The Exorcist: Believer

After a lull in major studio releases during November's first frame, the month begins to gain some momentum with the release of Marvel Studios' 33rd cinematic chapter and a new faith-based release from Sony.

#1 = Five Nights at Freddy’s Hitting theaters right before Halloween, Universal’s horror video game adaptation exceeded all expectations with an $78.0M opening, despite a day-and-date release strategy that had it debuting simultaneously in cinemas and streaming on Peacock. Here...

Five Nights at Freddy's is poised to break out this weekend as spooky season crescendos and Blumhouse unleashes one of its most anticipated films to date.

#1 = Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour In her 2019 song “The Man,” Taylor Swift name-checked Leonardo DiCaprio: “And they would toast to me, oh / Let the players play / I’d be just like Leo / In Saint-Tropez.” At...

Two polar opposite films will contend for the top spot at the box office this weekend as Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese's latest prestige film challenges Taylor Swift's second frame.

#1 = Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour She has a blank space, and she’ll write a check for $97M. [Monday Update: the final opening weekend number ultimately came in at $92.8M, several million dollars below its original Sunday estimate.] During its...

The most unexpected addition to this fall's release slate is set to shake up the box office with a historic debut over the coming weekend.

The Exorcist: Believer Universal’s horror sequel pulled in $27.2M over the weekend for a debut in first place. That’s +50% above the franchise’s last major installment, 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning with $18.0M—although Believer would actually fall below the earlier film...

A promising October for exhibitors gets rolling this weekend with the latest horror franchise revival from Universal and Blumhouse.

Fun fact: October and January are the only two months which have never had a film open to $100M-plus—a statistic that seems poised to change this year. Currently, the October record for best opening weekend belongs to 2019’s Joker, with...

This week's outlook rounds out the October calendar with a preliminary look at what's driving Halloween weekend's key release in early forecasts.

This week's report takes an early glance at the return of an iconic actor-director duo with one of the most high profile prestige releases of the fall.