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“It” Edges Out Cruise and Kinsgman for Another Weekly Win, While “Flatliners” Suffers Cardiac Arrest. This Week at the Box Office.

Much like Flounder in “Animal House” rubbing his hands together near the end of the movie and screaming, “This is gonna be great!,” it’s always amusing to watch the game of high stakes studio chess when we have weekends like this one where there’s a battle for the top spot at the box office. AndRead…

Box Office - American Made, Battle of the Sexes, Flatliners

“Kingsman” and “LEGO” Take a Knee on Their Way to Middling Openings While the “It” Express Keeps On Rolling. This Week at the Box Office.

Well September certainly has provided more thrills and chills than a Six Flags roller coaster, hasn’t it? During the first week of the month there were unconfirmed rumors of tumbleweeds blowing through multiplexes, then “It” charged onto the scene like bulls in Pamplona on the second weekend leaving…

"Wonder Woman" Gal Gaddot. (image: Warner Bros)

Is 2017 The Year of The Woman in Hollywood?

By Boyd Falconer, PhD and Jim Amos Sometimes we pull a muscle patting ourselves on the back when even the smallest amount of change occurs. Lost two pounds in six months? Yes, let’s celebrate with ravioli. Managed to clean half the garage? That calls for a nap. 2017 is being heralded as The Yea…

“It” Blitzes Competition With $60 Million Second Stanza While JLaw’s “mother!” Flunks Out. Now Can “It” Threepeat? This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

To quote the great Peter Noone, second verse same as the first. WB/NL’s “It” easily romped to the top of the boxoffice again this weekend, scoring a massive USD $60 million in ticket sales in North America alone, propelling it to $218 million overall here in the States, which by the way makes it the…

American Assasin Mother! Brad's Status posters

Alive! “It” is ALIVE!!! Creepy Clown Obliterates Boxoffice Records Galore as Moviegoers Prove It’s The Quality, Stupid! This Week at the Boxoffice.

Just when we needed it most, “It” gelled up the cardiac defibrillator paddles, yelled “clear!”, and proceeded to provide a desperately needed 300 joule jolt to the domestic boxoffice system with a monumental USD $117 million opening here in North America. The list of records that the film adaptation…

"You think you’ve seen scary clowns?" (photo: WB)

Moviegoers Turn the Page on Frightful Summer 2017 as a Killer Clown Arrives to Kickstart Fall in Style. How High Can “It” Go? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Back in November 1980, boxer Roberto Duran famously uttered the phrase, “no mas, no mas!”, thereby ending his historic bout with the great Sugar Ray Leonard. Moviegoers have one thing to say to you, Manos de Pietra. We feel your pain. Labor Day here in the U.S. brought Bummer Summer 2017 mercifully…

“It” Countdown Officially Begins After Latest Weekend Box Office Debacle. Hang in There Everyone, T Minus 11 Days and Counting. This Week at the Box Office.

Oh sure, the Mayweather/McGregor fight took a bite out of the boxoffice this weekend and Hurricane Harvey did a number on theatres in Texas but let’s be clear, the main culprit in yet another calamitous weekend at your local multiplex was a collection of new titles that would normally be found on sc…

“Hitman’s Bodyguard” Topples Unlucky Soderbergh on Yet Another Listless Weekend at the Movies. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Death, where is thy sting? Another weekend, another new low and yet another 30% tumble at the boxoffice. As painful as it is to analyze, here we go. Well so much for noble experiments. Much was made over the past few months about the revolutionary marketing and distribution blueprint from the mind o…

Logan Lucky Hitman's Bodyguard posters

“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…

1939 Hollywood top movies collage (image: Celluloid Junkie)

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 plethora of titles vying for Academy votes descend upon multiplexes…