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'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" roars to an $80 million box office opening
Read full article: 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" roars to an $80 million box office openingThe Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” roared to an $80 million opening at the weekend box office.
'Wonka' ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic best
Read full article: 'Wonka' ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic bestHollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
'Dungeons & Dragons' opens with $38.5M, takes down John Wick
Read full article: 'Dungeons & Dragons' opens with $38.5M, takes down John WickRiding terrific reviews and a strong word-of-mouth, the role playing game adaptation “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” opened with $38.5 million in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters over the weekend.
With box office bare, 'Black Panther' makes it 5 in a row
Read full article: With box office bare, 'Black Panther' makes it 5 in a rowOn one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend.
Brad Pitt's 'Bullet Train' pulls into station with $30.1M
Read full article: Brad Pitt's 'Bullet Train' pulls into station with $30.1MSunday studio estimates say the Brad Pitt action romp “Bullet Train" arrived with a $30.1 million opening weekend as the last big movie of Hollywood’s summer recovery landed in theaters.
'Encanto,' 'House of Gucci' fuel Thanksgiving box office
Read full article: 'Encanto,' 'House of Gucci' fuel Thanksgiving box officeThanksgiving weekend moviegoing was still far from the feast it normally is, but Disney’s “Encanto” and the Lady Gaga-led “House of Gucci” both gave a lift to two genres that have been particularly battered by the pandemic: family movies and adult dramas.
WDIV-Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit Claim Victory in November
Read full article: WDIV-Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit Claim Victory in NovemberOne day shy of the November TV Sweeps period (10/28/21 to 11/24/2021), WDIV-Local 4, once again, leads the Detroit market with first place finishes in key newscasts, access, and late-night programming.
Fueling box office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5M
Read full article: Fueling box office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5MJohn Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
'Tom & Jerry' gives box office some life with $13.7M opening
Read full article: 'Tom & Jerry' gives box office some life with $13.7M openingThis image shows Butch, leader of the alley cats, foreground center, voiced by Nicky Jam, in a scene from the animated/live-action film "Tom & Jerry." “Tom & Jerry” also played in 2,475 North American cinemas simultaneously as it did in the home, where it's streaming on HBO Max for a month. Yet “Tom & Jerry” still managed the second-best opening of the pandemic following Warner Bros.' “Wonder Woman 1984,” which launched with $16.7 million in December while also landing on HBO Max. “With half of theaters still closed, the pandemic still a threat, and ‘Tom & Jerry’ available at home, this is a very good opening,” said David A. Warner Bros. said “Tom & Jerry” has already seen more than 10,000 such bookings.