
'Practical Magic 2' conjures a No. 1 box office debut with $30 million
Read full article: 'Practical Magic 2' conjures a No. 1 box office debut with $30 millionāPractical Magic 2ā conjures a box-office victory this weekend, topping the North American charts nearly three decades after its predecessor.

āThe Odysseyā earns $87M in its second weekend, Christopher Nolanās best second weekend yet
Read full article: āThe Odysseyā earns $87M in its second weekend, Christopher Nolanās best second weekend yetāThe Odysseyā continues to captivate audiences in its second weekend, raking in $87 million in North American theaters.

Disney's live-action 'Moana' crashes to shore with an underwhelming splash at the box office
Read full article: Disney's live-action 'Moana' crashes to shore with an underwhelming splash at the box officeDisney's live-action āMoanaā may be the top movie at the box office, but it didn't make a big splash in its first weekend.

Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' opens No. 1, while 'Obsession' sensation continues
Read full article: Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' opens No. 1, while 'Obsession' sensation continuesSteven Spielbergās āDisclosure Day,ā billed as his first popcorn movie in years, launched with $44 million in domestic theaters.

āThe Devil Wears Pradaā struts to first place with $77 million debut
Read full article: āThe Devil Wears Pradaā struts to first place with $77 million debutStudio estimates on Sunday say "The Devil Wears Prada 2" has topped the box office with $77 million in the U.S. and Canada and $156.6 million internationally.

āLee Croninās The Mummyā is no match for āSuper Marioā or āHail Maryā at the box office
Read full article: āLee Croninās The Mummyā is no match for āSuper Marioā or āHail Maryā at the box officeāThe Super Mario Galaxy Movieā and āProject Hail Maryā continue to lead the North American box office.

Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time
Read full article: Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a timeAs āThe Super Mario Galaxy Movieā lands in theaters, coloring stations, collectible popcorn containers and mascot Marios are all in place to entice arguably the most prized moviegoers to Hollywood today.

'Project Hail Mary' adds to a winning streak for originality at the movies
Read full article: 'Project Hail Mary' adds to a winning streak for originality at the moviesFranchise movies have been the dominant currency in Hollywood for years, but, lately, the upside of originality has been hard to miss.

Powered by women, āWuthering Heightsā digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut
Read full article: Powered by women, āWuthering Heightsā digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debutEmerald Fennellās new āWuthering Heightsā has opened in first place at the North American box office.

Box Office: ā28 Years Later: The Bone Templeā opens behind āAvatar: Fire and Ashā
Read full article: Box Office: ā28 Years Later: The Bone Templeā opens behind āAvatar: Fire and AshāJames Cameronās āAvatar: Fire and Ashā continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales.

'Avatar' and 'Marty Supreme' propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood
Read full article: 'Avatar' and 'Marty Supreme' propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for HollywoodHollywood has wrapped up a turbulent 2025 with big ticket sales for āAvatar: Fire and Ashā and āMarty Supreme."

Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challenge
Read full article: Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challengeFaith-based films are gaining traction in Hollywood, with recent successes sparking renewed interest.

Bad reviews didnāt scare off the āFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā audience. It even broke a record
Read full article: Bad reviews didnāt scare off the āFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā audience. It even broke a recordāFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā is dominating the box office in its opening weekend in North America.

āRegretting Youā and āBlack Phone 2ā neck-in-neck on slow Halloween box office weekend
Read full article: āRegretting Youā and āBlack Phone 2ā neck-in-neck on slow Halloween box office weekendThe movie exhibition business is wrapping up one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend.

Taylor Swift's 'The Official Release Party of a Show Girl' debuts at No. 1 with $33 million
Read full article: Taylor Swift's 'The Official Release Party of a Show Girl' debuts at No. 1 with $33 millionTaylor Swift's new film, āThe Official Release Party of a Show Girl,ā has topped the weekend box office with $33 million in North America.

