News & Analysis

Saturday Update: The transition from television to the big screen is a runaway success for Downton Abbey as the film is shattering expectations with what looks to be a $30-35 million+ opening weekend in North America.

Sunday Update: The horror sequel repeated on top, but the second place crime comedy opened at the highest ends of expectations — and potentially set up a rise to first place next frame. Warner Bros.’ It: Chapter Two fell -56.5% in its sophomore...

Saturday Update: STX reports Hustlers was the #1 film at the domestic box office on Friday with an estimated $13.1 million opening day, including Thursday night's previously reported $2.5 million start.

Sunday Update: Warner Bros. horror sequel It Chapter Two wasn’t clowning around, with a $91.0M opening to top the box office. That’s -26.2% behind its predecessor’s September 2017 debut, although the comparison is a little unfair. The predecessor came in far above expectations,...

Saturday Update: Warner Bros. reports It: Chapter Two scared up a strong $37.4 million opening domestically on Friday. That claims the second highest opening day ever for a horror release, topping last year's Halloween ($33.1 million) and trailing the standing...

'It Chapter Two' hopes to potentially break the record for biggest global opening for a horror movie.

Tuesday Update:  Lionsgate’s action sequel Angel Has Fallen repeated atop the box office with $15.3M over the Friday-to-Monday four-day Labor Day weekend. As expected with no new major wide releases, the box office had one of its worst weekends of the year....

Saturday Report: Lionsgate's Angel Has Fallen added $2.886 million on Friday for an updated domestic haul of $32 million through eight days of release as it looks to win its second consecutive weekend at the box office. Meanwhile, Good Boys...

Social Media Snapshot – Monday, August 19 to Sunday, August 25 The past week was dominated by news coming out of the Disney D23 Expo, where Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reigned supreme over the upcoming films on the...

Monday Update: Lionsgate’s action sequel Angel Has Fallen did anything but fall, exceeding even the most optimistic pre-release projections with a $21.3M opening. That’s -1.1% off from the $21.6M opening of previous installment London Has Fallen.  Last weekend’s leader, Universal’s R-rated comedy Good Boys, took...

Saturday Update: Lionsgate reports this morning that Angel Has Fallen came in slightly ahead of expectations with an estimated $7.9 million opening day Friday, inclusive of Thursday's $1.5 million sneaks. That Friday figure beats its predecessor's $7.54 million first day,...

Social Media Snapshot – Monday August 12 to Sunday August 18 New trailers from Little Women and Last Christmas were the biggest news on Twitter and Facebook while Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker continued its domination of Instagram. IT:...