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Popculturology • The Box Office Report
Popculturology looks at the weekend box office.
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‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ powers up with a $130.9M Easter weekend
The animated sequel grossed $190.1M over the five-day weekend. ‘Project Hail Mary’ soared past the $200 million mark in North America.
Another (inter)stellar weekend for ‘Project Hail Mary’
Thanks to moviegoers spending $54.5M on the Ryan Gosling adaptation, the film rockets to the 2026 box office’s top spot.
‘Project Hail Mary,’ box office saving grace
Ryan Gosling and a puppet alien blew away expectations and soared to one of the best debuts for a non-sequel/non-franchise film in over a decade with an $80.6M weekend.
Leave it to beavers: ‘Hoppers’ holds on for a second No. 1 weekend
‘Reminders of Him’ couldn’t match the performance that ‘It Ends With Him’ set for a Colleen Hoover adaptation.
‘Hoppers’ leaps to Pixar’s best debut for an original story since ‘Coco’
The $46M opening weekend for ‘Hoppers’ further drives home the divide between Pixar’s sequels and new projects.
‘Scream 7’ slashes its way to the franchise’s biggest opening weekend
In a weekend filled with concert films, the seventh film in the series scared up a $64.1 million debut.
‘GOAT’ dunks on ‘“Wuthering Heights”’ with a $17M weekend
The animated basketball film took advantage of a quiet weekend, giving it a No. 1 finish before ‘Scream 7’ scares everyone off.
Feel-good romcom ‘“Wuthering Heights”’ wins Valentine’s weekend
Moviegoers said ‘I choo choo choose’ Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and Emerald Fennell over ‘GOAT’ and ‘Crime 101.’
‘Send Help’ can’t rescue the box office from a Super Bowl slump
Sam Raimi’s latest film held the top spot while a handful of random newcomers filled out the top five.
‘Send Help’ outwits, outplays, outlasts its competitors
The Sam Raimi-directed film led a pack of new releases while ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ dropped out of the top five at record pace.
Chris Pratt shows ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ no ‘Mercy’
I could’ve written a much better headline about this movie if it had starred John Stamos instead.
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ has the antidote for ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’
The ’28 Years Later’ sequel was expected to dethrone James Cameron’s latest sequel, but a soft opening allowed ‘Fire and Ash’ to remain at No. 1.