John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Monday Update: Disney’s animated sequel Toy Story 4 led the box office for a second frame, with a -50.6% drop to $59.7M.  Compared to other Disney sequels’ sophomore weekends, that’s steeper than the -46.2% decline for Toy Story 3 or -46.0%...

Monday Update: It’s been a rough month for sequels and reboots, and this weekend was no exception. Sony’s reboot Men in Black: International opened below expectations with $30.0M, while Warner Bros.’ sequel Shaft started at about half its projection with $8.9M. This follows last...

Monday Update: The top two films this weekend snagged gold and silver, but with lower totals than almost anybody projected pre-release. Universal’s animated The Secret Life of Pets 2 debuted atop the box office with a $46.6M opening, but that was relative...

Monday Update: The new Godzilla film won the weekend, as the Warner Bros. fantasy action sequel, subtitled King of the Monsters, earned $47.7M. While good for first place, it was significantly behind its 2014 predecessor Godzilla which started with $93.1M. Last weekend’s leader,...

Tuesday Update: It was “a whole new world” for Disney’s Aladdin live-action remake, which started above almost anybody’s pre-release projections with a $116.8M holiday four-day weekend. Comparisons Total box office this weekend was $179.6M 3-day / $225.3M 4-day. The 3-day is +21.1% above...

Disney reports this morning that Aladdin is exceeding expectations slightly as it bowed to a strong $31 million domestically on Friday, including Thursday night's $7 million start...

Monday Update: The (potentially) biggest movie ever was finally overtaken at the domestic box office, as John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum beat Avengers: Endgame this weekend. The Lionsgate action sequel opened to $56.8M as the franchise keeps getting bigger and bigger. 2014’s original John...

Lionsgate updates this morning with an official opening day estimate of $22.67 million for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum on Friday, setting it on course to take first place for the weekend.

May's Disney live-action musical and July's superhero sequel lead our two main metrics this week, in our weekly Thursday feature Trailer Impact.

After three weekends reigning atop the box office, Marvel's epic Avengers: Endgame is poised to abdicate the weekend throne to Keanu Reeves' third outing as John Wick. Our pre-weekend analysis...

Chad Stahelski had been around the industry well before his directorial debut in 2014’s John Wick. After spending two decades as a stunt double—taking and doling out punches for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars—Stahelski tried his hand at directing alongside...