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Popculturology • The Box Office Report
Popculturology looks at the weekend box office.
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‘Scary Movie’ spoofs its way to the franchise’s best debut
The live-action ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie failed to crack $30M while ‘Obsession’ continues its hot streak.
‘Backrooms’ romps as ‘Obsession’ rises and ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ crashes
Two horror films dominated the weekend as Jon Favreau’s film became the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to not stay at No. 1 its second weekend.
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ fails to beat ‘Solo’ 3-day opening weekend
The first ‘Star Wars’ film since 2019 is on track for the worst debut of the Disney era.
‘Michael’ moonwalks back to the top of the box office
With ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ looming, the Michael Jackson biopic got a curtain call.
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ fights off ‘Mortal Kombat II’
It’s not quite a fatality, but the Meryl Streep/Anne Hathaway sequel out dueled its fellow sequel by $3M.
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ scores a fashionable first weekend
The sequel’s $77M box office performance bested the original film’s debut by $50M.
A shocking number of people went to see the Michael Jackson biopic
Putting a positive spin on the pop star’s legacy, ‘Michael’ scored a record-breaking $97M debut.
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ and ‘Project Hail Mary’ bury ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’
‘Project Hail Mary’ continues its wild run, falling just 15 percent from last weekend while ‘Mario’ lags behind its predecessor.
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ becomes first 2026 film to hit $300M
It took the animated sequel just two weekends to reach the milestone, as Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ sets its sights on $300M too.
‘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.