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Godzilla: King of the Monsters opened this weekend to the number one spot. But while it is in first place, the Kaiju doesn’t have the lead by a wide margin, however. In its second week,…

February continues in a slump. While bolstered by the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the box office is still fairly stagnant as both Alita and The Lego Movie 2 manage…

While it’s been a critical success, The Lego Movie 2 isn’t shaping up to be the same box office success as its predecessor. The film grossed an estimated $34.4 million over its opening weekend. In…

Although Glass has been rather hit or miss with critics and fans, there’s no question that it has been a box office success. Privately funded by M. Night Shyamalan himself, the film has just surpassed the $200…

Every year hundreds of films hit the big screen. Week in and week out your local theater will be playing the newest releases. Often enough there will be films that are “must-see” and have large…

The Star Wars franchise is currently experiencing its first real flop. (Side note, I am not taking 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars into account.) Solo: A Star Wars Story has opened to dismal earnings,…

Solo released over the Memorial Holiday weekend to not as much fanfare as Disney had hoped it would. The newest Star Wars movie, and the second in the line of Star Wars Stories to release since Disney acquired…

It’s no secret that Hollywood stars rake in millions every year. Robert Downey Jr. apparently earned $1 million a minute in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Daniel Craig reportedly negotiated quite a hefty salary for his next James Bond…

It seems like every movie nowadays makes it on to the list of top 10 highest grossing films. The oldest movie on the list is from 1997–James Cameron’s Titanic. After that, the oldest highest-grossing movie was made…

Although films like Annihilation and Game Night opened this past weekend, the main story was still Black Panther as it maintained its rampant pace for another triple digit box office total.  If it wasn’t already claimed as…

Every analyst predicted that Black Panther would come away with the number one spot at the box office this weekend, but very few speculated that it would perform this well.  And with many people off work for…

With three wide releases this past weekend, there was finally some changes to the box office report.  However, while new films like Fifty Shades Freed stole the show from a monetary perspective, some films from previous weekends…

Super Bowl weekend is normally a slow week for film as moviegoers stay home to watch the biggest television event of the year on Sunday.  Nevertheless, there was still some money for films like Winchester…

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has become a worldwide hit in recent weeks, showing that word of mouth can propel a movie to great returns.  Sadly, all good things come to end as Maze Runner: The Death…

It seems like sequels are becoming more and more commonplace in film. Is this a period of Hollywood enlightenment or a dismal slump in the quality of movies? Let’s take a look back at the…

Although 12 Strong and Den of Thieves proved formidable against the competition this weekend at the box office, Jumanji is still dominating — showing that it is a global force in the entertainment world. Here are the…

In another crowded weekend at movie theaters all over the country, three new releases (The Commuter, Paddington 2, and Proud Mary) had to handle a bunch of films that have become crowd favorites over the last few…

The first weekend of 2018 contained one major new release in Insidious: The Last Key.  However, it appears that the big winner of the weekend was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a holdover from previous weeks that continues…

Although the days leading up to Christmas are notorious for limited business at movie theaters all across the country, there were still five new films that had a wide release.  And yet, The Last Jedi still blew…

The Last Jedi premiered this weekend, meaning that every other movie in theaters was relegated to picking up the scraps of cash that the latest Star Wars flick left behind.  Some other films continued their impressive run at…

A slow week has led to literally the same top five at the box office this week, leading me with little to talk about.  Thor: Ragnarok is still crushing it, Justice League is still disappointing, and Coco remains…

Thanksgiving weekend is normally a pretty hectic time for movie theaters, and this year was no exception.  Some movies such as Coco benefitted from the long weekend as many people were off from work.  But, other…

Many have been waiting years for a live-action Justice League film.  But, although the superhero flick made some cash, it was certainly a letdown from a monetary perspective, allowing other films to thrive and receive…

Although Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok still led the way this week, other films like Daddy’s Home 2 and Murder on the Orient Express have much to be excited about after learning of the box office results…

After a record-low month of October, Thor and company came to save the day as Thor: Ragnarok destroyed the competition this past weekend.  Other films did all they could to claim all the scraps that Ragnarok left for them, but…

After a seven year haitus, Jigsaw has returned to retake the Halloween weekend per tradition.  Horror movies always end up performing well around the holiday, but let’s be honest, you probably stayed at home to watch Stranger Things,…

The Halloween season is in full swing, meaning that themed movies like Boo 2! and Happy Death Day are ruling the box office.  That being said, there’s always room for films with bloated budgets to once again underperform.…

Two more films had a wide release this past weekend, headlined by Blumhouse’s Happy Death Day.  The box office returns from the past few days were full of surprises, disappointments, and even some shocking developments.  Let’s…

The new releases for this week made for an interesting shake-up to the box office results.  We had the sequel to arguably one of the most influential movies ever made in Blade Runner 2049 as well…

Two new films got wide releases this past weekend.  In combination with holdovers of popular films from previous weeks, there was serious contention for the top spot in the September 29th box office.  With such…