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It was a brutal battle at the box office as I expected with Sony’s “Venom” and Warner Bros. “A Star is Born” both premiering to kick off the month of October after a record September. Both films had two very different stories going into the weekend with “Venom” getting a lot of early negative buzz from critics and fans worried if the PG-13 version of the traditionally violent character would disappoint. On the other end “A Star is Born” received acclaim and early Oscar buzz while fans of Lady Gaga turned out to try and sabotage “Venom” in online reviews to earn the Warner Bros. remake a top spot opening. So who took the crown? Let’s take a look in this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown Oct 5-7, 2018”

This past weekend offered some great competition for the top movie at the box office with a new animated feature, a new comedy and a new horror movie all debuting in the final weekend of a successful September. After “Crazy Rich Asians” pretty much owned August we saw three different movies top the box office in the first three weekends of September. So did this past weekend give us September’s fourth different #1 or did the streak break with another repeat winner? Let’s take a look in this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown: Sept. 28-30, 2018”

Fall has officially begun and while the last couple of months have given us some huge hits and the box office is still on its way to record highs for the year last week brought a lackluster return for “The Predator” showing signs that the box office is leveling out. While October looks to be a big month September continues to be a slow one with a handful of new offerings over the weekend mostly underperforming. Did this result in a surprise repeat victory for “The Predator” or did a new name find its way to the top? Let’s take a look in this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown, Sept. 21-23, 2018”

It’s been a big few weeks for Warner Bros. who have held the top spot at the box office for over a month. This past weekend threatened to end that streak with a handful of new offerings taking over theaters nationwide. Still that doesn’t mean WB fell from the thrown. As we’ve seen over the past month or so the studio has somehow tapped into a market that promises staying power and the result of that made for a very competitive weekend as Fox, Lionsgate and Studio 8 looked to earn wrestle the top spot away. Did they succeed? Let’s find out in this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown, Sept. 14-16”

Two new films came up to bat this past weekend looking to compete against three-peat frontrunner “Crazy Rich Asians” for the top spot. The romantic comedy had been a dominant force in cinemas throughout the month of August and looked to continue its strong push into September. Was “Crazy Rich Asians” able to hold on or did “The Nun” and “Peppermint” put up a good enough fight to finally change up the top spot of the chart? Let’s find out in this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown, Sept. 7-9, 2018”

Labor Day weekend has been a slow time of the year for cinemas in recent years with few blockbusters and more minor offerings taking center stage. However, there was at least some promise that a new number one could take over this weekend while “Crazy Rich Asians”, the champion the last two weeks, sought to continue to show some of the best staying power of any film in 2018. Was the romantic comedy able to hold on for a third week or did a newcomer take the top spot? Let’s take a look in my Box Office Breakdown for August 31 through September 2 of 2018.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown Aug. 31 – Sept 2, 2018”

Last week I predicted that “Crazy Rich Asians” would fall from its top spot to second in favor of the new raunchy comedy “The Happytime Murders” at the box office. It seemed simple enough. A slow month, Melissa McCarthy who still has great marketability in a new project, and the usual trend of falling revenue in the second weekend of a film’s release all seemed to work in my favor. However, I don’t think I nor anyone else who watches the big screen saw the final results coming by any means. Was “The Happytime Murders” able to hold off the carryover romantic comedy hit or did “Crazy Rich Asians” have a crazy successful second weekend. Let’s get to it with this week’s Box Office Breakdown.

Continue reading “Box Office Breakdown, August 24-26, 2018”