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Box office: Scream 7 scares up franchise-best opening

Also: I Can Only Imagine 2 had one of the steepest second-weekend drops of any "faith-based" film, while two concert movies landed in the top five.

Mar 2 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Goat takes the lead, while I Can Only Imagine 2 opens well behind the original film

Also: How to Make a Killing had the lowest opening of any Glen Powell movie in wide release, an Elvis movie cracked the top ten, and Solo Mio became…

Feb 23 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Wuthering Heights the top Brontë movie ever after one weekend

Also: after years of mostly going straight to streaming, Sony Animation returned to the big screen with Goat, which had their best non-Spidey non-sequel…

Feb 16 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Solo Mio the top new release in a weekend without new major-studio films

The Kevin James-starring romantic comedy is currently on track to have the 2nd-best opening of any live-action Angel Studios film, behind Sound of…

Feb 9 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Send Help tops the chart, Iron Lung runs a close second

The weekend was dominated by two horror films: one a big-studio, star-driven survival flick directed by a veteran of the genre, the other a…

Feb 2 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Mercy leads a slow week as Avatar 3 and Zootopia 2 pass new milestones

Also: The Bone Temple collapsed, Return to Silent Hill had one of the lowest video-game-movie openings ever, and Hamnet got a post-Oscar-nomination…

Jan 26 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple can't quite topple Avatar: Fire and Ash

Also: Zootopia 2 became one of the top ten movies of all time worldwide, The Housemaid joined the $100 million club domestically, and The Lord of the…

Jan 19 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: A rabid Primate is no match for the fourth week of Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar was the first film to be #1 for four straight weeks since Barbie; Primate had a standard-for-January horror-movie opening; The Housemaid had…

Jan 12 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Zootopia and The Housemaid post strong holds while Avatar joins the billion-dollar club

Also: David is now one of the top four Bible movies—live-action or animated—of the past half-century and one of the top four "faith-based" movies ever…

Jan 5 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Avatar holds, Zootopia surges, Marty reigns Supreme in a busy post-Christmas weekend

Also: David had one of the best holds of any Angel Studios release, while Anaconda and Song Sung Blue opened at the low end for Jack Black and Hugh…

Dec 29, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Avatar leads the way while David sets new studio, genre records

The third film in James Cameron's sci-fi series had a slightly softer opening than expected, while David set new records for Angel Studios and the…

Dec 22, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Flashback: the original Avatar (2009)

Some thoughts on how the original film played with — and sometimes subverted — James Cameron tropes from religion and transhumanism to the importance of…

Dec 18, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

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