Weekend Report: ‘Black Panther’ Shatters More Records

No real surprises here. Black Panther shattered more records by becoming one of the only films to ever score more than $100M in its second weekend, while newcomers Annihilation, Game Night and Every Day opened mostly as expected. Black Panther repeated in first with $108M in its sophomore frame, lifting the domestic total to an eye-popping $400M, and don't …

Weekend Forecast: ‘Black Panther’ Set to Crush More Records in Round Two

After an unbelievable $242M four day opening, Black Panther looks poised to take one of the highest second weekends on record. Meanwhile, Paramount and Warner Brothers hope to capture adults audiences with a pair of R rated genre titles, Annihilation and Game Night, and Orion Pictures attempts to find success for its teen drama Every Day. Black Panther is …

Weekend Report: ‘Black Panther’ Annihilates Box Office

Following months of hype, fantastic reviews and a lack of competition, Black Panther crushed all reasonable expectations in its path, launching with one of the highest opening weekends of all time. Playing in 4,020 theaters, Black Panther scored an unbelievable $192M over the three day weekend, for a per theater average of over $47K. Should that number …

Weekend Forecast: Sky is the Limit for ‘Black Panther’

Following months of hype, critical acclaim and a massive marketing campaign, Black Panther seems to have a very strong chance of breaking the Presidents Day weekend record, set by Deadpool two years ago. Meanwhile, Lionsgate and PureFlix will hope to counterprogram with Early Man and Samson. There's no doubt about it - Black Panther is going to be huge …

Weekend Report: ‘Fifty Shades’ Franchise Finishes Strong

The third and final installment in Universal's Fifty Shades trilogy hit theaters this weekend, where it opened with a solid debut that was right along expectations. Meanwhile, Sony's Peter Rabbit opened a notch above predictions, while The 15:17 to Paris failed to impress. Fifty Shades Freed opened to a solid yet unspectacular $38.6M this weekend. On Friday, it …

Weekend Forecast: ‘Fifty Shades’ to Spice up Lifeless Box Office

Following several quiet weekends at the movies, Universal's Fifty Shades Freed hopes to send off the trilogy with solid numbers, while Peter Rabbit and The 15:17 to Paris attempt to counter-program by appealing to drastically different audiences. Fifty Shades Freed is the final film in the franchise, and has pushed this angle quite a bit in the advertising …

Weekend Report: ‘Jumanji’ Reclaims First as ‘Winchester’ Unspectacular

On a predictably quiet first weekend of February, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle managed to reclaim first in its seventh weekend of release. In second, Maze Runner: The Death Cure fell harder than expected, while Winchester opened on par with modest expectations. Winchester was the sole new release over the Super Bowl weekend, and actually managed to take …

Weekend Forecast: ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Maze Runner’ Fight for First as ‘Winchester’ Opens

On what is sure to be one of the slower weekends of the year, first place will go to one of two holdovers, while the only new wide release is a low budget horror film, unlikely to crack $10M. The first holdover is Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which seems set for a hard second weekend …