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By JimAmos

12 Strong & Den of Thieves

It’s a Jungle Out There For Newcomers as “Jumanji” Rocks Again With $34 Million. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP It’s a long Martin Luther King weekend here in the United States and despite snow, freezing temperatures, NFL playoff games and a oops-my-bad Hawaiian missile warnings, moviegoers still found time to trudge to their local multiplexes, led by Sony’s “Jumanji,” which won yet another week…

Welcome to the Box Office Jungle as “Jumanji” $36 Million Finally Overtakes “The Last Jedi”, While “Insidious” Scares Up $29 Mil. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP I’d never thought I’d see the day when a USD $572 million movie was spoken of in such harsh tones, yet here we are. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” dropped a hearty 55%, by far the largest drop on the board according to ComScore, and watched helplessly as Dwayne Johnson and his “Jumanji”Rea…
Molly's Game Insidious Last Key

Jumanji and the Jedis Strike Again With Combined $102 Million Holiday Cash Grab. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

WEEKEND RECAP Don’t look now but despite a USD $52 million three day take here in North America, “The Last Jedi” is about to be lapped by Sony’s “Jumanji” reboot.  Many four day projections (including New Years Day) have Dwayne Johnson et al passing the latest Star Wars to actually win the extended…
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool All the Money in the World Doctor Who Twice posters

“The Last Jedi” Scores Huge Pre-Christmas $68 Million Take While “Jumanji”s $50 Million Makes It King of the Jungle. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Weekend Recap OK, want the good “Star Wars” news or the bad? Let’s start with the bad. “The Last Jedi” suffered a 69% drop on this Christmas weekend but the good news is that it’s still good enough for a USD $68 million weekend and a domestic total of USD $365 mil. Everyone just relaxRead More
Box Office - Jumanji, Greatest Showman, Pitch Perfect 3

“The Last Jedi” Soars to Second Highest Debut Ever With Lofty $220 Million Opening. Now Get Ready For the Christmas Week Openings. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP In a galaxy far, far away (as in around the corner at your local multiplex), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was everything that moviegoers and the movie industry for that matter, could have expected, racking up a sensational USD $220 million opening. That, by the way, was the second highes…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi & Ferdinand

Disney Relay Team Takes Third Leg, Now Passes Baton to Star Wars. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Weekend Recap The third time provided to be (another) charm as “Coco” easily swept to its third consecutive weekly win at the box office this past weekend. The Pixar offering raked in another USD $18.3 million, bringing its overall take to $135 million here in North America and USD $254 million inte…
Call Me By Your Name Just Getting Started Shape of Water posters

“Coco” Tops the Boxoffice Again With $26 Million While the Oscar Picture Starts to Take Shape. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

“Disaster Artist” and “The Shape of Water” debut to enormous numbers as Academy season starts in full force. WEEKEND RECAP It’s all about holdovers today as with no new wide openings it was left to the November films and the limited releases to tote the boxoffice weight this weekend. Disney’s “Coco”…
Box Office - Shape of Water, Disaster Artist, Wonder Wheel

It’s Another Win For Pixar As “Coco” Cruises to $71 Million Opening. This Weekend at the Box Office.

It was supposed to have been the Thanksgiving battle between the two titans of November. WB’s “Justice League” was coming off a near USD $100 million debut while Pixar/Disney opened their latest animated behemoth, “Coco”. Instead of Frazier vs. Ali it turned out to be more Georgia Tech vs. Cumberlan…
Box Office - November 20, 2017

“Justice League” Opens Sub-$100 Mil and Proves More Definitely Isn’t the Merrier. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Warner’s DC franchise’s superheroapalooza, “Justice League”, proved that six superheroes are not better than one by debuting with a relatively disappointing USD $96 million. Backed by a lackluster Rotten Tomatoes score of 39 and a just-okay Cinemascore of B+, “Justice League” opened to a lower take…
The Star Justice League Wonder posters

“Ragnarok” N’ Roll. “Thor” Hammers Home 2nd Weekend $56 Mil Win. Now a Certain Justice League Awaits. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

Daddypalooza holds off Poirot’s little grey cells to grab the place position with $30 million. First off, thanks for Patrick and Sperling for their help with the column last week while I was off in the wilds of the San Bernadino Mountains. Also, thank you to all the veterans on both sides of the Atl…

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