The Ben-Hur Remake That No One Wanted Flopped Hard Kelly Faircloth8/22/16 12:10pm2615EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkBen-Hur, a befuddling remake of a 1959 classic that continues to loom large in the popular imagination and was also very much the product of its time in ways that are tough to replicate successfully for a modern audience, made $11.4 million in its box-office debut this weekend. Oops!
Don't Get Your Hopes Up for a Ghostbusters SequelMadeleine Davies8/10/16 12:20pm2326EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDespite warm critical reception, the rebooted Ghostbusters starring Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate McKinnon is unlikely to get a sequel after failing to break even at the box office. Dr. Holtzmann, we hardly knew ye.
Ghostbusters Brought in $45 Million This Weekend, Which Is Either Great or Not So GreatAimée Lutkin7/18/16 10:25am61615EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDid you see Ghostbusters this weekend? Or was it just everyone I’ve ever met and also their mothers and their children?
Ghostbusters Earned $3.5 Million On Its First Night In TheatersAimée Lutkin7/15/16 8:00pm40251EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDuring its Thursday preview night, the Ghostbusters reboot started priming the cash pump, and she’s going good now.
Finding Dory Had the Biggest Animated Film Opening of All TimeClover Hope6/20/16 12:00pm995EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWell, you guys went and gave a fish the biggest box office opening in history for an animated film.
Fish Movie Finding Dory Is Already Setting RecordsClover Hope6/17/16 4:00pm482EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkFinding Dory, the Finding Nemo sequel starring a forgetful fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, is on track to have the year’s second biggest opening weekend. You all love it, the talking fish.
Sad Ben Affleck, Rejoice: Turns Out No One Cares That Batman v Superman Is BadClover Hope3/28/16 10:15am2772EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDespite a number of unfavorable reviews cementing its status as one of the year’s most critically disliked movies, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice killed it at the box office this weekend, pulling in $170. 1 million. Yay, Hollywood.
Allegiant, 3rd Film in Meh Divergent Series Has Meh Opening WeekendRachel Vorona Cote3/20/16 9:15pm1625EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAllegiant, the third film in the lackluster Divergent series, opened this weekend to little fanfare, especially in comparison to The Hunger Games film franchise, its overwhelmingly popular dystopian forebear. The penultimate installment earned only $29 million this weekend which, in box office terms, is pretty lousy.
What a Pity, Gods of Egypt Is Expected to Be a Huge FailClover Hope2/25/16 2:40pm23010EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkGods of Egypt, a movie starring a bunch of white actors as Egyptians, is likely to be a box office flop this weekend, according to estimates.
No One Wants to See Hollywood's Middling Oscar BaitMadeleine Davies11/09/15 1:10pm2584EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkSteve Jobs, The Walk, and Black Mass were all released in the past couple months to entice Oscar voters and normal audience members alike. Unfortunately, the only viewers biting are the members of the Academy who receive free screeners. All three films flopped at the box office.
Jem and the Holograms's Box Office Performance Was Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageously BadBobby Finger10/26/15 11:30am20717EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkNo movie in the history of wide releases by major studios has ever had a more embarrassing opening weekend than Jem and the Holograms. Targeted to teen girls (a crucial demographic for box office success) and based on the 80s television series of the same name, Jem made just $1.3 million dollars on 2,414 screens in…
Minions Won the Box Office This Weekend and We'll Never Escape ThemKelly Faircloth7/13/15 3:30pm1132EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAmerica woke this morning buried in a pile of Minion husks. (They shed, right?)
Cinderella Rakes In $23 Million, Somehow Still a Compelling Fairy TaleCollier Meyerson3/14/15 6:30pm1728EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe pretty and fragile victim trope continues to dominate the American box office (Maleficent, Frozen) this time with Cinderella. The Disney movie brought in $23 Million on Friday and is expected to complete the weekend with $70 million. Cinderella's budget was $95 million, so looks like the execs about to get theirs…
Lucy Is Slaying Hercules at the Box Office This WeekendIsha Aran7/26/14 2:37pm17815EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt looks like this weekend, more people preferred to watch a sci-fi thriller with a woman lead over a testosterone-fueled mythical action flick. Or maybe they were just into Scarlett Johansson more than they were into Dwane "The Rock" Johnson. Or maybe it's just unfair to compare the work of Luc Besson to that of …
Kate Dries6/23/14 10:40am171EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkMaleficent has become Angelina Jolie's top grossing movie: as of this weekend, it's made over $500 million worldwide. Jolie's last highest grossing? Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Fault in Our Stars Absolutely Obliterated Its Box Office CompetitionRebecca "Burt" Rose6/08/14 9:30pm1925EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe film adaptation of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars made $42 million dollars this weekend, taking down previous champ Malefiecent forcing the weekend's other big debut from Tom Cruise into third place.
Maleficent Wins the Box Office Thanks to Disney's Frozen FansDodai Stewart6/02/14 2:40pm905EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDisney's dark, villain-centric flick Maleficent — a re-imagining of the Sleeping Beauty tale — raked in $70 million from North American box offices this weekend — and another $100.6 million overseas. This was, as The Hollywood Reporter puts it, "thanks in large part to girls and women."
Katniss Is the First Woman in 40 Years to Win the Annual Box OfficeDoug Barry1/12/14 12:00pm514EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkCatching Fire, the second installment of The Hunger Games saga is not actually an experimental art house film about a family arguing over a pizza order as they play an epic game of Monopoly, crossed the $400-million mark at the domestic box office this week. With a domestic haul of $409.4 million, the Jennifer…
Rebecca "Burt" Rose1/05/14 9:19pm161EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkGet ready for all the headline puns about Frozen "icing" out all the competition, because Disney's latest animated film pretty much killed it at the box office this weekend, with $20.7 million in ICE COLD cash (ha!) Second place went to Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones with $18.2 million; The Hobbit: The…
Doug Barry12/01/13 1:50pm24EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt's official — The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has made all the money, racking up $110 million during the long Thanksgiving weekend. Domestically, Catching Fire has earned $296.5 million, just about half of its global haul of $573 million.