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Second-Guessing The 2020 Box Office Doomsayers

Second-Guessing The 2020 Box Office Doomsayers

It’s feast or famine when prognosticators look at box office prospects. In 2019, everyone saw a calendar year bursting with sure-fire billion dollar grosses like “Avengers: EndGame,” “Frozen II,” “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” and “Toy Story 4.” They all but guaranteed movies would set an all-ti…

Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite"

Marketing Around the Land Mines of Spoilers

“Would you like to open the black box with me, madame?” says a mischievous young woman in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. Wait-a-minute – don’t tell me what happens next! Although I won’t see your movie unless you do. That’s the compelling paradox of movie marketing in the age of chatty social media, fair-…

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…

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…

All the Money In The World Posters

Sony Wastes No Time In Re-Marketing “All The Money In The World” After Ditching Kevin Spacey

On November 8th filmmaker Ridley Scott announced he had chosen to replace Kevin Spacey in his next film “All the Money in the World” with the 87-year-old Christopher Plummer, the actor he had always wanted to cast in the role of billionaire J. Paul Getty. This came after multiple accusations against…

The Star Justice League Wonder posters

“Ragnarok” N’ Roll. “Thor” Hammers Home 2nd Weekend $56 Mil Win. Now a Certain Justice League Awaits. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

Daddypalooza holds off Poirot’s little grey cells to grab the place position with $30 million. First off, thanks for Patrick and Sperling for their help with the column last week while I was off in the wilds of the San Bernadino Mountains. Also, thank you to all the veterans on both sides of the Atl…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Why Disney Can Demand 65% of Box Office for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

Just when North American cinema operators looked forward to having blockbuster films like “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” come along and boost a box office that has sagged in the second half of 2017, along comes Disney to squash any such dreams. Make no mistake, it’s not that these f…

“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…