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“Annabelle” is Tres Belle But Moviegoers Develop Allergies to “Nut Job 2”. Now Can “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” Save Us From a Disastrous August? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Well now that’s more like it.  The heck with Tom Cruise, exploding Transformers and half naked Baywatch women, when all else fails turn to a possessed doll to salvage a summer weekend.  WB’s “Annabelle: Creation” performed a neat little trick…

CJ Opinion: How 1939 Can Once Again Save Hollywood

This past weekend was yet another dismal failure at the North American boxoffice with revenues off a staggering 45% versus the same week last year. The remainder of August also looks bleak and may not improve until the fall when the…

“Dark Tower” (Barely) Rises Above Another Medicore Boxoffice Weekend, “Dunkirk” Keeps Trying to Rescue Summer, and Next Up: a Creepy Doll, YA Angst and a Bag of Nuts. This Week at the Boxoffice.

First things first. How bad was this weekend vs. the same one last year? We were down a whopping 45% against the same weekend in 2016 when “Suicide Squad” opened to USD $133 million. This weekend’s boxoffice “winner”, “The Dark…

“Dunkirk” Storms the Beach to Score a 2nd Week Boxoffice Victory Over a Meh “Emoji Movie”. Now Can “The Dark Tower” Extend Sony’s Boxoffice Resurgence”? This Week at the Boxoffice.

The biggest story of the weekend was that Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic, “Dunkirk”, dropped a respectable 44% and thereby held off the charge of dancing clown faced emojis to win its second weekend and cross the USD $100 million domestic…

Translating “Menashe” Into A Yiddish Success Story

When setting out to direct his first narrative feature, filmmaker Joshua Z Weinstein certainly didn’t make it easy on himself. A well-regarded director and cinematographer with a rash of commercial and documentary credits to his name, Weinstein decided to set…

“Dunkirk” Proves That Yes Virginia, American Moviegoers Crave Quality Filmmaking. But Can They Now Hold Off Poop Emojis? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Answering those critics who questioned whether a film in the middle of summer with British accents would appeal to American audiences, we present Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk”, which exceeded expectations to the tune of USD $50 million and easily won the…

Hail Caesar! Apes Run Amuck, Toppling Spidey. But Christopher Nolan and Winston Churchill Are Primed to Do Battle. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Traveling this weekend so sorry for the brevity of this week’s article but let’s get to the basics… Coming in at the top end of expectations and only slightly over a million off from where we had it last Monday,…

Homecoming Weekend: Sony & Marvel Brilliantly Resurrect the “Spider-man” Franchise, while the Apes wait in the Wings. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Now that’s more like it.  Sony and Marvel proved you can go home again, especially if that home now encompasses the Marvel Universe as “Spider-man: Homecoming” rebooted to the tune of USD $117 million.  As late as midweek many in…

Respectable “Despicable” and High Powered “Driver” Score While “The House” Falls Into a Sinkhole. Now They Face a Challenge of Spidey Proportions. This Week at the Boxoffice.

This summer has felt like the ultimate roller coaster ride with huge highs and gorge-like lows. Proving once and for all that size doesn’t matter, the mighty Transformers were a disappointment last week but alas we have the tiny Minions…

2017 Mid-Year Studio Market Share Projections

Now that we’re halfway through 2017 it seems as good a time as any to project out how the Hollywood box office market share race will wind up by the end of the year. Can Disney hang onto its lead and…