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The Little Mermaid Disney’s live-action remake debuted with $95.5M for the three-day opening, falling short of joining the club of $100M openers. Compared to other notable Disney remakes and reimaginings, it opened below some films it was expected to match...

Saturday Update: Disney's Little Mermaid remake is living up to most pre-release expectations with a reported $38 million opening day domestically, including Wednesday's $850K from early access shows and Thursday's remaining $9.45 million of total previews entering the true weekend.

Universal’s action sequel Fast X debuted with $251.5M overseas and $318.5M globally this past weekend. That global opening is: -40% below 2017’s The Fate of the Furious ($532M) -17% below 2015’s Furious 7 ($384M) +78% above 2019’s spinoff Fast & Furious...

Fast X Universal’s action sequel revved up to a $67.5M in first place, but behind the debuts of the past half dozen installments in the “main” franchise. -3% below 2021’s F9 ($70.0M)  -31% below 2017’s The Fate of the Furious...

Saturday Update: Universal reports that Fast X earned $28.0 million from its domestic opening day Friday, inclusive of Thursday's $7.5 million preview earnings mentioned below.

The four John Wick films, the R-rated action thriller franchise starring Keanu Reeves and directed by Chad Stahelski, surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, Lionsgate announced Friday. The four films’ totals have perpetually increased: 2014’s John Wick = $87.7M globally,...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Last weekend, the Disney and Marvel Studios superhero sequel debuted with $118.4M. While that was +25% above 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3M), it started -19% below 2017’s sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...

Saturday Update: Disney reports that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 posted $15.7 million on Friday, bringing its eight-day domestic haul to $168.4 million and setting pace for a second weekend that could top $60 million.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Disney and Marvel Studios superhero sequel debuted with $114.0M. That’s in the middle of Boxoffice PRO’s pre-release projection, which was in the $105M to $125M range. It’s +20% above 2014’s Guardians of the...

Saturday Update: Disney updates today that Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 earned $48.2 million domestically on Friday, inclusive of Thursday's $17.5 million previews.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Weekend Universal’s animated video game adaptation easily repeated in first place, declining only -33% to $40.0M, the #7 fourth weekend of all time. It had previously earned the: #32 “traditional” three-day opening weekend of all...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Weekend Universal’s animated video game adaptation easily repeats in first place with $58.2M, the #7 third weekend of all time. It had previously earned the: #32 “traditional” three-day opening weekend of all time ($146.3M) #17...