“Ant-Man and the Wasp” squashed the competition at the domestic box office.
Ant-Man and the Wasp Gives Marvel Its 20th Straight No. 1 Opening at Box Office
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‘Incredibles 2’ Has Best Opening for Animated Movie With $180 Million
The combined powers of superheroes, the Pixar brand and a drought of family-friendly films helped “Incredibles 2” to become the best animated opening of all time, the biggest PG-rated launch ever and the eighth-highest film launch overall.
Wakanda Forever: ‘Black Panther’ Mauls Box Office with Record Debut
A wave of feverish anticipation, fawning critical acclaim and groundbreaking cultural meaning pushed “Black Panther” to a record-setting $192 million debut in U.S. and Canada theatres, firmly establishing the superhero sensation as a box-office landmark.
Groundbreaking ‘Black Panther’ Set to Take U.S. Theaters by Storm
The first movie I remember seeing in a theater had a black hero. Lando Calrissian, played by Billy Dee Williams, didn’t have any superpowers, but he ran his own city. That movie, the 1980 Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, introduced Calrissian as a complicated human being who […]
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Blows Up at the Box Office With $155 Million Debut
The box office has gone galactic once again.
Madea is Beating Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks at the Box Office
Say what you will about Halloween’s impact on the box office, but history has shown that there’s typically a movie that benefits from the holiday, and this weekend that title is Lionsgate’s Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween.
Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’s “Sully” Is Unstoppable at the Box Office
What happened this weekend at the box office that yielded three stateside bombs? Those being Lionsgate’s Blair Witch (est. $9.65M, $5M production cost, mid-to-high $20M), Universal/Working Title/Miramax/StudioCanal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby (est. $8.2M, $35M production cost) and Open Road’s Snowden (est.$8M, production cost $50M). When films under-deliver, distribution executives love to blame […]
‘X-Men’ Steals Top Spot at Memorial Day Box Office as ‘Alice’ Flops
The X-Men had fairly ordinary powers at the box office and “Alice Through the Looking Glass” fell down a box office rabbit hole this Memorial Day weekend.
Critics Reject "The Interview"
Movie critics say the controversy surrounding “The Interview” is much more interesting than the movie itself.
