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Box office: Superman has one of the best second-weekend holds of the year

Meanwhile, attempts to revive the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Smurfs franchises fell flat.

Jul 21, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Superman takes off, but how high can he fly?

The latest Superman reboot had a slightly smaller opening than the last one, Man of Steel. But it also had the best opening of any PG-13 superhero movie…

Jul 14, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: F1 races to the top of the chart

Brad Pitt's car-race flick had one of the five best openings of any "original" movie this decade. Also: M3GAN 2.0 opened to only a fraction of what the…

Jun 30, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: 28 Years Later sets series high, while Elio marks new Pixar low

28 Years Later revived its franchise with the best opening ever for director Danny Boyle, while Elio had Pixar's worst opening ever even before taking…

Jun 23, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: How to Train Your Dragon soars to franchise-best opening

Also: Celine Song's Materialists had the best opening of any non-IP film directed by a woman in over two years.

Jun 16, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Ballerina underperforms with the weakest debut of any John Wick sequel or spin-off

The Ana de Armas-starring revenge flick, like last week's Karate Kid: Legends, fell well behind initially optimistic predictions.

Jun 9, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Karate Kid: Legends can't knock Mission: Impossible out of the #2 spot

Also: Lilo & Stitch is already the 2nd-highest-grossing American movie of the year.

Jun 2, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Lilo & Stitch remake beats the Mission: Impossible sequel in a record-setting weekend

Also: Neal McDonough, who worked on the Tom Cruise movie that beat the original Lilo & Stitch at the box office 23 years ago, starred in his third movie…

May 26, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Oscar nominations — my own two bits, and a complete list

Among other thing, the awards are more international than ever this year, and a record number of Best Picture nominees were directed by women.

Jan 26, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Gran Turismo challenges Barbie for the top spot

Plus: Barbie sets more records, Blue Beetle has the best hold of any recent DC movie, and Liam Neeson action movies continue to struggle in the age of…

Aug 28, 2023 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Beetle bumps Barbie with a good news, bad news opening

Also: Sound of Freedom rewards its investors... but maybe not the filmmakers?

Aug 21, 2023 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Barbie breaks a couple new records while the week's only new wide release flops

Also: Oppenheimer continues to outpace Inception, while Sound of Freedom passes Indiana Jones.

Aug 14, 2023 • Peter T Chattaway

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