The Post

Reports on the death of movie theaters have, again, been greatly exaggerated. Last month was the biggest February in domestic box office history, generating over $996.4 million. That tops the previous February record of $818.2 million set in 2012 while...

Tuesday Update: Black Panther is even bigger than we thought. Studio actuals have the superhero film coming in at $242.5 million over the four-day weekend – nearly $7 million more than yesterday’s estimates. That makes the Disney/Marvel release the second-largest four-day...

Their official press release: Fandango reports that the seven Academy Award Best Picture nominees currently in the theatrical window saw a boost in ticket sales since the Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning. The two films currently in the home entertainment window,...

Saturday Update: It was a dead heat atop the box office on Friday as both 12 Strong and Den of Thieves are out-performing pre-release expectations, each taking in an estimated $5.66 million (including Thursday night earnings) for a first place tie yesterday. 12 Strong had trailed Thieves by just...

Tuesday Update: Sony’s family fantasy Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle led the MLK Day weekend box office with $35.1 million over the F-S-S-M four-day, in its fourth weekend of release and second weekend on top. In its wide expansion, Fox’s journalism drama The Post posted...

In Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Meryl Streep, playing Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, and Tom Hanks, as its legendary editor Ben Bradlee, race to catch up with The New York Times to publish a classified account of the U.S. Government’s...

Saturday Update: Winter Storm Hunter appears to be having a larger-than-expected impact across areas of the midwest, southeast, and northeast to begin this holiday weekend as Friday estimates for a number of key titles came in well below expectations. The hope...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend will see the wide release of four films, one of which expands from a strong platform release. Here’s how the weekend is currently shaping up: PROS: The Post unites the prestige of Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep,...

Our look into 2018 continues with two weeks’ worth (February 23 and March 2) of new wide releases joining the Long Range Forecast, in addition to a handful of updates for January releases. PROS: Annihilation will hope to mark the next...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi barely eked out a win over Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle during a hotly-contested four-day holiday weekend. While on Sunday it appeared as if Jumanji had potentially scored an upset over Disney’s latest Star Wars installment, based...

Sunday Update: It was a weekend with two different winners. Star Wars: The Last Jedi eked out a slight win for the 3-day F-S-S weekend, as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle appears to have won the 4-day weekend when factoring in New Year’s Day Monday....

Update #3: The Last Jedi pulled $99 million over the four-day Christmas weekend, while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle scored a hefty $55.4 million four-day launch. Pitch Perfect 3 ($26.4 million), The Greatest Showman ($14.4 million), and Ferdinand ($10.1 million) rounded out the top five. Meanwhile, Downsizing debuted to $7.7 million and Father...