The Super Mario Bros. Movie

As summer movie season winds down, one major studio release will aim to top the box office in its debut as domestic theaters and moviegoers celebrate the second National Cinema Day this Sunday.

So far in 2023, and especially this summer, animation has been bringing big dollars to the box office; the top-grossing film of the year so far is an animated title, and three of the five top-grossing animated titles of the...

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...

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...

Fast X Universal’s action sequel revved up to a $67.5M in first place, but behind the debuts of the past half dozen installments in the “main” franchise. -3% below 2021’s F9 ($70.0M)  -31% below 2017’s The Fate of the Furious...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Last weekend, the Disney and Marvel Studios superhero sequel debuted with $118.4M. While that was +25% above 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3M), it started -19% below 2017’s sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...

Saturday Update: Disney reports that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 posted $15.7 million on Friday, bringing its eight-day domestic haul to $168.4 million and setting pace for a second weekend that could top $60 million.

With major studios avoiding the second frame of the latest Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will easily repeat atop the box office.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Disney and Marvel Studios superhero sequel debuted with $114.0M. That’s in the middle of Boxoffice PRO’s pre-release projection, which was in the $105M to $125M range. It’s +20% above 2014’s Guardians of the...

Summer movie season is here, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues the long-standing tradition of a Marvel movie ushering in the long and lucrative industry period.