INSIDER
Keke Palmer comedy โOne of Them Daysโ and โMufasaโ in close race for No. 1
Read full article: Keke Palmer comedy โOne of Them Daysโ and โMufasaโ in close race for No. 1The Keke Palmer buddy comedy โOne of Them Daysโ has opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box office
Read full article: 'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box officeIn the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Picturesโ โSonic the Hedgehog 3โ sped past the Walt Disney Co.โs โMufasa: The Lion Kingโ to take the top spot at the box office.
โSmile 2โ grinning to No. 1 at box office while โAnoraโ glitters in limited release
Read full article: โSmile 2โ grinning to No. 1 at box office while โAnoraโ glitters in limited releaseHorror movies topped the domestic box office charts and the Oscar contender โAnoraโ got off to a sparkling start this weekend.
'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box office
Read full article: 'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box officeFrancis Ford Coppolaโs decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic โMegalopolisโ flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film โThe Wild Robotโ soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.
โDeadpoolโ tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekend
Read full article: โDeadpoolโ tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekendโDeadpool & Wolverine" ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.
โDeadpoolโ and โAlienโ top charts again as โBlink Twiceโ sees quiet opening
Read full article: โDeadpoolโ and โAlienโ top charts again as โBlink Twiceโ sees quiet openingโDeadpool & Wolverine," โAlien: Romulusโ and โIt Ends With Usโ topped the charts again at the box office, outperforming new releases like โBlink Twiceโ and โThe Crow.โ.
A quiet weekend at the box office, with โThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boosts
Read full article: A quiet weekend at the box office, with โThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boostsHoldovers and Oscar hopefuls dominated the North American box office charts this weekend in the absence of any new wide releases.
Weekend box office results are muted without โDune: Part Twoโ
Read full article: Weekend box office results are muted without โDune: Part TwoโUniversal and Blumhouse's video game adaptation โFive Nights at Freddy'sโ topped the North American box office in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Taylor Swiftโs โThe Eras Tourโ dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film record
Read full article: Taylor Swiftโs โThe Eras Tourโ dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film recordMovie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country.
'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million opening
Read full article: 'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million openingโThe Exorcist: Believerโ took possession of the weekend box office with a North American opening of $27.2 million.
'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while โNun 2โ claims top spot again at the box office
Read full article: 'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while โNun 2โ claims top spot again at the box officeSylvester Stallone and Jason Statham werenโt enough to save โExpend4blesโ from a debut box office flop.
The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerโs most online movie showdown
Read full article: The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerโs most online movie showdownThe very online showdown between Greta Gerwigโs โBarbieโ and Christopher Nolanโs โOppenheimerโ all started with a date: July 21.
Indiana Jonesโ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Read full article: Indiana Jonesโ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North AmericaMoviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Fordโs archaeologist character in โIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.โ.
'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office again
Read full article: 'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office againSeveral new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller.
โMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box office
Read full article: โMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box officeThe third installment in the โMagic Mikeโ series danced its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with a James Cameron double header, โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ and โTitanicโ (yes that โTitanicโ), looming close behind.
โAvatar 2,โ โM3GANโ hold onto top spots at the box office
Read full article: โAvatar 2,โ โM3GANโ hold onto top spots at the box officeNew movies like โPlaneโ and โHouse Partyโ were no match for โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ and the killer doll horror โM3GANโ at the box office this weekend.
โThe Woman Kingโ takes North American box office throne
Read full article: โThe Woman Kingโ takes North American box office throneThe Viola Davis-led action epic โThe Woman Kingโ easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases.
โSonic 2โ steals weekend box office, but โAmbulanceโ stalls
Read full article: โSonic 2โ steals weekend box office, but โAmbulanceโ stallsโSonic the Hedgehog 2โ sped to the top of the charts in its opening weekend, earning an impressive $71 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
Disneyโs 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekend
Read full article: Disneyโs 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekendDisney and Marvelโs โEternalsโ fell 61% in its second weekend in theaters, but itโs still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like โClifford the Big Red Dog.โ.
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/SSHP5ODVAZBOBGAS6NAYCG43WQ.jpg)
โJungle Cruiseโ sails atop box office despite COVID concerns
Read full article: โJungle Cruiseโ sails atop box office despite COVID concernsDespite growing concerns over the delta variant, โJungle Cruiseโ still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the filmโs opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/FWOU2TGKWVB3BD2YTKZ2WASRNA.jpg)
Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theaters
Read full article: Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theatersAbout three quarters of the countryโs 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. The faith-based โInfidel,โ which stars Jim Caviezel, did the best with $1.5 million from just over 1,700 theaters. Both played in under 500 theaters across the country and neither got much more than $200 per location. โThe Nestโ earned an estimated $62,000 from 301 locations and โThe Secrets We Keepโ brought in just under $90,000 from 471 theaters. Christopher Nolan's โTenetโ has only earned $36.1 million from North American theaters to date.

'It: Chapter Two' has big weekend
Read full article: 'It: Chapter Two' has big weekend(CNN) - "It: Chapter Two" had a monster weekend, but it came up short of the record-setting success of its predecessor. The follow-up to Warner Bros. 2017's horror hit "It" brought in an estimated $91 million this weekend. According to Warner Bros., "Chapter Two" is also the second largest opening for a horror movie ever behind the original "It." Longer films usually mean fewer showtimes and that can mean less money at the box office. Despite "Chapter Two" not having as big of an opening as its original film, its strong weekend could give momentum to a big fall and winter for Hollywood.

Disney sets record for highest-grossing year
Read full article: Disney sets record for highest-grossing year(CNN) - Disney set the record for the highest-grossing year for a studio ever, and it's only July. The company has brought in an industry record $7.67 billion to date at the worldwide box office, it announced on Sunday. That passed the previous record, which was also set by Disney, when it made $7.61 billion at the global box office in 2016. Disney has three films that have made more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office in 2019: "Avengers: Endgame," "Captain Marvel" and "Aladdin." The studio also has the top five highest-grossing films at the domestic box office this year.

'Toy Story 4' stays at the top of the box office
Read full article: 'Toy Story 4' stays at the top of the box officeUniversals President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution Jim Orr says he tries to use the word thrilled judiciously, but that it applies here. 1 film was once again Toy Story 4, which added $57.9 million from domestic theaters, down 52% from its debut last weekend. Of the top grossing films of 2019, Disney now occupies the top four spots with Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Aladdin and Toy Story 4.In second place was the third Annabelle film, Annabelle Comes Home, which debuted on over 3,500 screens Wednesday. The Warner Bros. horror earned $20.4 million over the weekend and $31.2 million in its first five days. It added an estimated $5.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $841.3 million.