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Box office: Forrest Gump reunion flops, Venom holds, Wild Robot surges

Here, which reunites the director and co-stars of Forrest Gump, was the only new wide release from a major studio this week, and it had one of the worst…

Nov 4, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Venom 3 opens soft, but not as soft as Joker 2 (and it cost less too)

Also: politically-charged church thriller Conclave had a reasonably solid opening, and awards hopeful Anora cracked the top ten despite playing in only…

Oct 28, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Joker 2 has the worst debut of any major Batman or Joker movie

Also: White Bird, a sort of sequel to 2017's Wonder, had the worst opening weekend of any non-documentary released under the "faith-based" Kingdom Story…

Oct 7, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Wild Robot has one of the best non-franchise debuts of the decade

The well-reviewed adaptation of Peter Brown's novel had the best first weekend of any post-Covid animated film that wasn't a sequel, a spin-off, or…

Sep 30, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Transformers One is... not number one

Despite getting some of the best critical buzz in the franchise's history, this animated origin story couldn't take the top spot from Beetlejuice…

Sep 23, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

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