You should all go see ’The End of Oak Street’ this weekend. PLUS: Samara Weaving leads X-Men casting, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ fastest to $700M, and David Zaslav puts the ‘Barbie’ sequel in jeopardy.
Calling the Chicken & Waffles flavor a ‘first-of-its kind for the cookie aisle,’ Oreo now wants America to vote on which flavor returns in 2027.
A quick review of the cereal formerly known as Apple Pie Toast Crunch.
The musical remake burns rivals like ‘The Beekeeper’ and ‘Wonka.’
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of Jan. 12-15, 2024.
Weekend gross: $28M
Total domestic gross: $28M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
The original Mean Girls hit theaters two decades ago. Since then, the movie was turned into a Broadway musical … and then that musical was turned into a movie.
The new Mean Girls debuted with $28 million in North America, good enough to top the $24.4 million that Lindsay Lohan’s Mean Girls opened with in 2004.
The original Mean Girls went on to gross $86 million domestically and $130.7 million worldwide. Does this new version starring Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp have the legs to top the box office haul of its predecessor? (And if it does, will we someday get a movie based on the musical based on the movie?)
Weekend gross: $16.8M
Total domestic gross: $16.8M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
I’m proposing a franchise of action films starring Jason Statham where he plays a dude with a different job in each film who then has to get pulled back into a life of kicking ass.
Box office-wise, The Beekeeper trails behind recent Statham opening weekends. Putting the Fast and Furious films aside, The Beekeeper’s $16.8 million weekend doesn’t live up to the likes of The Meg ($45.4 million), The Expendables ($34.8 million) or Spy! ($29.1 million).
You should all go see ’The End of Oak Street’ this weekend. PLUS: Samara Weaving leads X-Men casting, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ fastest to $700M, and David Zaslav puts the ‘Barbie’ sequel in jeopardy.
Does the latest Spider-Man film have a shot at dethroning ‘The Force Awakens’? And will it swing to the first $1B domestic haul?
The first ‘Spider-Man’ ushered in a new era blockbusters in 2002. The franchise proved again this weekend that it still has the juice.
The latest Spider-Man film becomes only the second film with a $300M+ opening weekend. Will the actual numbers put it ahead of last ‘Avengers’ film?
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