Battle at the Box Office 3/24/25
Snow White may have taken the top spot at the box office, but it was a massive underperformance from the latest live-action Disney remake of one of their classic animated films. Snow White opened domestically with $43 million, which puts it below the opening of Tim Burton’s remake of Dumbo in 2019. It did open higher than Mufasa: The […]
Battle at the Box Office 3/17/25
Novocaine took the top spot at the box office this past weekend, but it ruled over an extremely slow weekend in theaters. Novocaine opened to $8.8 million domestically and $10.5 million worldwide. That’s slightly below Jack Quaid’s other recent release, Companion, which made $9.7 million in its opening weekend. The movie got a B CinemaScore, which isn’t […]
Battle at the Box Office 3/10/25
After several delays, Mickey 17 debuted this past weekend and dethroned Captain America: Brave New World at the top of the box office, but it may ultimately be a pretty significant loss for Warner Bros. Discovery. Mickey 17 opened with $19 million domestically and a total of $53.2 million worldwide. The movie had a reported budget of $118 […]
Battle at the Box Office 3/3/25
With most of the attention on the Oscars this past weekend, things were extremely slow in theaters. Captain America: Brave New World held on to the top spot for a third week. Captain America: Brave New World took in another $14.8 million, dropping 47% from last weekend. The movie has grossed $163.5 million domestically and $341.9 […]
Battle at the Box Office 2/17/25
As expected, Captain America: Brave New World took the top spot over the Valentine’s Day/President’s Day weekend, although it’s a middle-of-the-road opening for the MCU. Brave New World opened to $87.8 million for the three-day weekend and an estimated four-day weekend with the holiday around $100 million. That three-day total is third overall in the […]
Battle at the Box Office 2/10/25
The Super Bowl had a massive impact on the weekend box office, with several holdovers seeing massive drops and the new movies opening well below expectations. Dog Man stayed on top of the box office but suffered a 62% drop off from last week’s opening. That is steep for a family movie, but we’ll have […]
Battle at the Box Office 2/3/25
Dog Man started February with the best opening of the year so far and the second-best animated opening ever for January. Dog Man opened at $36 million and is just behind Kung Fu Panda 3 in terms of animated openings for January. It’s also slightly ahead of Dreamworks’ last animated feature, The Wild Robot, which […]
Battle at the Box Office 1/20/25
In a close battle that saw One of Them Days rise to the top of the charts based on early projections, Mufasa: The Lion King returned to #1 at the box office based on the actual numbers. Mufasa: The Lion King made another $11.7 million, bringing its domestic and worldwide revenue to just under $206 […]
Battle at the Box Office 1/13/25
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera pulled a heist on the weekend box office and stole the top spot from Mufasa and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera made $15 million for its opening weekend, which is almost identical to what 2018’s Den of Thieves opened to. For a sequel 7 years removed […]
Battle at the Box Office 1/6/25
Over the first weekend of 2025, Mufasa: The Lion King managed to edge out its holiday rival, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, to take the top spot at the box office. Mufasa: The Lion King took in another $23.4 million, taking it to $168.2 million domestically and $476 million worldwide. It dropped 36% from the previous […]
Battle at the Box Office 12/23/24
Sonic proved to be the box office king this past weekend, with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 crushing Mufasa: The Lion King in their head-to-head battle. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 opened to $60.1 million, which puts it between the prior two films in the franchise. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opened with $72.1 million in 2022. Sonic […]