Barbie

2023 left us with a transitional year at the global box office. The continued success of established franchises like Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal’s Fast series, and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible films was balanced by the dominance of new IPs like...

Theatrical exhibition crossed another important milestone in its quest to recover the ground lost at the box office during the Covid-19 pandemic, crossing $8 billion in earnings. A Summer movie season on par with pre-pandemic box office receipts was crucial...

Listen to our full analysis on The Boxoffice Podcast THE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR AT THE BOX OFFICE Barbenheimer  The success of Barbie and Oppenheimer coming out over the same weekend—both igniting enthusiasm, not just around movies, but around...

ShowEast has announced that the global box office data company Comscore will present the 2023 Domestic and LATAM Box Office Achievement Awards at this year’s convention to be held from October 23rd-26th at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The domestic...

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Paramount’s animated sequel took a bite out of the box office with $23.0M, putting it in first place. That’s +75% above 2021’s Paw Patrol: The Movie’s $13.1M debut, although that film’s theatrical earnings were hurt...

September gives way to October this weekend as three new releases and one wide expansion look to inject some energy into the mid-autumn box office market.

Monday Update: The Nun II came in above its original Sunday estimate, $8.5M vs. $8.4M, while Expend4bles came in lower, $8.0M vs. $8.3M. While the two films were originally only 1.2% apart, a margin that Boxoffice PRO originally labelled “too close...

Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president of domestic theatrical distribution at Warner Bros., was effusive when he returned my call on Sunday, July 23. Warner Bros.’ Barbie had just opened alongside Universal’s Oppenheimer to a combined $244.4 million. Bolstered by a...

The penultimate frame of the month sees one major studio release target a first place debut in an otherwise underwhelming early fall box office space as September's slate of sequels continues to roll out.

Monday Update: The Nun II barely beat out A Haunting in Venice for the top spot, $14.5M to $14.2M. Both films came in slightly below their original Sunday estimates: Nun at $14.5M instead of $14.7M, Haunting at $14.2M instead of $14.5M. Nun...

September's slate of sequels rolls on with the third frame of the month offering up the third installment of Kenneth Branagh's series of Agatha Christie adaptations, while other market holdovers hope to carry their weight.

The Nun II Warner Bros. horror sequel opened with $32.6M in first place, though that’s -39% below 2018’s The Nun: $53.8M. However, It’s above the openings for the last three films in the extended Conjuring / Annabelle / Nun cinematic...