Category: Looking at the Weekend

There aren’t a lot of box office options in the first weekend of 2019. While there’s one new release, everything else will be leftovers from 2018. While Aquaman would Our Highest Rated Film: Escape Room Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Great Great Great

There aren’t a lot of options this weekend outside of holdovers. There are two new wide releases and only one of them has genuine potential to top the box office. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as the frequently filmed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The pair have done well at the box…

Five major films release this weekend with three of them having the potential of landing in the top spot with one of those three having a tougher time thanks to its Wednesday opening. Mary Poppins Returns is that film, which should pick up quite a lot of money in the two days prior to the…

Three potential box office toppers release this weekend and, once again, Marvel appears to be likely to win it all. Mortal Engines is the latest attempt to building a major young adult dystopian cinematic franchise. Few have succeeded and while this one seems bolder and more effects-heavy than prior versions, it still looks to be…

Since there are no new wide releases this weekend, it’s hard to know exactly which of the four new limited releases will perform best. All of them have potential, though the two bigger Oscar contenders are most likely to shine. Mary Queen of Scots is bigger and bolder than Ben Is Back, but the latter…

The post-Thanksgiving weekend is always a quiet one where the turkey day champs make another weekend of lots of money. The only newcomer will be The Possession of Hannah Grace, a film that is way outside of its customary programming window, so it probably won’t top any of the major holdovers. Our Highest Rated Films:…

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is always an interesting one. With several prominent holdovers and three major new films, there should be a flood of business this week. While the second week of Fantastic Beasts should be decent, it won’t be enough to top any of the three other releases. Likely placing third place this weekend,…

The previous film opened to $74 million two years ago on its way to $234 million. It was the lowest tally both for the Wizarding World films, but also the lowest opening. That doesn’t mean that this second film will underperform as well. Although the new series is not based on books that were wildly…

For the second weekend of November, a trio of potential box office champions are releasing with only one of those seeming to be a likely chart topper. Likely coming in third behind the second weekend of Bohemian Rhapsody, The Girl in the Spider’s Web changes directors and cast and skips book to present a new…

There are two films with potential for topping the box office. The first is the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. One of the most celebrated and popular bands might prove a strong draw at the box office, but the film hasn’t gotten a lot of great reviews so far, suggesting that it won’t be as crowd-pleasing…

Although Johnny English Strikes Again was originally slated as a wide release, it’s opening on 500 screens, which is limited. That leaves Hunter Killer to fight for number one against the second weekend (and weekend before Halloween) for Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween. While horror usually drops precipitously in its second weekend, a $30 million…

With a single wide release this weekend, it won’t surprise anyone that it takes the top spot. Of course, even if it had been facing off against other films, it would likely have trounced them all as Halloween bringing Jamie Lee Curtis back is a shrewd and potentially lucrative move. Our Highest Rated Films: Can…

Three films in release and three films that could be solid performers at the box office. Goosebumps 2 is the sequel no one asked for, so I suspect it won’t come close to the top, possibly not even the top 5. That pits Bad Times at the El Royale, a stylish noir thriller against Damien…

The battle for the top spot at the box office is going to be fierce, but a comic book adaptation is far more likely to top it than a romantic drama starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. That said, both films will do incredibly good box office respectively. Venom is the first antihero in the…

First place will be something of a fight this week as two films have a lot of potential for box office dominance. Night School features Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in a comedy that plays to their strengths. Smallfoot is the first animated feature in some time, which means families will likely flock to it.…