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BOX OFFICE: “Freddy’s 2” could edge “Zootopia 2,” “Kill Bill” is back in the Top Ten

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

The weekend after Thanksgiving was traditionally a box office breather, with theaters content to feast on all thoseThanksgiving holdovers on the first weekend in December. “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked 2” are doing well, thanks. And that might have been it … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Wicked” blows up the Box Office “For Good,” but will records fall?

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Considering that it’s on over 4100 screens, is the sequel/second half of a blockbuster that fans couldn’t get enough and it showing pretty much every thirty minutes at every cineplex in America, “Wicked: For Good” had better blow up at … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Now You See Me” out sprints “Running Man,” “Predator Badlands” drops to third

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

A franchise revival, a remake and a big sci-fi/monster holdover walk into a bar… This weekend’s box office isn’t one for the record books, as nothing is making Marvel/Pixar/”Avatar” money in a $12-$20 ticket environment. But it does show why … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Elle Fanning and “Predator: Badlands” open big, “Nuremberg,” “Sarah’s Oil,””Christy” and “Die My Love” not so much

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Adding the dismembered android upper half of Elle Fanning to the ancient but not-quite-played-out “Predator” franchise is paying off as it rolled up some $14 million+ Thursday night and Friday, on its way to a $40 million opening weekend. Deadline.com … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Chainsaw Man” anime owns the weekend, “Springsteen,” “Regretting You” and “Black Phone 2” chase second place

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

The shrunken state of moviegoing in North America has left the field wide open for films with dedicated fringe audiences to dominate many a box office weekend. “Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc” is the latest Sony Crunchyroll import … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Black Phone 2” gets a (not that) busy signal, “Good Fortune” and “Truth & Treason” pick up spare change

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Black Phone 2” had a middling Thursday night and half-decent Friday, all of which added up toa $10 million+ opening day and a $26.5 million opening weekend. That’s according The Numbers. That topped the 2021 original film’s opening weekend, which … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “One Battle” battles to the top, “Gabby’s Dollhouse” moves in next door

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is bursting onto screens with a flourish, taking in over $22.4 million on its opening weekend. Early projections were for a $25 million opening, and a $3 million Thursday night pushing the Friday … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Him” Underwhelms, “Big Bold Beautiful” bombs, “Demon Slayer” slays by default

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Late September turns out to be a pretty bad time to send a football-bashing body horror thriller out into the world. “Him” stars Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers and Julia Fox, and is wearing the “producd by Jordan Peele” badge of … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Conjuring: Last Rites” Conjures Up Horror Crowd Cash as the Year’s Biggest Boogeyman Blockbuster!

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

New Line Cinema pops the champagne corks for morning mimosas and Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson look for those direct deposit bonus checks as horror audiences prove, once again, that there’s nothing like familiar frights to draw a crowd. “The … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Weapons” outdraws “Jaws” to Win Labor Day Weekend — “Caught Stealing” opens better than “The Roses”

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Every now and then, studios remember that A) audiences come to the movies for the shared experience of living through a film together and B) that they have a back catalog of titles sure to draw a crowd of fellow … Continue reading →

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