Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker News Stories News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Birds of Prey, Bad Boys for Life, 1917 Chris Eggertsen • Feb 9th With Sunday’s Oscars marking the official end of awards season, prestige fare is taking center stage this weekend — meaning you could consider Birds of Prey, the standalone film for Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, a sort of candy-coated counterprogramming. Unfortunately,... News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Bad Boys for Life, 1917, Gretel & Hansel, The Rhythm Section Chris Eggertsen • Feb 2nd With many moviegoers opting to stay in and watch the big game Sunday, Super Bowl weekend was unsurprisingly slow again this year, albeit with a healthy uptick from 2019 when Glass repeated at the top of the heap for a... News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Bad Boys for Life, 1917, The Gentlemen, The Turning Chris Eggertsen • Jan 26th Following Bad Boys for Life’s impressive $73 million four-day debut over the MLK weekend — a result that helped contribute to a five percent rise in the year-over-year box office to date — the Sony threequel remained at the top... News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: Bad Boys for Life Explodes w/ $62.1M 3-Day/$73.4M 4-Day Debut; Dolittle Brings in $22.5M/$30M While 1917 Battles to $22.1M/$27M Chris Eggertsen • Jan 19th Monday Update: Studio estimates keep rising for Universal’s action comedy sequel Bad Boys For Life. Saturday’s four-day projection was for the film to earn $63.5M over the four-day, then that estimate was upped to $68.1M on Sunday. Now that estimate now... News & Analysis MLK Weekend Estimates: Bad Boys for Life Targets 2nd Best Ever January Debut ($54M/$62M+ 3-Day/4-Day); Universal Fills Out Top 3 w/ Dolittle ($23M/$30M+) & 1917 ($21M/$25M+) Shawn Robbins • Jan 18th Saturday Update: Sony's Bad Boys for Life remains on a remarkable pace this weekend after a reported $23.5 million opening day, inclusive of Thursday's best-ever January preview earnings ($6.36 million). News & Analysis Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker To Reach $1B Globally This Week Jesse Rifkin • Jan 13th The World Better Prepare for When I’m a Billionaire Through Sunday, Disney’s sequel The Rise of Skywalker earned $478.2M domestic and $511.4M overseas, for a $989.6M global total. Although it fell slightly short of the billion-dollar mark, it looks to cross... News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: 1917 Dethrones Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($15.1M) w/ Powerful $36.5M Over Crowded Frame Chris Eggertsen • Jan 12th 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... News & Analysis Weekend Estimates: 1917 Soldiers Up Strong $36M+ Wide Start; Star Wars Adds $14M+; Like a Boss ($10M+), Just Mercy ($10M), & Underwater ($6M+) Round Out Openers Shawn Robbins • Jan 11th Saturday Update: Universal and filmmaker Sam Mendes have claimed the top spot at the domestic box office with 1917 as the Golden Globe-winning epic bowed to $13.97 million on Friday (including Thursday night previews), its first day of nationwide release. Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast: 1917 Tracking Surges on Golden Globe Wins, Could Break Out to $30-35M+ Wide Release Shawn Robbins • Jan 8th 2020 hits full throttle this weekend as four new releases -- two of them being wide expansions -- look to shake up the market with a dose of post-holiday offerings for a variety of audiences. News & Analysis Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Rise of Skywalker Threepeats as 2020 Beats 2019’s First Frame Jesse Rifkin • Jan 6th Who knows how the remaining 520 or so weekends will go at the box office, but the decade got off to a decent start. Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted a threepeat atop the box office with $34.5M.... News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: Holdovers Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($33.7M), Jumanji: The Next Level ($26.5M) & Little Women ($13.5M) Hold Steady; Newcomer The Grudge Debuts w/ $11.3M Chris Eggertsen • Jan 5th 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... News & Analysis Weekend Estimates: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($33M+), Jumanji: The Next Level ($25M+), & Little Women ($12.5M+) Lead Over The Grudge Reboot ($10M+) Shawn Robbins • Jan 4th Saturday Report: Disney again leads to kick off the new decade as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted $11 million on Friday, climbing to $428.1 million domestically after 15 days. The trilogy finale is currently pacing 11.5 percent behind... Load more stories
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Birds of Prey, Bad Boys for Life, 1917 Chris Eggertsen • Feb 9th With Sunday’s Oscars marking the official end of awards season, prestige fare is taking center stage this weekend — meaning you could consider Birds of Prey, the standalone film for Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, a sort of candy-coated counterprogramming. Unfortunately,...
