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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 this weekend in that a prequel almost matched its orginal…

“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 Tower” could only muster 1/6th of that total. Yikes. Here’s a further th…

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“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 plateau. The movie also continues to rack up change overseas w…

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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 his first fiction film, “Menashe,” withi…

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“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 weekend. The film reaped the benefits of Nola…

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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, “War for the Planet of the Apes” got off to a strong start with USDRead More

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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 the industry were debating if SMH had a shot at cracking the USD $100…

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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 and a low budget car chase thriller to return us up the boxoffi…

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Boy Power Can’t Save Transformers From Franchise Low Debut as the Minions Loom on the Box Office Horizon. This Week at the Box Office.

“Transformers: The Last Knight” launched to a tepid USD $69 million 5 day tally (USD $45 million 3 day), which was by far the lowest debut for any of the entries in the franchise (with two more sequels still to come). What is good news for Paramount was the film’s estimate crept northward as theRead…

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“Cars 3” Outduels Another Incredible “Wonder Woman” Hold to Take The Grand Prix of Hollywood But “Transformers” is (Optimus) Primed to Lay Claim to the Box Office Throne. This Coming Weekend at the Box Office.

Sure it was the lowest opening of any of the franchise’s three outings but Disney/Pixar’s “Cars 3” still managed to use its pole position to grab the lead on Friday night that it never relinquished, despite yet another glittering hold from Gal Gadot and the rest of the Amazons. “Cars 3” sped to a US…