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Universal claimed both the top two spots at the box office this weekend, as Split led for the second consecutive frame with an estimated $26.3 million. The horror thriller declined an estimated 34.3 percent from its impressive debut last weekend, a...

Saturday Update: For the first time since the fourth and fifth weekends of 2002’s Signs, M. Night Shyamalan will reign atop the box office for a second consecutive weekend. Split grabbed another $7.9 million yesterday — down just 46 percent from last Friday’s opening day, a...

Universal’s horror thriller Split posted one of the most surprising box office performances in months this weekend, with a $40.01 million opening weekend coming well ahead of many of the most optimistic projections. Paramount’s action sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage...

This week on BoxOffice Trailer Throw Down! we have mutants, super heroes, kings, killer co-workers, and at least two trailers with children falling down. Kind of a weird thing to notice but see how many you can spot. Here are...

Universal’s Split exceeded even the most optimistic pre-release expectations with a first place debut of an estimated $40.19 million. The horror thriller surpassed its highest projections, as the most that anybody on the prediction site Box Office Theory projected for the film was...

Saturday Update: M. Night Shyamalan’s Split amassed a stellar $14.6 million opening day on Friday (including Thursday evening’s $2.0 million), far surpassing industry and studio expectations as the second straight successful launch from the pairing of Shyamalan and low-budget horror producer Jason Blum....

This week we have buddy cops, zombie kids, an anthology of horrors, scottish golfers, and even…A MYSTERY TRAILER! Not for a mystery movie, I mean more like we don’t know what movie it is even for. Yeah, you get it....

The company’s official press release: LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 19, 2017 – M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller “Split” is bringing the crazy at the top of Fandango’s movie buzz indicator Fanticipation with 79 out of 100 points, and leading Fandango’s...

Leading the box office for the second consecutive week was Fox’s Hidden Figures, with a $27.50 million four-day Martin Luther King weekend. Universal’s Sing took second place with $19.02 million, and Lionsgate’s award winner La La Land rose to its highest rank yet...

Fox’s Hidden Figures led the box office for the second consecutive weekend, winning the four-day Martin Luther King holiday with an estimated $26.0 million. [A fuller analysis of the weekend numbers can be found through our Sunday studio weekend estimates recap...

In what many expected to be a much closer race, Fox’s Hidden Figures led the box office for a second consecutive frame with an estimated $20.45 million three-day weekend, while the film anticipated to be its main competitor came in...

Saturday Update: One of the most jam-packed weekends in recent memory boasted a few surprises and otherwise expected results on Friday. Hidden Figures again claimed the top spot with $5.525 million as it expanded to 3,286 locations after last week’s strong debut....