The Little Mermaid (2023)

2023 left us with a transitional year at the global box office. The continued success of established franchises like Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal’s Fast series, and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible films was balanced by the dominance of new IPs like...

Theatrical exhibition crossed another important milestone in its quest to recover the ground lost at the box office during the Covid-19 pandemic, crossing $8 billion in earnings. A Summer movie season on par with pre-pandemic box office receipts was crucial...

Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president of domestic theatrical distribution at Warner Bros., was effusive when he returned my call on Sunday, July 23. Warner Bros.’ Barbie had just opened alongside Universal’s Oppenheimer to a combined $244.4 million. Bolstered by a...

July's anticipated gauntlet of major releases kicks off with Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One aiming for a new franchise-best box office debut.

Insidious: The Red Door Sony Pictures’ horror sequel opened the door to a $32.6M opening in first place, exceeding pre-release expectations and overtaking Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny for the top spot at the box office. It...

The first half of 2023 comes to a close as the long Fourth of July weekend sees one last ride at the box office for one of film history's most iconic characters.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Domestic Sony’s animated superhero sequel swung to the top spot once again with a mere -29% decline to $19.3M, three weekends after last ranking #1. This marks the first “interrupted” box office winning streak since Top...

The Flash Warner Bros.’ superhero crossover didn’t exactly speed off to the races, with a first place opening of $55.1M opening. That falls short of even the lowest end of Boxoffice PRO’s pre-release projection range: $60M to $80M. It also...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Paramount’s sci-fi action prequel came in at first place over the weekend with $60.5M, above even the highest end of Boxoffice PRO’s pre-release projection range: $46M to $56M. Boxoffice PRO actually projected the film would...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony’s animated superhero sequel jumped “across” the $100M mark with a $120.5M opening, more than three times the opening figure for 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($35.3M). Across has already earned 63% of Into’s total, just on...

After a strong Memorial Day frame led by Little Mermaid's positive start, June is set to kick summer box office to the next level with the highly anticipated release of Sony's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

The Little Mermaid Disney’s live-action remake debuted with $95.5M for the three-day opening, falling short of joining the club of $100M openers. Compared to other notable Disney remakes and reimaginings, it opened below some films it was expected to match...