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Chinese Cinemas Continue Strong Growth in First Half of 2018

The Chinese cinema industry has seen strong growth figures in the first six month of 2018 – with one critical exception. Box office growth was mainly driven by local titles, while the pace of opening new cinemas showed little sign of slowing down, based on figures released by the National Film…

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“Avengers: Infinity War” Pushes Past $1 Billion Globally As “Deadpool” and “Solo” Loom. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP The death of cinema has officially been postponed, with “Avengers: Infinity War” pushing past USD $1 billion globally in a record 11 days, one day faster than Disney stable mate “Star Wars: the Force Awakens”. This is all the more amazing because it was achieved…

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“Avengers: Infinity War” Has Marvel-ous Debut Blasting Past Numerous Records. This Weekend At The Box Office.

Some of you may have noticed our usual box office post wasn’t published last week as we made our way to CinemaCon in Las Vegas. For those of you who came up to us in the hallways at Caesars Palace to ask about the absence of the weekly column, we thank you for caring enoughRead More

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Stuff To Be Got Out of The Way Before “Avengers: Infinity War” Descends. This Weekend At The Box Office

WEEKEND RECAP Hold your horsies, it’s not time for “Avengers: Infinite Box Office” just yet. Yes, the Marvel marvel is tracking off the charts in terms of ticket pre-sales, but we have another week’s wort of new openings as well solid results from current releases first. Reme…

How Women Will Decide Hollywood’s Fate This Summer

As I sit here writing this column on April 15th Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire currently has 66 trails open for skiing. What in the world does this fact have to do with a summer movie boxoffice column? Excellent question. I bring this up because, despite what skiers in the Granite State or basebal…

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“A Quiet Place” Roars With $50 Million Take, But There’s “Rampage” Ahead. This Weekend at the Box Office

WEEKEND RECAP It was a rare weekend of both quantifiable quality and muchos mullah at the box office. Of the new films, four out of five scored 80% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes, with “A Quiet Place” posting an astonishing 97% and a B+ Cinemascore. It was even 100%, at least until half a…

A Quiet Place, Blockers, Chappaquiddick

“Ready Player One” Scores $53.2 Million Domestic Opening While “Pacific Rim” Sinks. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Our first week without Jim Amos to handle our weekly box office column and yours truly drew the short straw in trying to fill his big shoes. We not only hope to live up to the high bar Mr. Amos managed to set, but iterate the column additional resources of value to our readers. Don’tRead More

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Pacific Rim Uprising Powers Past the Panther With $28 Million Debut. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Before we get into what happened this weekend I’d just like to let everyone know that this will be my last Sunday preview/recap column for Celluloid Junkie. My Scout 53 consulting business has rapidly expanded and my available bandwidth for the column has been shrinking as of late. Thanks to everyon…

2018 Summer Movie Preview

It’s that time of year again. Time to take a look at what Hollywood has to offer moviegoers this summer movie season in our Celluloid Junkie 2018 Summer Movie Preview. But first a few notes. Despite what the calendar indicates, summer this year starts officially on April 27 with “Infinity War…

Panther Power Rules the Boxoffice Yet Again, Adding $27 million to its Massive Take. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

WEEKEND RECAP For the fifth consecutive weekend, Marvel’s “Black Panther” found itself perched atop the boxoffice charts, tallying USD $27 million and easily defeating newcomer “Tomb Raider”’s $23 million. Panther is now up to a gargantuan USD $605 million domestic and USD $…