‘Alita’ Wins The Fight With $28m On Poor President’s Day Weekend: Box Office Report
This President’s Day weekend is looking to be one of the lowest in the last 20 years, with its $119.6m delivering an incredible 66% drop-off from the ‘Black Panther’-led 3-day weekend of 2018. No film looked to even get close to the MCU record-breaker, even…
‘Alita’ Battles Against The Competition But Can’t Escape A Poor Opening Weekend With $24m: Box Office Predictions
It’s the Presidents Day holiday this Box Office weekend, and U.S. cinemagoers look to celebrate the festivities with the three new releases ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, ‘Happy Death Day 2U’, and ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ contending one of the tightest weekend races in recent memory. While 12…
‘Cold Pursuit’ Frozen Out, ‘What Men Want’ Gets The Laughs, And ‘Lego Movie 2’ Blocked By Saturation: Box Office Report
The mixed bag that is 2019’s Box Office continued its meandering journey this weekend, stalling with ‘The LEGO Movie 2’s disappointing $34.1m opening, but speeding ahead with the rest of the new releases. We start with Warner Bros’ ‘LEGO 2’, whose opening paled in comparison…
EE BAFTAs 2019 Winners
Joanna Lumley hosted the 72nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) and didn’t miss the opportunity to take a dig at the host-less Oscars – starting the evening off with “Thank goodness BAFTA actually has a host” Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite started the the night with…
JumpCut’s EE BAFTAs 2019 Predictions
Ahead of tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards 2019 (BAFTAs), the JumpCut team have come together to vote on who they think will be taking home the awards this evening. We held our very own awards show the other week but because we base it…
‘The LEGO Movie 2’ Can’t Build From First Film, But Will Still Impress With $60m+: Box Office Prediction
Finally, after what seemed like a delayed start in the Box Office this year, 2019 truly kicks off with 4 new major U.S. releases looking to earn some serious change. They’re being led this weekend by ‘The LEGO Movie 2’, the Warner Bros sequel looking…
‘Miss Bala’ Fails To Contend In Poor Box Office Weeked: Box Office Report
Following the lowest-grossing January in 12 years, this Box Office weekend continued 2019’s steep drop-off with just a $70.1m gross – the lowest weekend since August 2017. This, of course, was partly down to having just the one sole release: Sony’s ‘Miss Bala’, which earned…
Newcomers ‘Serenity’ and ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Can’t Break ‘Glass’ For Top Spot: Box Office Report
It was never going to be easy for the new entrants this Box Office weekend. Both ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ and ‘Serenity’ encountered different barriers to a successful opening in the run-up to their Friday release, and by Sunday night the two had…
‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Loses Crown To ‘Glass’ Who Remains Top With $17m: Box Office Predictions
This Box Office weekend sees the re-expansion of Oscar Best Picture hopefuls and a potential consecutive win for ‘Glass’, but the real story lies in Fox’s new release, ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’, the latest in Hollywood’s continued pursuit of a profitable take on…
Our Oscars 2019 Best Picture Nominee Verdicts
Earlier today the 91st Academy Awards nominees were announced, and to say they caused some conversation over on Twitter would be an understatement! We take a look back at our reviews for the 8 films nominated in the ‘Best Picture’ category this year, including Black…