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‘Train’-ing day Sony Pictures’ R-rated action-comedy Bullet Train was on the right track with a $30.1M debut, in line with pre-release projections. [Read Boxoffice PRO’s interview with director David Leitch here.] Compared to other comparable R-rated action comedies of recent...

Warner Bros.’ DC League of Super-Pets topped the domestic box office with a $23 million opening weekend from 4,314 locations. A total of 64 overseas markets contributed $18.4 million to the film’s $41.4 million global debut. Top overseas openers include...

Audience A-Peele Universal’s sci-fi horror-thriller Nope began with $44.0M, helping Universal exceed the $1B mark domestically for 2022 – the second distributor to do so this year, after Paramount. It’s the top debut for an original screenplay since writer-director Jordan...

If I had a hammer Last frame, Disney and Marvel Studios’ superhero sequel Thor: Love and Thunder began with $144.1M, the #30 opening weekend of all time. This frame, it falls -68% to $46.0M, the #75 second weekend of all...

Millions for Mjölnir Disney and Marvel Studios’ superhero sequel Thor: Love and Thunder lit up the sky with the best opening among all four Thor films: $143M domestic plus $159M overseas, for a $302M global bow. Domestically, that’s the: #30...

Disney and Marvel Studios’ superhero sequel Thor: Love and Thunder started with $29M in Thursday domestic preview grosses, tied for 13th all time and ranking #2 of 2022. Overseas, Thunder opened in 25 more markets on Thursday after first opening in 17 on...

CineEurope’s 2022 Technical Achievement Award honored premium cinema technology format Cinity alongside Fu Ruoqing, vice-chairman and general manager of China Film Group, marking an important milestone for the expansion of the Cinity cinema system. ahead of the theatrical release of...

Thor: Love and Thunder took a $15.7 million opening day haul from its first batch of overseas markets yesterday, opening across 17 territories including Germany, Italy, Australia, and South Korea. Disney estimates the opening day results across those markets fall...

Yellow = green Universal / Illumination’s animated sequel Minions: The Rise of Gru proved that kids and families just never tire of those gibberish-speaking yellow creatures. The fifth in the Despicable Me franchise debuted with a projected $108.5M three-day opening...

Monday Update: In the final Monday “actual” numbers, Elvis ($31.2M) took the box office lead. Top Gun: Maverick earned $29.6M. The two films’ Sunday studio estimates, from Warner Bros. and Paramount respectively, were originally tied at $30.5M. However, Elvis slightly...

Still flying like a pterodactyl Last frame, Universal’s sci-fi thriller sequel Jurassic World: Dominion earned the #29 opening weekend of all time, between 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M) and 2009’s Twilight: New Moon ($142.8M). It also debuted...

Dino-Might Universal’s sci-fi thriller sequel Jurassic World: Dominion stomped on the box office with a projected $143.3M debut. That’s the #29 opening weekend of all time, between 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M) and 2009’s Twilight: New Moon...