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“Winchester” Fails to Blow Away Competition as “Jumanji” Returns to the Medal Platform for Yet Another Weekly Win. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP First, a little background. Super Bowl weekend used to be a box office wasteland, a cinematic version of Chernobyl West. Studios believed that moviegoers were too busy either planning or attending Super Bowl parties and stayed away from the first weekend in February as if it had choler…

Maze Runner Dethrones Jumanji, But Does It Mark The End of YA Adaptations? This Weekend at the Box Office

WEEKEND RECAP All good things must come to an end, and few things have been as good to Sony Pictures as the re-boot of “Jumanji,” which has exceed even the wildest expectations of the guys and gals in Culver City. “Star Wars: the Last Jedi” may technically have won the Decemb…

An Entire Den of Thieves and Hemsworth on Horseback Still Can’t Stop the Jumanji Express. The Rock Rolls to Another Weekly Win. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

WEEKEND RECAP Although a pair of new openers put up a decent fight, alas it was Sony’s juggernaut, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle that proved to be King of the Jungle yet again this week, tallying USD $20.0 million and its third weekly win in a row per our friends at ComScore. The Rock’s BigRead Mor…

DEG U.S. Home Entertainment Consumer Spending By Format in 2017

CJ Analysis: U.S. Cinema Box Office Overtakes Home Video Purchasing

Cinema box office in the United States overtook home video retail spend in 2017 for the first time in over 20 years. Let the significance of this monumental shift sink in for a moment. Cinema, through theatrical releases, is effectively now bigger than any other stand-alone film consumption platform…

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…

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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…

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“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…