Category: Looking at the Weekend

With four wide releases on Wednesday and another three on Christmas Day, the weekend is going to be a real barn-burner, at least Hollywood hopes. It’s very likely that Spider-Man: No Way Home stays at the top for a second weekend (of likely many), but the highest posting new release is likely to be The…

Spider-Man: No Way Home has already set records for pre-sales, so it will undoubtedly win the weekend. The second week of West Side Story and the first week of Nightmare Alley stand no chance against Sony’s juggernaut. Our Highest Rated Films: Nightmare Alley, The Tender Bar, Spider-Man: No Way Home Our Best Awards Ratings: Nightmare…

After two weeks on top of the box office due to the lack of wide openings this past weekend, Encanto will almost assuredly fall to the opening weekend of Steven Spielberg’s long awaited re-adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim stage musical classic West Side Story, based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. There’s really no…

There are no films releasing this week on a wide scale that could keep this past week’s winners from being winners again. Our Highest Rated Films: Benedetta Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Try Harder (Wide) Castle Falls (Limited) Death of a Telemarketer (Limited) The Hand of God (Limited) Invasion (Limited) Flee…

After a less than spectacular opening for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Thanksgiving holiday will see a handful of new wide releases, but only one of them will likely top the box office, Disney’s Encanto. Although the studio has struggled to turn its animated features into blockbusters in the last year, the combination of a holiday centered…

After two weeks at the top of the heap, Eternals will give way this weekend to a new box office champ, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film gives a lot of fan service in the trailer, so it’s sure to top the box office. The only other competition is King Richard, which should be successful enough, but…

While there are ostensibly two wide releases this coming weekend, only one of them has any potential to make a box office splash. Belfast is a film festival hit from director Kenneth Branagh. Those kinds of films rarely ever top the box office and that will be especially true right now in the late-pandemic box…

With no competition and a third week for Dune that won’t cross $10 million, Etenrals has a clear shot at the top spot, the only question will be is how this first film in the new phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will do without a major name in play. Our Highest Rated Films: Spencer…

With Dune making an unimpressive debut, the next weekend of releases should have a lot of opportunities to top the chart. That said, only Last Night in Soho really seems like the kind of film that can do it. Our Highest Rated Films: Last Night in Soho Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES…

This weekend, we have a battle of two types of audiences. The first film is likely to draw a lot of fans of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi classic. The other film is likely to appeal to families who haven’t had as much to see at theaters recently. Ultimately, the expansive epic is more likely to…

Two films release wide this week in an effort to take down #1 No Time to Die. The Last Duel might have actors people recognize, but it looks like a very dreary historical drama and those aren’t that popular. Halloween Kills, on the other hand, has much more potential. The film is part of a…

Delayed a year, the last Daniel Craig James Bond film is sure to make quite the splash. Early reviews are solid, so it should appeal to audiences and with each subsequent new release showing new teeth at the Pandemic Era box office, I see No Time to Die topping the chart with the second weekend…

Shang-Chi‘s reign at the top of the box office is likely to come to an end this weekend with four new wide releases and two of them have a shot at the top spot. The Many Saints of Newark and The Jesus Music are not going to be topping the chart. Meanwhile, The Addams Family…

With three new wide releases and nothing that looks particularly stellar, it will be a tough weekend for all newcomers. Dear Evan Hanson might have a shot over the widening The Eyes of Tammy Faye and the re-release of Courageous, but there’s no question the weekend will be poorly attended and might see Shang-Chi triumphing…

Presently, there are three films scheduled for wide release this weekend, going up against the third week of Shang-Chi. It’s possible that two of the three could come out on top. First, we must discard CopShop, which just doesn’t have the kind of draw a film would need to be a box office success. Cry…