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BOX OFFICE: “Lilo” and “Mission: Impossible” punch out “Karate Kid”

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

Remakes, reboots and sequels are selling all the tickets as May winds down and the summer cinema season marches into June. The “live action” remake of “Lilo & Stitch” is still pulling in parents, grandparents and the kids who insist … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Lili & Stitch” rise again — all time Memorial Day Box Office Smash, “Mission: Impossible” might clear $77

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

If you’re a kid, you don’t have a sense of the bottom line cynicism, milking-an-idea-for-all-its-worth fatigue of knowing Disney’s animated hit of a couple of decades back, which also spun off a TV series, is a tad…familiar. And if you’re … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Final Destination: Bloodlines” BLOWS UP as Horror Audience Returns, The Weeknd Bombs

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

A sequel/reboot of “Final Destination: Bloodlines” relaunches a 25 year old horror franchise in style. Warner Bros/New Line is looking at an over $40 million opening weekend, based on a robust Thurdsay night ($5.5 million) and hefty Friday ($15.5 million … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Thunderbolts*” lose half their spark, “Sinners” strong, “Shadow Force” ghosts in, “Juliet” left hanging

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” will own the box office until “Mission: Impossible” and “Lilo & Stitch” return. So this patchwork comic book action had better make hay while the sun shines. “Thunderbolts*” opened at an underwhelming (for a Marvel movie) $74 million … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Thunderbolts*” open big, but Marvel BIG? Maybe not. “Sinners” abide, “Minecraft” mines on…

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

A big Thursday night ($11.5) pushed Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” through a robust Friday, which Disney says added $20 million to that for a $31.5 million “opening day,” with Saturday and Sunday adding up to a $76 million opening weekend. As that’s … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Sinners” holds off “Accountant 2,” ancient “Revenge of the Sith” slips by “Minecraft,” “Until Dawn” bombs

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

The crowd pleasing sequel to Ben Affleck’s autistic assassin thriller “The Accountant” didn’t have much of a chance against Ryan Coogler’s “Get Out” sized horror phenomenon, “Sinners.” “Sinners” is having a near-historic “hold” on its second weekend. After opening with … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Sinners” lures the horror/Coogler/Jordan faithful, bests “Minecraft”

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

It was a VERY Good Friday, Saturday AND Sunday for Warner Bros, which saw its new horror release “Sinners” do decent, not world-beating business Thursday afternoon and evening ($4.7 million), but added another $14 million to Friday itself to “open” … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Minecraft” mines more, “King of Kings” opens big, “Amateur” goes pro, “Warfare” cashes in, “Drop” sinks

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Chicken Jockey mania continues at the nation’s multiplexes. No. Seriously. And that is driving “A Minecraft Movie” into the cinematic stratosphere, a runaway hit that should clear $80 million this weekend, when earlier projections had pointed towards a $65 million … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Minecraft” digs up all the Gold — A $162 million+ opening weekend

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

As much of the country and even the world flips out over the Trump-crashed stock market, and millions are summoned to a Saturday of thousands of protest marches on the dismantling of American democracy, video game fans are filling the … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Snow White” can’t fight off “A Working Man,” “Woman in the Yard” embarrasses “Death of a Unicorn”

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

Disney’s big-but-hardly-huge live action “Snow White” cleared the $50 million mark on its first week in release, and should add another $13 million+ on its second weekend, based on Friday’s turnout. But will it remain the top draw at the … Continue reading →

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