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The Croods: A New Age was a breath of fresh air at North American movie theaters this weekend, grossing an estimated $14.22 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame and $9.71 million from Friday-Sunday on 2,221 screens. If the latter figure...

Universal updates this morning with an early weekend estimate of $9.73 million for the three-day frame, part of an overall estimated $14.23 million five-day domestic opening for The Croods: A New Age. Globally, the studio projects a $35.83 million total...

Following last week's announcement that the studio will be distributing Wonder Woman 1984 as part of a hybrid day-and-date strategy with theaters and a streaming option in the United States on Christmas Day, Warner Bros. this morning confirmed its theatrical...

A little-noticed milestone was achieved at the theatrical box office this weekend: $2 billion in North American ticket sales. For the prior three years, the $2 billion threshold was reached in early-to-mid March. In 2019 it came in mid-March, on...

Freaky, the Universal body swap horror-comedy that topped the box office last weekend, again finished at No. 1 over a quiet pre-Thanksgiving frame that saw a dearth of major new studio releases. Grossing an estimated $1.2 million in its second...

Warner Bros.’ long-delayed Wonder Woman 1984 will open simultaneously on domestic cinema and television screens on Christmas Day, the highest-profile studio film to ever break the theatrical exclusivity window. The film’s overseas theatrical release will begin a week earlier, on...

Cinemark, the third-largest cinema circuit in North America, will be instituting a shortened theatrical exclusivity window for Universal titles. The Texas-based chain is now the second major circuit to announce a shortened window with Universal, following rival AMC’s earlier move...

Universal’s body swap horror-comedy Freaky failed to break the curse of sub-$5 million openings at the domestic box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $3.7 million from 2,472 theaters – still good enough for No. 1, but considerably less than...

Focus Features accomplished a rare distinction at this weekend’s box office by winning both the the gold and silver medals, as Let Him Go opened atop the chart with $4.00 million and last frame’s leader Come Play took runner-up with...

Last weekend, Focus Features had the No. 1 film in North America with horror newbie Come Play, which opened to $3.15 million over the Halloween frame. This weekend, the studio enjoyed its second No. 1 film in a row with...

Focus Features’ horror title Come Play finished its first frame atop the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $3.15 million from 2,183 screens, a welcome result in an otherwise frightening week for exhibitors. Concerns are brewing at home and abroad...

Japan’s animated Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinite Train set a new opening weekend record for the country on the October 16 frame, with $43.8 million. But would the phenomenon fall fast, or prove longlasting? Turns out the latter. On the...