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Bad Boys for Life, 1917, Gretel & Hansel, The Rhythm Section Chris Eggertsen • Feb 2nd With many moviegoers opting to stay in and watch the big game Sunday, Super Bowl weekend was unsurprisingly slow again this year, albeit with a healthy uptick from 2019 when Glass repeated at the top of the heap for a...
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Bad Boys for Life, 1917, The Gentlemen, The Turning Chris Eggertsen • Jan 26th Following Bad Boys for Life’s impressive $73 million four-day debut over the MLK weekend — a result that helped contribute to a five percent rise in the year-over-year box office to date — the Sony threequel remained at the top...
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: Bad Boys for Life Explodes w/ $62.1M 3-Day/$73.4M 4-Day Debut; Dolittle Brings in $22.5M/$30M While 1917 Battles to $22.1M/$27M Chris Eggertsen • Jan 19th Monday Update: Studio estimates keep rising for Universal’s action comedy sequel Bad Boys For Life. Saturday’s four-day projection was for the film to earn $63.5M over the four-day, then that estimate was upped to $68.1M on Sunday. Now that estimate now...
News & Analysis MLK Weekend Estimates: Bad Boys for Life Targets 2nd Best Ever January Debut ($54M/$62M+ 3-Day/4-Day); Universal Fills Out Top 3 w/ Dolittle ($23M/$30M+) & 1917 ($21M/$25M+) Shawn Robbins • Jan 18th Saturday Update: Sony's Bad Boys for Life remains on a remarkable pace this weekend after a reported $23.5 million opening day, inclusive of Thursday's best-ever January preview earnings ($6.36 million).
News & Analysis Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker To Reach $1B Globally This Week Jesse Rifkin • Jan 13th The World Better Prepare for When I’m a Billionaire Through Sunday, Disney’s sequel The Rise of Skywalker earned $478.2M domestic and $511.4M overseas, for a $989.6M global total. Although it fell slightly short of the billion-dollar mark, it looks to cross...
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: 1917 Dethrones Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($15.1M) w/ Powerful $36.5M Over Crowded Frame Chris Eggertsen • Jan 12th 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...
News & Analysis Weekend Estimates: 1917 Soldiers Up Strong $36M+ Wide Start; Star Wars Adds $14M+; Like a Boss ($10M+), Just Mercy ($10M), & Underwater ($6M+) Round Out Openers Shawn Robbins • Jan 11th Saturday Update: Universal and filmmaker Sam Mendes have claimed the top spot at the domestic box office with 1917 as the Golden Globe-winning epic bowed to $13.97 million on Friday (including Thursday night previews), its first day of nationwide release.
Tracking & Forecasts Weekend Forecast: 1917 Tracking Surges on Golden Globe Wins, Could Break Out to $30-35M+ Wide Release Shawn Robbins • Jan 8th 2020 hits full throttle this weekend as four new releases -- two of them being wide expansions -- look to shake up the market with a dose of post-holiday offerings for a variety of audiences.
News & Analysis Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Rise of Skywalker Threepeats as 2020 Beats 2019’s First Frame Jesse Rifkin • Jan 6th Who knows how the remaining 520 or so weekends will go at the box office, but the decade got off to a decent start. Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted a threepeat atop the box office with $34.5M....
News & Analysis Studio Weekend Estimates: Holdovers Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($33.7M), Jumanji: The Next Level ($26.5M) & Little Women ($13.5M) Hold Steady; Newcomer The Grudge Debuts w/ $11.3M Chris Eggertsen • Jan 5th 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...
News & Analysis Weekend Estimates: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($33M+), Jumanji: The Next Level ($25M+), & Little Women ($12.5M+) Lead Over The Grudge Reboot ($10M+) Shawn Robbins • Jan 4th Saturday Report: Disney again leads to kick off the new decade as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted $11 million on Friday, climbing to $428.1 million domestically after 15 days. The trilogy finale is currently pacing 11.5 percent behind...