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While the box office charts we share each week are domestic money only, Aquaman has already become the biggest DC movie since their "expanded universe" began overseas. It will be the first of those films to cross the billion dollar mark globally. That said stateside it's still $150 million behind Wonder Woman though it should easily topple Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman by the the end of its run since it's still going strong.
More box office news after the jump...
Weekend Box Office (Estimates) (January 4th-6th)
W I D E 800+ screens
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide
1 Aquaman $30.7 on 4184 screens (cum. $259.7)Review, Podcast
1 🔺 If Beale Street Could Talk $1.8 on 335 screens (cum. $4.4) Review, Podcast ❤️
We haven't done a full weekend box office post in some time since we've been sharing the 'top grossing of the year' lists which are all updated if you missed them and you can see the hits in 11 different categories including docs, foreign films, female directors, gay directors, films with female leads, etcetera...
But as for what people were seeing Christmas week and this past weekend, here are the nation's top dozen+ movies chart for both wide releases and limited/expanding titles. Which titles were you catching up with?
Weekend Box Office (Actuals) (December 28th-30th)
W I D E 800+ screens
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide
1 Aquaman $52.1 on 4125 screens (cum. $189.3)Review, Podcast
1 🔺 Simmba $1.7 on 300 screens *NEW*
2 Mary Poppins Returns$28.3 on 4090 screens (cum. $99.2) Podcast❤️
2 🔺 If Beale Street Could Talk$766k on 65 screens (cum. $1.9) Review, Podcast❤️
After the jump the current state of the DC cinematic universe, good jokes about Us, A Star is Born, and recognizing Sandra Bullock and Adam Driver. Plus more Mary Poppins Returns fun...
• And the Runner Up Is... I guest starred on this podcast episode about the 1978 Oscars: Coming Home vs. The Deer Hunter • Cinematic Corner Sati has been counting down the days... or drooling down the days for Jason Momoa as Aquaman so here's her spoiler-filled review • Variety what's behind the uptick in the US box office this past year? • The Advocate counts down the 15 best LGBT tv shows of the year: Pose, One Day at a Time, and Schitts Creek more • Vanity Fair Why you should root for Aquaman's box office success • Vanity Fair Kevin Spacey's bizarre holiday video reprising his House of Cards character • Deadline why did Welcome to Marwen bomb at the box office? • Gay Body Blog [NSFW] counts down the best naked scenes of the past year or so. • /Film interesting thought experiment. Would Green Lantern (2011) have been well received had it premiered in 2006 or 2016 due to the changing nature of the superhero genre.
Today's Video Behind the scenes of "Trip a Little Light Fantastic"
Do y'all think Mary Poppins Returns will manage two best song nominations? I think they're only going to get one but if this one gets nominated we'll get Lin-Manuel Miranda performing at the Oscars which would be sweet.
Finally... Redbox released their list of most rented titles of 2018. Apparently El Paso Texas is the busiest city for redbox rentals (who knew?) and Dwayne Johnson is the biggest overall draw. Ready for it?
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Rampage
Daddy's Home 2
Game Night
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
I mean where's A Fantastic Woman or We the Animals? I kid I kid. Americans just aren't adventurous in their movie tastes, whether they're going to the movies or watching them at home. In both scenarios they want big muscles, big explosions, big laughs, and big CGI beasties. That covers most of it.
Index (51 minutes) 00:01 Mary Poppins Returns, the songs, the costumes, the Blunt 20:17 James Wan bonkers vision of Aquaman, shirtlessness and the lack thereof, and the kick-ass fun Nicole Kidman is having as Aquamom 30:08 Returning to the Poppins-Verse for a moment 33:20 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and comic book style 40:40 Split opinions on Cold War but we all love the cinematography, music, and the performance of its leading actress Joanna Kulig 46:47 Murtada makes us talk about Beale Street... again. 49:45 Wrap-up
Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 6:00PM 