āDemon Slayer: Infinity Castleā opens to $70M, biggest anime debut to claim top box office spot
Read full article: āDemon Slayer: Infinity Castleā opens to $70M, biggest anime debut to claim top box office spotāDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ā Infinity Castleā carved out a place in box office history this weekend, slicing straight to No_ 1 to outpace the horror sequel āThe Conjuring: Last Rites.ā.

'KPop Demon Hunters' gives Netflix its first box-office win
Read full article: 'KPop Demon Hunters' gives Netflix its first box-office winRival studios on Sunday estimated that the Netflix film, āKPop Demon Huntersā led all films in the box office this weekend with $16-18 million in ticket sales.

āWeaponsā maintains top spot in second weekend, scaring off newcomer āNobody 2ā
Read full article: āWeaponsā maintains top spot in second weekend, scaring off newcomer āNobody 2āāWeaponsā scared its way to the top during its debut last weekend and stayed there, beating out āFreakier Fridayā for a second time and the newcomer action movie āNobody 2.ā.

āWeaponsā horror film scores a box office victory
Read full article: āWeaponsā horror film scores a box office victoryZach Creggerās highly anticipated horror film, āWeapons,ā and Disneyās sequel comedy, āFreakier Friday,ā helped prove that horror and humor can thrive at the box office.

āHow to Train Your Dragonā soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating āLilo & Stitchā
Read full article: āHow to Train Your Dragonā soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating āLilo & StitchāāHow to Train Your Dragonā took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth.

āLilo & Stitchā team with Tom Cruise and āMission Impossibleā for a monster Memorial Day weekend
Read full article: āLilo & Stitchā team with Tom Cruise and āMission Impossibleā for a monster Memorial Day weekendāLilo & Stitchā is teaming with Tom Cruise for what may be a record-breaking Memorial Day box office weekend.

This summer at the movies, superheroes, from āSupermanā to āFantastic Four,ā return
Read full article: This summer at the movies, superheroes, from āSupermanā to āFantastic Four,ā returnSuperheroes are back in a big way this summer at the movies, with big offerings from both DC and Marvel.

Stathamās 'A Working Manā upsets āSnow Whiteā to take No. 1 at the box office
Read full article: Stathamās 'A Working Manā upsets āSnow Whiteā to take No. 1 at the box officeIn an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller āA Working Manā has taken the No_ 1 spot at the box office, besting the rapidly declining performance of āSnow White.ā.

Keke Palmer comedy āOne of Them Daysā and āMufasaā in close race for No. 1
Read full article: Keke Palmer comedy āOne of Them Daysā and āMufasaā in close race for No. 1The Keke Palmer buddy comedy āOne of Them Daysā has opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box office
Read full article: 'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box officeIn the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Picturesā āSonic the Hedgehog 3ā sped past the Walt Disney Co.ās āMufasa: The Lion Kingā to take the top spot at the box office.

āSmile 2ā grinning to No. 1 at box office while āAnoraā glitters in limited release
Read full article: āSmile 2ā grinning to No. 1 at box office while āAnoraā glitters in limited releaseHorror movies topped the domestic box office charts and the Oscar contender āAnoraā got off to a sparkling start this weekend.

'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box office
Read full article: 'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box officeFrancis Ford Coppolaās decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic āMegalopolisā flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film āThe Wild Robotā soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.

āDeadpoolā tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekend
Read full article: āDeadpoolā tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekendāDeadpool & Wolverine" ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.

āDeadpoolā and āAlienā top charts again as āBlink Twiceā sees quiet opening
Read full article: āDeadpoolā and āAlienā top charts again as āBlink Twiceā sees quiet openingāDeadpool & Wolverine," āAlien: Romulusā and āIt Ends With Usā topped the charts again at the box office, outperforming new releases like āBlink Twiceā and āThe Crow.ā.

A quiet weekend at the box office, with āThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boosts
Read full article: A quiet weekend at the box office, with āThe Beekeeper' on top and some Oscar boostsHoldovers and Oscar hopefuls dominated the North American box office charts this weekend in the absence of any new wide releases.

