Weekend Report: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Less than Magical with Mediocre Debut

The second installment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise opened to fairly middling results this weekend, while Universal's The Grinch continued posting strong results. Meanwhile, the other two openers of the week, Instant Family and Widows, failed to impress. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opened to an estimated $62.2 million this weekend. In terms of ticket sales, that's off …

Weekend Forecast: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Targets $70M Pre-Thanksgiving Start

Warner Brothers hopes to solidify a franchise this weekend, as the second of five planned installments in the Fantastic Beasts series hits theaters, amidst competition from Fox's R rated heist thriller Widows, as well as Paramount's comedy Instant Family. The original Fantastic Beasts launched on the same weekend two years ago, and resulted in a performance that could most …

Weekend Report: ‘Grinch’ Continues Illumination’s Hot Streak, ‘Rhapsody’ Keeps Rocking

The month of November showed no signs of slowing down in its second weekend, as Universal's The Grinch got off to a solid start with $66 million. Meanwhile, Bohemian Rhapsody posted a very impressive second weekend, while the two new counterprogramming titles - Overlord and The Girl in the Spider's Web - failed to impress. The Grinch opened …

Weekend Forecast: ‘Grinch’ Set to Continue Firey Fall Box Office

Following a record breaking October and an excellent first weekend of November, Universal hopes to keep the ball rolling with this weekends release of The Grinch, the lates animated feature from Illumination Entertainment, which is poised to take first with an opening of over $60 million. Meanwhile, Sony and Paramount with two R rated action titles, The …

Weekend Report: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Rocks First with Stunning Debut

Crushing all expectations in its path, Bohemian Rhapsody struck a chord with audiences, landing in first with a phenomenal $50 million debut. Meanwhile, Disney struck out with their latest live action fairy tale, as The Nutcracker and the Four Realms flopped. Bohemian Rhapsody, the $52 million Freddie Mercury biopic, was tracking for a debut in the $35-40 …

Weekend Report: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Start Holiday Season on a High Note

Freddie Mercury is set to put an end to Michael Myers' reign of terror, as Fox's big budget music drama is set to storm into first with a debut that could near $40 million. Meanwhile, Disney hopes to counterprogram for family audiences with their critically panned fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Additionally, Paramount …