News & Analysis

Disney in 2016 is on track to become one of the most profitable “year + studio” combinations in history, as the studio broke its own record for annual overseas box office on Sunday with $3.5664 billion earned overseas through October 16. That’s a solid two...

Warner Bros.’ thriller The Accountant topped the box office with $24.71 million this weekend. Universal’s holdover — and last week’s top film — The Girl on the Train earned second place with $12.24 million, slightly beating out Universal’s new comedy debut Kevin Hart: What...

Warner Bros.’ thriller The Accountant tallied up the numbers to debut at first place in the box office this weekend with an estimated $24.71 million. The crime thriller starring Ben Affleck as the title character alongside Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons was able to maneuver...

Saturday Update: Warner Bros. reports that The Accountant grabbed an estimated $9.075 million opening day on Friday, including Thursday’s $1.35 million early gross. That beats our expectations heading into the weekend as tracking across various platforms had been somewhat mixed, as were critical...

Universal’s drama thriller The Girl on the Train debuted in first place this weekend with $24.53 million. Fox Searchlight’s awards contender The Birth of a Nation — like Snowden last month — wasn’t able to translate its controversy into big box office success, with...

The Girl on the Train rode to first place at the box office this weekend, as fellow new releases The Birth of a Nation and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life came in with middling grosses and Finding Dory earned $1 billion...

Saturday Update: Universal reports that The Girl on the Train bowed to a healthy $9.35 million on Friday, including Thursday evening’s shows. That falls in line with Boxoffice’s pre-release expectations as it ended up being somewhat more front-loaded to Thursday than the comparable Gone...

Fox’s fantasy film Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children topped the box office this weekend with a $28.87 million debut. Lionsgate’s disaster movie Deepwater Horizon took second place with a $20.22 million opening. Sony’s Western The Magnificent Seven went from first place last weekend...

Fox’s family fantasy film Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children led the weekend box office with an estimated $28.50 million. The movie stars Asa Butterfield and Eva Green about a group of kids with special powers who are forced to live the...

Saturday Update: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children opened atop the box office on Friday with an estimated $9.0 million. That comes in 22.5 percent higher than the $7.35 million first day of Goosebumps last October, and just 7 percent shy of Alice Through the...

Their official press release: LOS ANGELES – September 29, 2016 –  Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ is leading this weekend’s ticket sales on Fandango, and scoring a strong 81 points on Fandango’s movie buzz indicator,Fanticipation. “Miss Peregrine” is currently...

Sony/Columbia’s Western remake The Magnificent Seven readied, aimed, and fired to a $34.70 million opening weekend to lead the box office. Warner Bros.’ animated Storks debuted a bit less than many analysts expected with a $21.31 million opening. And Warner Bros.’ Sully ended...