Popculturology • The Box Office Report
A look at the weekend box office.
A ‘Wicked’ good weekend at the box office
The adaptation of the hit Broadway musical opened with $114M while Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’ debuted with $55.5M.
Ho ho oh no: ‘Red One’ fails to take flight for Dwayne Johnson
When a holiday movie reportedly costs $200M, you ask Santa for an opening weekend better than $34.1M.
Three are Venom: Third ‘Venom’ movie wins its third weekend
The Tom Hardy sequel snacks on a third weekend win while ‘The Wild Robot’ closes in on $300M worldwide.
Third ‘Venom’ keeps dancing at the top of the box office
‘The Wild Robot’ continued to show its staying power, making more over its sixth weekend in theaters than it did last weekend.
Third ‘Venom’ movies dances to a slower box office tune
The final movie in the Tom Hardy trilogy opened with a series low. But the ‘Joker’ sequel’s $600K weekend shows things could be worse.
No frowns for ‘Smile 2’ this weekend
The horror film snags the No. 1 spot as ‘The Wild Robot’ holds on to second place
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ gets clowned by ‘Terrifier 3’
The ‘Joker’ sequel took a historic second-weekend fall, allowing the slasher film to take the No. 1 spot while ‘The Wild Robot’ held onto No. 2.
The killing nope: ‘Joker’ sequel bombs at the box office
Moviegoers say adieu to ‘Folie à Deux,’ causing the sequel to lag behind predecessor’s $96.2M debut.
‘The Wild Robot’ exceeds its programming to rally for a $35M debut
Projects had dropped for the animated film’s opening weekend, but strong word-of-mouth and reviews propelled the masterpiece to No. 1.
It’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ … Beetlejuice as ‘Transformers One’ opens at No. 2
The animated ‘Transformers’ film was expect to debut at No. 1, but the Michael Keaton sequel had just enough (Beetle)juice to deny it a win.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ continues hex on box office
The sequel dominated the weekend, topping ‘Speak No Evil’ and two more new releases.
It’s showtime for ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ with a $110M opening weekend
Fans of the Michael Keaton character probably won’t have to wait another 36 years for the next sequel.