Before the summer season began, analysts and distributors alike warned that no one should expect a blockbuster to pass the coveted $100 million-plus opening weekend mark. But if there’s any title that might have a puncher’s chance at reaching it, it is Marvel Studios’ “Black Widow.”
The first Marvel movie in two years will open on 4,100 screens and enters, like almost all MCU films, with strong reviews as critics have given it an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score. In addition, Fandango is reporting that the film is not only setting new highs on its site for post-pandemic presales but is also outperforming MCU films like “Doctor Strange,” which opened to $85 million in November 2016, and “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which opened to $117 million in July 2017.
Such numbers show at least that the presence of Disney+ shows like “Loki” haven’t diminished fans’ interest in anything and everything that Marvel Studios has to offer. It...
The first Marvel movie in two years will open on 4,100 screens and enters, like almost all MCU films, with strong reviews as critics have given it an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score. In addition, Fandango is reporting that the film is not only setting new highs on its site for post-pandemic presales but is also outperforming MCU films like “Doctor Strange,” which opened to $85 million in November 2016, and “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which opened to $117 million in July 2017.
Such numbers show at least that the presence of Disney+ shows like “Loki” haven’t diminished fans’ interest in anything and everything that Marvel Studios has to offer. It...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
While “A Quiet Place — Part II” and “Cruella” jolted the box office recovery effort, no other films grossed over $3 million this past weekend. Theaters need more new films, and Warner Bros. and Universal will provide with New Line’s “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” and DreamWorks Animation’s “Spirit Untamed.”
Neither film is expected to have the same kind of opening that “Quiet Place II” had with a $57 million four-day domestic launch. Analysts who spoke to TheWrap project an opening of $16-20 million for the latest “Conjuring” film, which also hits HBO Max this weekend.
“Spirit Untamed,” which is based on the “Spirit Riding Free” Netflix series, is projected to make $5-7 million. An opening slightly above that range would put it on the same level as “My Little Pony: The Movie,” another film adaptation of a TV series aimed towards young girls that opened to $8.8 million...
Neither film is expected to have the same kind of opening that “Quiet Place II” had with a $57 million four-day domestic launch. Analysts who spoke to TheWrap project an opening of $16-20 million for the latest “Conjuring” film, which also hits HBO Max this weekend.
“Spirit Untamed,” which is based on the “Spirit Riding Free” Netflix series, is projected to make $5-7 million. An opening slightly above that range would put it on the same level as “My Little Pony: The Movie,” another film adaptation of a TV series aimed towards young girls that opened to $8.8 million...
- 6/3/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Universal and DreamWorks’ “The Croods: A New Age” repeated as winner of a mild post-Thanksgiving weekend with $4.4 million at 2,205 North American locations.
The animated comedy sequel, featuring a voice cast of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds, has been dominating the seriously subdued moviegoing business since its Nov. 25 launch with $20.3 million in its first dozen days. It’s a respectable performance, given that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a majority of U.S. theater sites being closed. Sites that remain open often are operating with reduced capacity, limited hours and social distancing requirements.
“After an opening that topped very modest expectations, ‘Croods’ is naturally remaining the dominant film in a market operating with less than 40% of theaters open currently,” said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Box Office Pro. “Renewed lockdowns and closures across the country will probably keep exhibition’s hands tied for the remainder for the holidays,...
The animated comedy sequel, featuring a voice cast of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds, has been dominating the seriously subdued moviegoing business since its Nov. 25 launch with $20.3 million in its first dozen days. It’s a respectable performance, given that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a majority of U.S. theater sites being closed. Sites that remain open often are operating with reduced capacity, limited hours and social distancing requirements.
“After an opening that topped very modest expectations, ‘Croods’ is naturally remaining the dominant film in a market operating with less than 40% of theaters open currently,” said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Box Office Pro. “Renewed lockdowns and closures across the country will probably keep exhibition’s hands tied for the remainder for the holidays,...
- 12/6/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
For much of the pandemic, Hollywood’s collective attention has hinged on one movie: “Tenet.”
