Category: Looking at the Weekend

We have our first pair of major competitors at the box office this weekend with the Disney re-origin story, Cruella, facing off against the long-awaited horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II. These two films are looking to help reinvigorate the box office, so we’ll see how well they perform this weekend with Disney’s Cruella…

There are no new wide releases this weekend, several films we previewed moved back a week while others were moved forward, such that some previews may have already been posted for films or included in this week that have already released. It’s a tumultuous time. Our Highest Rated Films: New Order Our Best Awards Ratings:…

The busiest weekend of the late-pandemic box office yet finds four films releasing wide this weekend. Finding You seems like the kind of film that never quite matches studio expectations. Profile doesn’t have the kind of premise that plays well to broad audiences. Spiral will test whether the horror box office numbers are ready to…

With a disappointing couple of weeks at the box office, two new films are hoping to change the calculus. Here Today is a comedy from the mind of Billy Crystal and co-starring Tiffany Haddish. Both have decent bases of appreciation, so it could perform well. The same could be said of Guy Ritchie’s new film,…

With only one new wide release, it should conceivably be able to top the charts, but the one typically consistent box office performer that took a huge hit from the pandemic and has yet to rebound effectively is horror films, so whether this can take the top spot from the second week of Mortal Kombat…

After a lull in new wide releases, we get two simultaneously. Although Hollywood is still adapting to the new normal, as the summer progresses we should see more such films, though not in the bountiful numbers we’re used to. Of this week’s new releases, only Mortal Kombat has the potential to win the weekend. Godzilla…

There are no new wide releases this week, leaving Godzilla vs. Kong with a clear path to a third week at the top of the box office after last week’s flop of wide opener Voyagers. Our Highest Rated Films: Monday Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Beast Beast (Limited) Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts…

Godzilla vs. Kong may have symbolized a sudden shift in moviegoing habits, but we aren’t out of the pandemic yet, so this week’s new release might still struggle. Our Highest Rated Films: Moffie Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Hollow Point (Limited) My True Fairytale (Limited) Slalom (Virtual)

Can a big budget summer-like blockbuster really draw audiences back to the theater when they’ve been so far reticent? We shall see, though the Wednesday opening might temper weekend expectations. Our Highest Rated Films: Godzilla vs. Kong, Shiva Baby Our Best Awards Ratings: Godzilla vs. Kong (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES 2021 Oscar Shorts (Limited) Amundsen…

With a single new wide release, it looks like Nobody could top the box office as Raya and the Last Dragon begins to wind down. Our Highest Rated Films: Six Minutes to Midnight Our Best Awards Ratings: None. OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Miracle Fishing: The Kidnapping of Tom Hargrove (Limited) Mystery of the Kingdom of God…

Another weekend with no new wide releases means we have nothing much to say other than another week of Disney dominance of the box office. Our Highest Rated Films: The Courier Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Dark State (Limited) Enforcement (Limited) The Fever (Virtual) St. Patrick’s Day (Limited) Wojnarowicz: F**k You F-ggot…

With nothing new in terms of wide releases, Raya and the Last Dragon shouldn’t maintain its top-spot position. Our Highest Rated Films: Honeydew Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Come True (Limited) Dutch (Limited) The Inheritance (Limited) Lamb of God: The Concert Film (Limited) Never Gonna Snow Again (Limited) Still Life in Lodz…

With three new wide releases, it almost feels like things are back to normal. However, we’re still in the depressed pandemic box office with all but family films struggling to find their footing. This weekend, we have another film that’s going to take on Tom & Jerry for the top spot at the box office…

It seems that animated or kid-friendly movies are doing far better at the pandemic box office than other types of movies as evinced by last week’s #1 finish for The Croods: A New Age in its thirteenth week in release. The film spent two weeks at number one upon release, spent eight weeks bouncing between…

No more new wide releases this weekend and with the anemic box office of the President’s Day holiday weekend, there’s no telling what film will take the spotlight. Our Highest Rated Films: Body Brokers, Days of the Bagnold Summer, Silk Road Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Angelique’s Isle (Limited) Blithe Spirit…