let their guard down for Bay to destroy their fondest memories with a blockbuster action movie based on the popular toy franchise in the middle of the week, Transformers: The Last Knight is estimated to have made just $69 million[...]

The global number makes The Mummy Tom Cruise's biggest box office opening of all time We'll say that again The Mummy was Tom Cruise's biggest box office opening of all time Wonder Woman still performed well, with an additional $58 million outside the U.S.: WONDER WOMAN scored another $58M int'l this weekend, $230M total China's $68M[...]

Wonder Woman's massive success may be causing some trouble for the first film in Universal's beleaguered Dark Universe. The Mummy, directed by Alex

2: Box Office Boogaloo (@ERCboxoffice) June 4, 2017 The truth about WONDER WOMAN: Debut ($100M) IMAX ($9M) CS (A) Females (52%) Under 35 (53%) Budget ($150M) — Exhibitor Relations Co 2: Box Office Boogaloo (@ERCboxoffice) June 4, 2017 100.5 for now… — Exhibitor Relations Co 2: Box Office Boogaloo (@ERCboxoffice) June 4, 2017 #WonderWoman Records $100.5M Opening Weekend in North[...]

Wonder Woman is off to a great start at the box office this weekend, with the latest estimates for Thursday and Friday putting the movie at $38.8 million so far That's more than a third of the way toward the movie's projected $95 million opening, a number that has fluctuated over the past few months[...]

The movie underperformed in the U.S., earning just $62 million so far, below both its early projections and the $90 million opening of the previous installment in the franchise, but it's hugely popular overseas, with the Chinese box office take already beating the U.S one at $67 million. This isn't fake news! Despite common sense dictating these box[...]

Johnson was polling higher than incumbent Republican president Donald Trump earlier this month, but as moviegoers head to the box office to vote for Johnson's R-rated Baywatch reboot, early exit polls show the film is likely to earn just $26 million dollars for the entire Memorial Day weekend, following an estimated $6 million Friday Baywatch has a[...]

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword earned $6.8 million in its second weekend, with older films Fate of the Furious ($3.2 million), The Boss Baby ($2.8 million), and Beauty and the Beast ($2.4 million) made up the rest of the box office rankings this weekend. The performance of Alien: Covenant has to be viewed as somewhat disappointing,[...]

When we last checked in on the projected box office performance of Wonder Woman, the movie was expected to make about $80 million on its opening weekend The figure was either good or bad, depending on your perspective If you were a fan of Wonder Woman, or of the DC Cinematic Universe, it was an[...]

Could this negative publicity have an effect on the movie's box office? Historically, conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that social media furor tends not to have an affect on the box office of major releases, or at least, there's yet to be any concrete evidence that it has one Doctor Strange, for instance, released just last[...]

Showing that bestiality-themed family movies have incredible staying power at the box office, Disney's Beauty and the Beast held onto its box office crown in its second week, despite a challenge from the live-action Power Rangers movie The Emma Watson/Dan Stevens musical more than doubled Power Rangers' domestic take this weekend, earning an estimated $88 million[...]

Superman's crown as the biggest March opening of all time, and the domestic box office take makes it Disney's biggest live-action release (not counting Marvel or Lucasfilm movies) ever, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times It's also the biggest opening starring Emma Watson, as it tops Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[...]

Last year, Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck squared off in a grim and gritty battle that resulted in the biggest March box office opening of all time, with Batman v Superman earning $166 million during its opening weekend This year, it looks like a grim and gritty fight to the death (that's what the movie's[...]

Monkey business proved quite profitable this weekend as Kong: Skull Island took the top box office spot in its debut, bringing in $61 million in North America and $142.6 million globally Warner Bros and Legendary's giant ape pic dethroned previous box office king Logan, which earned an additional $37.5 million this weekend to bring its[...]

Decapitating the heads of its enemies with razor sharp claws made of box office appeal, Fox's R-Rated final Wolverine film featuring Hugh Jackman topped the box office this weekend, with an expected $85.3 million domestic box office take, according to Variety An international take of $152.5 million brought the global estimated total to $237 million Leaping[...]

It comes as no real shock that Rogue One continues to dominate the holiday season box office With a midweek boost in response to the recent passing of Carrie Fisher, the Star Wars Expanded Universe film has racked up another $153 million at the domestic box office (its total worldwide take is nearing $700 million[...]

At the beginning of November, Bleeding Cool told you how Disney had already broken their previous yearly box office record of $5.84 billion, and were on track to break the all-time record of $6.89 billion, currently held by Universal Since that time, Doctor Strange has been released and amassed $582 million in revenue, and Moana is[...]