The time-bending thriller from director Christopher Nolan was expected to answer definitively if audiences would go back to the movies once cases of coronavirus were under control. Theaters were closed for months starting in March to help stop the spread of the virus. That, in turn, has left the studios that routinely supply cinemas with films in an extended state of limbo.
After a surprisingly strong $53 million start overseas, “Tenet” landed in the U.S. last weekend and generated a more muted $20 million in its debut. That’s by far the biggest domestic haul yet for a new release during the pandemic, but the middling results don’t signal emphatically that the box office will soon be back to normal.
Now, the film business remains divided over the question of whether or not “Tenet’s...
The time-bending thriller from director Christopher Nolan was expected to answer definitively if audiences would go back to the movies once cases of coronavirus were under control. Theaters were closed for months starting in March to help stop the spread of the virus. That, in turn, has left the studios that routinely supply cinemas with films in an extended state of limbo.
After a surprisingly strong $53 million start overseas, “Tenet” landed in the U.S. last weekend and generated a more muted $20 million in its debut. That’s by far the biggest domestic haul yet for a new release during the pandemic, but the middling results don’t signal emphatically that the box office will soon be back to normal.
Now, the film business remains divided over the question of whether or not “Tenet’s...
- 9/9/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
When “Unhinged,” a road rage thriller starring Russell Crowe, opens in the U.S. on Aug. 21, it will be the first major theatrical release since cinemas closed last spring.
It’s a bold move — one that could backfire spectacularly — but Solstice Studios, the company behind the $33 million movie, says the decision to premiere the film during a pandemic was born out of necessity. When the coronavirus shuttered cinemas, studios moved back the debuts of one major movie after another. That meant “Unhinged” found itself jockeying for space with major franchise releases.
“The schedule is always full, but it only became more full,” says Mark Gill, the company’s CEO. “I didn’t have much choice. I’m not sticking around to get run over by ‘A Quiet Place 2.’ There are all these supertankers out there, and my film is a tiny boat. If I don’t move, I’m going to get crushed.
It’s a bold move — one that could backfire spectacularly — but Solstice Studios, the company behind the $33 million movie, says the decision to premiere the film during a pandemic was born out of necessity. When the coronavirus shuttered cinemas, studios moved back the debuts of one major movie after another. That meant “Unhinged” found itself jockeying for space with major franchise releases.
“The schedule is always full, but it only became more full,” says Mark Gill, the company’s CEO. “I didn’t have much choice. I’m not sticking around to get run over by ‘A Quiet Place 2.’ There are all these supertankers out there, and my film is a tiny boat. If I don’t move, I’m going to get crushed.
- 8/18/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Universal and AMC Theaters have recently announced a multi-year agreement that will allow the largest theater chain in the U.S. to screen Universal titles for 17 days, whereupon these can hit Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) platforms. It’s a game-changing deal that further shrinks the theatrical window—traditionally spanning 90 days—that allows films to show in cinemas before they can be released to VOD services. This isn’t just a move that will change the future of two entertainment giants, but one that’s poised to reshape our movie-going habits: how exactly will it change the kind of films we may expect to watch on a big screen?Admittedly, the debate over shorter theatrical windows has been raging for years, with cinemas notoriously cautious about trimming runs on their screens. Back in March, as theatres began to shut in response to the pandemic, Universal made the then-unprecedented decision to...
- 8/18/2020
- MUBI
After weeks of successive box office flops, Disney is once again coming to movie theaters’ rescue with the release of “Frozen II,” a long-awaited sequel expected to bring 2019’s biggest opening weekend since the release of “The Lion King” back in July.
Releasing on 4,300+ screens, “Frozen II” is projected by independent trackers for a $105-115 million opening, which would make it the first animated film to open above $100 million outside of the summer. Analysts who spoke with TheWrap say that they believe an opening as high as $130 million is possible.
Expectations for this sequel are through the roof. It’s not an exaggeration to say that “Frozen” has become the Disney classic for today’s generation of kids in the way that “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast” were for kids of the 90s. That has made “Frozen” into a brand nearly as valuable for Disney as Marvel or “Star Wars,...