Weekend box office results are muted without āDune: Part Twoā
Read full article: Weekend box office results are muted without āDune: Part TwoāUniversal and Blumhouse's video game adaptation āFive Nights at Freddy'sā topped the North American box office in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Taylor Swiftās āThe Eras Tourā dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film record
Read full article: Taylor Swiftās āThe Eras Tourā dances to No. 1 at the box office, eyeing 'Joker' film recordMovie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country.

'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million opening
Read full article: 'The Exorcist: Believer' takes possession of box office with $27.2 million openingāThe Exorcist: Believerā took possession of the weekend box office with a North American opening of $27.2 million.

āExpend4blesā opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box office
Read full article: āExpend4blesā opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box officeSylvester Stallone and Jason Statham werenāt enough to save āExpend4blesā from a debut box office flop.

The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerās most online movie showdown
Read full article: The story behind Barbenheimer, the summerās most online movie showdownThe very online showdown between Greta Gerwigās āBarbieā and Christopher Nolanās āOppenheimerā all started with a date: July 21.

Indiana Jonesā box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Read full article: Indiana Jonesā box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North AmericaMoviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Fordās archaeologist character in āIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.ā.

'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office again
Read full article: 'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office againSeveral new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller.

āMarioā tops charts again; āBeau is Afraidā wins in limited
Read full article: āMarioā tops charts again; āBeau is Afraidā wins in limitedāThe Super Mario Bros. Movieā scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales

āMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box office
Read full article: āMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box officeThe third installment in the āMagic Mikeā series danced its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with a James Cameron double header, āAvatar: The Way of Waterā and āTitanicā (yes that āTitanicā), looming close behind.

āAvatar 2,ā āM3GANā hold onto top spots at the box office
Read full article: āAvatar 2,ā āM3GANā hold onto top spots at the box officeNew movies like āPlaneā and āHouse Partyā were no match for āAvatar: The Way of Waterā and the killer doll horror āM3GANā at the box office this weekend.

āSonic 2ā steals weekend box office, but āAmbulanceā stalls
Read full article: āSonic 2ā steals weekend box office, but āAmbulanceā stallsāSonic the Hedgehog 2ā sped to the top of the charts in its opening weekend, earning an impressive $71 million according to studio estimates Sunday.

Disneyās 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekend
Read full article: Disneyās 'Eternals' tops domestic box office for 2nd weekendDisney and Marvelās āEternalsā fell 61% in its second weekend in theaters, but itās still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like āClifford the Big Red Dog.ā.
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āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concerns
Read full article: āJungle Cruiseā sails atop box office despite COVID concernsDespite growing concerns over the delta variant, āJungle Cruiseā still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the filmās opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.
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āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office record
Read full article: āBlack Widowā soars to pandemic box office recordEven with an option to watch āBlack Widowā at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.
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āF9ā puts charge back into movie theaters with $70M opening
Read full article: āF9ā puts charge back into movie theaters with $70M openingIn the biggest sign yet that life is left in movie theaters, āF9ā sped to $70 million in its first weekend, the biggest pandemic-era opening for a film.
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āConjuring 3ā tops āA Quiet Place 2ā as moviegoing returns
Read full article: āConjuring 3ā tops āA Quiet Place 2ā as moviegoing returnsAfter its triumphant first weekend, āA Quiet Place Part IIā fell 59% at the North American box office leaving room for the third movie in the āConjuringā franchise to take first place.
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Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theaters
Read full article: Outlook not improving for beleaguered US movie theatersAbout three quarters of the countryās movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly. The faith-based āInfidel,ā which stars Jim Caviezel, did the best with $1.5 million from just over 1,700 theaters. Both played in under 500 theaters across the country and neither got much more than $200 per location. āThe Nestā earned an estimated $62,000 from 301 locations and āThe Secrets We Keepā brought in just under $90,000 from 471 theaters. Christopher Nolan's āTenetā has only earned $36.1 million from North American theaters to date.








































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