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Box office: Two big blockbusters share the top ten with three (count 'em!) "faith-based" films
Among other things, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two grossed over $40 million each – the first time two films have done so well at the same time since…
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Box office: The top ten list barely changes, while a few films reach new milestones
Wonka joins the domestic top ten of 2023, Aquaman becomes the top-grossing DCEU movie of the decade, The Book of Clarence drops by more than half, and…
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Box office: Disney's Wish falls to Napoleon over the Thanksgiving weekend
Both films cost up to $200 million and grossed a little more than $30 million in their first five days, but the discourse around them has been very…
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Journey to Bethlehem round-up: two new clips and a curious request for ticket-buyers
Should people buy tickets to movies they aren't planning to see, just to boost the movies' grosses?
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Box office: The Hunger Games prequel leads a weekend of (mostly) underperformers
Meanwhile, the latest Trolls movie gets the jump on Disney, and The Marvels has possibly the worst second-weekend drop in superhero-movie history.
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Box office: The Marvels, Journey to Bethlehem get the holiday season off to a rocky start
The big-budget superhero flick and the low-budget "faith-based" film both set record or near-record lows for their respective genres.
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Box office: It's back to the doldrums as Five Nights plummets and there are no new (or old!) studio films to pick up the slack
Usually, the weekend after Halloween marks the start of the lucrative winter holiday season. This year... not so much.
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Box office: Five Nights at Freddy's gets the fans out of their houses for Halloween
Far surpassing expectations, it had one of the best openings ever of any horror movie, any video-game movie, any October release, any day-and-date…
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Box office: Scorsese, DiCaprio return to the big screen and take streaming with them
Killers of the Flower Moon, which reunites Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio after their separate gigs with Netflix, is the first Apple TV+ film to…
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Box office: Taylor Swift does her part to "save movie theatres"
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is already the top-grossing concert movie of all time in North America, and it may or may not have set a new record for best…
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Box office: The Exorcist finds fewer believers than expected
The latest horror semi-reboot had a weaker opening than the Scream and Halloween revivals, and a weaker opening than the latest installments of…
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Box office: New releases Paw, Saw, Creator, Blind dominate the top five
Meanwhile, Barbie almost drops out of the top ten, and Oppenheimer definitely does.
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