Releasing on 4,300+ screens, “Frozen II” is projected by independent trackers for a $105-115 million opening, which would make it the first animated film to open above $100 million outside of the summer. Analysts who spoke with TheWrap say that they believe an opening as high as $130 million is possible.
Expectations for this sequel are through the roof. It’s not an exaggeration to say that “Frozen” has become the Disney classic for today’s generation of kids in the way that “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast” were for kids of the 90s. That has made “Frozen” into a brand nearly as valuable for Disney as Marvel or “Star Wars,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
After a June marked by several underperforming sequels, Sony/Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: Far From Home” will kick off a fiscal quarter loaded with some of the most anticipated blockbusters of the year — and a July that is crucial for Sony.
Two years ago, Sony had one of its best box office months in recent years with “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” the product of a deal between the studio and Disney to add Peter Parker to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thus Sony was able to enjoy a slice of Marvel-mania to the tune of an $880 million global run for “Homecoming,” which also led to two more hit, non-McU Spidey films in 2018 with “Venom” and the Oscar-winning “Into the Spider-Verse.”
On top of that, Sony had another modest but fruitful hit a few weeks after Homecoming’s release: “Baby Driver,” an original film from Edgar Wright that grossed $226.9 million against a $34 million budget.
Two years ago, Sony had one of its best box office months in recent years with “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” the product of a deal between the studio and Disney to add Peter Parker to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thus Sony was able to enjoy a slice of Marvel-mania to the tune of an $880 million global run for “Homecoming,” which also led to two more hit, non-McU Spidey films in 2018 with “Venom” and the Oscar-winning “Into the Spider-Verse.”
On top of that, Sony had another modest but fruitful hit a few weeks after Homecoming’s release: “Baby Driver,” an original film from Edgar Wright that grossed $226.9 million against a $34 million budget.
- 7/2/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“Dumbo” nabbed the top spot at the domestic box office last weekend, but Disney’s latest re-imagining didn’t fly as high as expected. Despite the cast of Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, and Michael Keaton, the nearly eight-decade old property showed that not every remake is guaranteed to pack a major punch.
Tim Burton’s live-action reboot of the 1941 cartoon collected $45 million from 4,259 venues, falling short of expectations that anticipated a launch north of $50 million. Overseas, the baby elephant with inconveniently large ears got off to a better start, earning $71 million for a global weekend haul of $116 million.
Those numbers hardly signal disaster for the Magic Kingdom, but it does represent the lowest domestic opening yet for one the studio’s re-imaginings of its animated classics. High-profile remakes such as 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast” and 2016’s “The Jungle Book” soared past the $100 million mark in their opening weekends.
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Tim Burton’s live-action reboot of the 1941 cartoon collected $45 million from 4,259 venues, falling short of expectations that anticipated a launch north of $50 million. Overseas, the baby elephant with inconveniently large ears got off to a better start, earning $71 million for a global weekend haul of $116 million.
Those numbers hardly signal disaster for the Magic Kingdom, but it does represent the lowest domestic opening yet for one the studio’s re-imaginings of its animated classics. High-profile remakes such as 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast” and 2016’s “The Jungle Book” soared past the $100 million mark in their opening weekends.
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- 4/1/2019
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Two sequels entered a competitive box office ring this weekend. Both emerged victorious.
“Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Creed II” dominated the domestic box office, generating a respective $84.5 million and $55 million over the five-day holiday. Those numbers buoyed the stateside market to a record Thanksgiving weekend at multiplexes as ticket sales soared past $300 million for the first time. The two titles also hit some notable benchmarks. Disney’s animated follow-up now ranks as the second-best Thanksgiving debut ever, behind only Disney’s “Frozen.” The second “Creed” movie scored the best ever launch for a live-action film during the holiday frame.
As the domestic box office prepares to end the year in record territory and unexpected hits have propelled theatrical earnings 10% ahead of 2017, it’s worth noting that new chapters in even the most fool-proof franchises have majorly stumbled in 2018. Perhaps the most glaring example is “Solo: A Star Wars Story,...
“Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Creed II” dominated the domestic box office, generating a respective $84.5 million and $55 million over the five-day holiday. Those numbers buoyed the stateside market to a record Thanksgiving weekend at multiplexes as ticket sales soared past $300 million for the first time. The two titles also hit some notable benchmarks. Disney’s animated follow-up now ranks as the second-best Thanksgiving debut ever, behind only Disney’s “Frozen.” The second “Creed” movie scored the best ever launch for a live-action film during the holiday frame.
As the domestic box office prepares to end the year in record territory and unexpected hits have propelled theatrical earnings 10% ahead of 2017, it’s worth noting that new chapters in even the most fool-proof franchises have majorly stumbled in 2018. Perhaps the most glaring example is “Solo: A Star Wars Story,...
- 11/26/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
There are plenty of long-running franchises still going at movie theaters like “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Fast & Furious.” But aside from James Bond, there isn’t one that has lasted as long and with such staying power as Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” series — and the Gen Xers who grew up with the Imf’s leading man are to thank for that.
As the sixth installment in the franchise, “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” opened to a $61.5 million launch this weekend, Paramount reported that 59 percent of opening night audiences were over the age of 35, with 35-49 being the top age group.
Also Read: Here's Exactly What You Missed in 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
That age breakdown is consistent with that of the last installment of the franchise, “Rogue Nation,” which came out in 2015. According to data provided by movie analytics firm Movio, “Rogue Nation” performed over the industry-wide...
As the sixth installment in the franchise, “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” opened to a $61.5 million launch this weekend, Paramount reported that 59 percent of opening night audiences were over the age of 35, with 35-49 being the top age group.
Also Read: Here's Exactly What You Missed in 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
That age breakdown is consistent with that of the last installment of the franchise, “Rogue Nation,” which came out in 2015. According to data provided by movie analytics firm Movio, “Rogue Nation” performed over the industry-wide...
- 7/30/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
This year has already seen a marked improvement for Paramount over 2017, with “A Quiet Place” becoming the studio’s biggest hit in nearly two years. But now the studio will send in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” as its big tentpole release for the year this weekend, and it does so on a wave of rave reviews for Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise’s latest action film.
Other long-running franchises such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” have seen the law of diminishing returns set in, but “M:i” seems to be getting stronger as it and its lead star age, with “Fallout” holding a 97 percent “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes as critics call it the best action film since “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Also Read: 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' Trailer Goes to New Heights With Tom Cruise (Video)
“Tom Cruise hasn’t always had the box office success in recent...
Other long-running franchises such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” have seen the law of diminishing returns set in, but “M:i” seems to be getting stronger as it and its lead star age, with “Fallout” holding a 97 percent “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes as critics call it the best action film since “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Also Read: 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' Trailer Goes to New Heights With Tom Cruise (Video)
“Tom Cruise hasn’t always had the box office success in recent...
- 7/25/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Pixar movies have largely been surefire family hits for more than 20 years, but this past weekend “The Incredibles 2” took it even further with one of the top ten biggest movie openings of all time. And it’s all thanks to the generation that fawned over the first installment nearly 15 years ago.
“This weekend really shows that Pixar has entered the second generation in terms of its audience,” said BoxOffice analyst Shawn Robbins. “That long time gap in between sequels has made these films a must-see beyond the family crowd.”
Sure, the kids who just got out of school and their parents are still Pixar’s main moneymakers. However, those aged 17-24 counted for a total audience share of 16 percent, higher than that of teens’ 14 percent.
Forty percent of moviegoers polled by comScore’s PosTrak were in the 18-24 age group, tying “Finding Dory” for the age group’s highest audience...
“This weekend really shows that Pixar has entered the second generation in terms of its audience,” said BoxOffice analyst Shawn Robbins. “That long time gap in between sequels has made these films a must-see beyond the family crowd.”
Sure, the kids who just got out of school and their parents are still Pixar’s main moneymakers. However, those aged 17-24 counted for a total audience share of 16 percent, higher than that of teens’ 14 percent.
Forty percent of moviegoers polled by comScore’s PosTrak were in the 18-24 age group, tying “Finding Dory” for the age group’s highest audience...
- 6/19/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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