Spies in Disguise

This weekend, North American moviegoers veered from outright fantasy to historical reality, crowning Universal’s 1917 the box office champion over Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which fell out of the No. 1 spot for the first time. The Sam...

As per usual on the first weekend of a new year, the North American box office was light on newcomers—only Sony’s remake of The Grudge debuted wide—and dominated by holdovers, a list that this time included Star Wars: The Rise...

Rise Falls Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dropped -59.1% in its sophomore frame — still winning the box office by a lot, but falling short of essentially all weekend projections. Weekend projections had it earning around $82M to $96M. Instead, it...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker predictably continued its run as top dog at the box office in the final weekend of 2019, bringing in an estimated $72 million in its sophomore frame. Nonetheless, audiences enjoying their winter break spread...

Saturday Update: Disney reports this morning that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted another $26.234 million on Friday, bringing its eight-day domestic haul to $316 million.

Post-Christmas Update: As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continues to lead the domestic box office by significant margins, its potential second weekend is coming into better view as the holiday corridor plays out. Through Wednesday, the pic had earned...

This week's long range report closes out 2019 with an early look at the year's final wide releases currently on the schedule. Both will open on Christmas Day (a Wednesday this year).

This week's update will be brief and unlike the typical update as our report moves into the post-Thanksgiving weekend corridor -- a time largely avoided by most major studios and/or major releases as moviegoers come down from a slew of...