‘Godzilla 2’ Can’t Tame The Box Office With Limp Sub-$50m Opening: Box Office Report
In a weekend which saw the release of a sequel to the half-a-billion dollar 2014-hit ‘Godzilla’, the true winners lay with the counter-programming, as a micro-budgeted horror and an R-rated musical truly stole the show. ‘Ma’ and ‘Rocketman’ opened to a combined $44m, while ‘Godzilla:…
‘Aladdin’ Enters A Whole New World With The 2nd Biggest Musical Opening Ever With $92m Start: Box Office Report
Just when you thought Disney’s live-action remake train was beginning to derail, they deliver the 2nd biggest opening for a musical of all time with ‘Aladdin’, which earned $91.5m over its 1st 3 days. It’s a fantastic achievement for the studio who, after years of…
‘Aladdin’ To Magic-Up A $70m Memorial Day Opening: Box Office Predictions
It’s shaping up to be a strong Memorial Day weekend at the Box Office, with Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ looking to fly into 1st place with a $70m opening. It’ll be accompanied by fellow new entrants ‘Brightburn’, the Sony horror produced by James Gunn, and UAR comedy…
‘John Wick 3’ Smashes The Franchise Record In A Near-$60m Opening: Box Office Report
It was a spectacular weekend for ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’, with the latest in the popular action franchise opening to unprecedented $56.8m in the U.S. Box Office. It becomes the 4th biggest opening so far in 2019 – a year that continues to…
‘John Wick 3’ Guns For Top Spot With Franchise-Record Opening: Box Office Predictions
U.S. cinemas continue to usher in the summer period with 3 new releases this Box Office weekend, led by the highly-anticipated ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’, which looks to become the 1st film to cull ‘Endgame’s continued dominance with a $40m+ opening. Also arriving…
‘Endgame’ Becomes 3rd Biggest Domestic Film Of All Time As ‘Pikachu’ Starts Strong With $50m+ Opening: Box Office Report
This jam-packed Mother’s Day weekend saw both ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘Detective Pikachu’ fail to live up to the lofty heights our forecasts set, but still reign supreme, bringing in well over $100m between the 2 films. Elsewhere, it was the Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson comedy ‘The…
REVIEW: The Hustle (2019)
When approaching The Hustle remember two things. One, this is meant to be a comedy, its sole purpose is to try and make you laugh as much as possible, and two this is a remake of ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the 1988 classic starring Michael Caine…
‘Endgame’ Faces Off Against ‘Detective Pikachu’ In Over-Stuffed Mother’s Day Weekend: Box Office Predictions
For the 3rd time in 4 Box Office weekends, we see 4 new wide releases enter U.S. cinemas, each looking to open to leave a visible smudge against the far-reaching blanket that is ‘Avengers: Endgame’. Topping the lot on a packed Mother’s Day weekend will…
Reel Women: May 2019 UK Releases
Welcome back to Reel Women, the monthly feature that highlights the films being released in the UK that are written and/or directed by women. This month there’s a whole host of films made my women coming to the UK – in fact, I’m pretty sure…
