By the looks of the weekend box office -- the single worst in 20 years -- you weren't at the movies this weekend. Every movie suffered a massive drop but for those which were still in the process of adding theaters and they didn't score with strong per screen averages. Here's how the current releases fared...
| Weekend Box Office March 13th-15th (ESTIMATES) 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| WIDE RELEASE (800+ screens) |
PLATFORM TITLES |
 Onward |
 Hope Gap |
| 1 ONWARD $10.5 (60.8) --down 73% |
1 PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE $178k (cum. $3.7) - down 66% TOP TEN LIST ★ |
| 2 🔺 I STILL BELIEVE $9.5 *new* | 2 🔺 HOPE GAP $55k (cum. $99k) up 79% REVIEW |
| 3 🔺 BLOODSHOT $9.3 *new* | 3 BAAGHI 3 $52k (cum. $718K) -down 89% |
| 4 THE INVISIBLE MAN $6 (cum. $64.4) down 60% REVIEW | 4 MY BOYFRIEND'S MEDS $50k (cum. $2.9) -down 81% |
| 5 🔺 THE HUNT $5.3 *new* | 5 🔺 EXTRA ORDINARY $46k (cum. $162k) - down 43% |
 The Way Back |
 Never Rarely Sometimes Always |
| 6 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG $2.5 (cum. $145.8) -down 66% |
6 🔺 BURDEN $46k (cum. $133k) -up 13% |
| 7 THE WAY BACK $2.4 (cum. $13.4) - down 70% | 7 🔺 WENDY $44k (cum. $142k) - down 6% REVIEW |
| 8 CALL OF THE WILD $2.2 (cum. $62.1) - down 66% HARRISON FORD | 8 GREED $27k (cum. $359k) - down 86% |
| 9 EMMA. $1.3 (cum. $10) -down 71% REVIEW, EMMAS OF YORE ★ | 9 🔺 HEART OF AFRICA $24k *new* |
| 10 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE $1.1 (cum. $204.2) -down 63% | 10 🔺 NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS $18k *new* INTERVIEW ★ |
As previously discussed most wide releases are delaying their bows and many indies are cancelling which means that even if movie theaters do stay open they won't have many new films to show. We're hoping for multiple reasons -- safety and health of everyone first and foremost but our beloved movies, too, further down the list -- that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic will be behind us by mid-April when most of the currently announced closings are set to expire.
In the meantime here at TFE we'll be covering more streaming and dvd/bluray entertainments to tide us over.