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Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Sony Hits $1B, Maleficent Steals Top Spot

Boxoffice Staff • Oct 28th

The 10-Figure Club Sony reached $1B on Sunday, with a total now just over that mark at $1.001B. They become the fourth studio of the year to reach the billion-dollar mark. Disney reached it on Sunday, April 28; Universal reached...

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Studio Weekend Estimates: Joker ($18.9M) Regains Box Office Crown Over Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ($18.5M); Countdown ($9M) and Black and Blue ($8.3M) Post Healthy Debuts

Chris Eggertsen • Oct 27th

Though it hosted a slew of new wide and limited releases, the pre-Halloween weekend at the multiplex amounted to a standoff between two returning champs, Joker and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, with the former ultimately prevailing at No. 1 with...

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Weekend Estimates (Updated): Maleficent 2 & Joker ($18M+) Too Close to Call for Top Spot; Black and Blue & Countdown ($8M+ Each) Meet Expectations; The Lighthouse Eyes $4M from Expansion

• Oct 25th

Saturday Update: Joker returned to the top spot at the box office on Friday with another $5.46 million in its 22nd day of release, bringing the overall domestic cume to $264.14 million. We're projecting a weekend around $18.5 million, which...

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Weekend Forecast: Black and Blue, Countdown, and The Current War

• Oct 23rd

The final weekend of October is an historically slow one, and this year's will be no exception.

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Weekend Box Office Key Insights: Sony Hits $1B, Maleficent Steals Top Spot

Studio Weekend Estimates: Joker ($18.9M) Regains Box Office Crown Over Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ($18.5M); Countdown ($9M) and Black and Blue ($8.3M) Post Healthy Debuts

Weekend Estimates (Updated): Maleficent 2 & Joker ($18M+) Too Close to Call for Top Spot; Black and Blue & Countdown ($8M+ Each) Meet Expectations; The Lighthouse Eyes $4M from Expansion

Weekend Forecast: Black and Blue, Countdown, and The Current War