Cruella

Boosted by the opening of Universal’s action sequel F9, the North American box office reached $1 billion on Sunday and is currently standing around $1.003 billion total. That’s a critical benchmark as the exhibition industry recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic....

This weekend, the North American box office hit a higher gear. F9, the tenth film in the long-running Fast & Furious franchise, won the top spot at the box office with an estimated $70M from a pandemic-record 4,179 locations over...

Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II returned to the No. 1 spot this weekend ahead of new releases In the Heights and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway — a surprising result given that the former title had been widely expected...

This weekend could rightly be called the Battle of the Horror Sequels, as newcomer The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It faces off with previous champ A Quiet Place Part II, which wowed with a pandemic-best $47.55M 3-day and...

Last weekend proved that the domestic box office is well on its way toward greater recovery as Paramount's A Quiet Place Part II delivered a pandemic record opening which happened to be in the ballpark of its own predecessor's 2018...

This week on the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Shawn Robbins, and Rebecca Pahle break down the Memorial Day box office haul—which represents a high point for domestic exhibition since the start of the pandemic, with A Quiet Place Part...

#1: Theatrical exclusivity is key What accounts for the discrepancy in earnings between Memorial Day weekend’s two major theatrical debuts? Theatrical exclusivity. Paramount’s science-fiction horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II played exclusively in cinemas, where it will remain for 45...

The summer movie season is here, welcoming mass audiences back to the movies and launching a recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for the domestic box office.  The weekend’s debut of Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella introduced...

Summer box office is back. Paramount reports A Quiet Place Part II thrilled domestic audiences to the tune of $19.3 million on Friday, a new pandemic record.

The long, and seemingly interminable, road toward the next phase of box office recovery is finally at the feet of an industry which has worked tirelessly over the past 14 months to wage the pandemic war and safely welcome audiences...

After a 2020 theatrical summer movie season we’d rather forget, summer 2021 should be one to remember. Starting in earnest on Memorial Day weekend, releases in late May and June aim to pack audiences into cinemas. A new survey from...

For the umpteenth time during the pandemic, no major studio releases are on deck for the domestic market this weekend. The good news: if nothing significant changes on this year's remaining calendar, it will be the last time that happens...