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Goosebumps had just enough going for it to knock the blockbuster that is The Martian off the top spot at the box office this past weekend. The Jack Black-starring film that takes the world of R.L. Stine’s books and brings them to life scored an impressive $23.5 million debut, and […]

Goosebumps Scares Up Weekend Win: Box Office Report

October 19, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Goosebumps by joeldamos

The Martian continues to show that audiences crave smart movies about smart people. The Matt Damon-starring, Ridley Scott-directed take on Andy Weir’s blockbuster book made it two-for-two atop the box office charts and added another $37 million to its haul. That gives The Martian $108.7 million since its release over […]

The Martian Continues to Soar: Box Office Report

October 12, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / The Martian by joeldamos

The Martian gave Ridley Scott and Matt Damon their biggest opening weekend in years. Audiences turned out in droves to see one of the smarter movies we’ve seen in some time (check out our The Martian review) and made it the number one movie of the weekend. Although it made […]

The Martian Flies High: Weekend Box Office Report

October 5, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Matt Damon / The Martian by joeldamos

We truly enjoyed Hotel Transylvania, but it didn’t set the world afire in terms of box office (it didn’t do badly, we’re just saying). So when Hotel Transylvania 2 was green lit, some in the business were a little surprised. See, there’s this little thing called home video and pay […]

Hotel Transylvania 2 Sets September Box Office Record

September 28, 2015 in Box Office tagged Adam Sandler / Box Office / Hotel Transylvania 2 by joeldamos

Given the success that Screen Gems has had with thrillers that have African American leads (like Obsessed with Idris Elba and No Good Deed with Elba and Taraji P. Henson), no one should be surprised that the Sony Pictures studio scored another hit with The Perfect Guy. What was slightly […]

The Perfect Guy Edges The Visit for Box Office Victory

September 14, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / The Perfect Guy by joeldamos

Universal Studios’ hot summer continued with its latest, Straight Outta Compton, taking the prize for the most popular movie in the land in the final weekend of August. The N.W.A. biopic banked another $13.2 million to bring its total earnings to $134.1 million. This was only the latest multi-weekend topping […]

Straight Outta Compton Goes Three-For-Three: Weekend Box Office Report

August 31, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Straight Outta Compton by joeldamos

Straight Outta Compton topped the box office for a second straight week, giving Universal another win in an already impressive summer for the famed studio. The biopic of the rap supergroup N.W.A. added another $27.8 million to its total of $111.48 million. In a distant second place was a fellow repeat […]

Straight Outta Compton Raps Second Box Office Win

August 24, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Straight Outta Compton by joeldamos

N.W.A. came Straight Outta Compton and changed the world and the movie that captures their incredible story has broken records at the weekend box office. F. Gary Grey’s Straight Outta Compton arrived in theaters in banked $56 million, breaking the record for an R-rated film opening in August. Our Straight […]

Straight Outta Compton Breaks Records: Box Office Report

August 17, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Straight Outta Compton by joeldamos

Tom Cruise proved unstoppable in his second week as Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation made it two-for-two in box office victories. That proved to be a disappointment for Fox as their Fantastic Four debuted to dismal reviews (check out our Fantastic Four review) and was probably hurt by that and terrible […]

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Keeps Cruising: Weekend Box Office

August 10, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Fantastic Four / Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation / The Gift by joeldamos