What did you see this weekend? 'Uncharted' and 'Dog' were popular

by Nathaniel R

Tom Holland and Channing Tatum both proved continued drawing power this weekend as the video game adaptation Uncharted opened strong with  $51 million over the long weekend and the original comedy Dog opened to $17 million. Meanwhile international feature Oscar nominees Worst Person in the World and Drive My Car continued their arthouse dominance. Full "estimates" chart after the jump...

Weekend Box Office February 18-21 HOLIDAY WEEKEND 🔺 = new or expanding
OVER 800 SCREENS	UNDER 800 SCREENS
UNCHARTED	WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

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What did you see over the weekend?

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office February 11th-13th 🔺 = new or expanding
OVER 800 SCREENS	UNDER 800 SCREENS
DEATH ON THE NILE	WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
1 🔺 DEATH ON THE NILE  $12.8	1 🔺 WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD $255k (cum. $451k)

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Hot Links and Leftovers

• Vulture Allison Wilmore makes a good case that Don't Look Up is going to win Best Picture (uh-oh)
• The Daily Beast great far ranging interview with Steven Soderbergh - very exciting quote on the third Magic Mike movie "It’s as close to a full-blown musical as I’m ever going to get." And yes he also talks about superhero movies which all the A list directors are required to talk about now in interviews (sigh)
• Vogue "2022 Hollywood Portfolio" features lots of Oscar hopefuls and also some wildcards having a good year. Alana Haim, Simu Liu, Aunjanue Ellis, Dakota Johnson, Rachel Zegler, Dami Judi Dench, Jodie Comer, etc...

Razzie nominations, Plaza Suite, Mothering Sunday, American Born Chinese and more after the jump...

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Weekend Box Office: "Scream" and "Belle" are hits; Drive My Car still rising

Today is Martin Luther King Jr day so many people in the US have the day off. Not that everyone is rushing to cinemas but that makes this a four day "weekend". Here is what was hot at the box office on Friday through Sunday...

Weekend Box Office January 14th-16th 🔺 = new or expanding
SCREAM	BELLE
1 SCREAM 🔺 $30.6 Glenn's Review, Franchise ranked	6 BELLE  🔺 $1.6 Elisa's Review, Our 2019 Interview with Mamour Hosoda

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A slow week at the box office. What did you see?

What did you see this past week/weekend?  

Weekend Box Office December 3rd-5th 🔺 = new or expanding | ★ = recommended
WIDE RELEASE	LIMITED RELEASE
HOUSE OF GUCCI	LICORICE PIZZA
1 ENCANTO ★ $13.1 (cum. $58.3) Songs ranked	1 C'MON C'MON  ★🔺$565k on 565 screens (cum. $1.1) Jason's Review
2  GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE  $10.3 (cum. $102.2)	2 LICORICE PIZZA ★ $241k on 4 screens (cum. $779k)
3 HOUSE OF GUCCI  $7 (cum. $33.8) Lady Gaga's Costumes, Capsule Review	3 BENEDETTA ★🔺$136k on 201 screens (cum. $136k)  Jason's Review
4 ETERNALS   $4 (cum. $156.6) Nathaniel's Review	4 ALINE  $90k on 72 screens (cum. $380k)
5 RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACOON CITY  $2.6 (cum. $13.2)	5 WOLF 🔺 $82k on 308 screens Jason's Review

The box office was down for everything, which is typical for the weekend after a holiday weekend. But it's not all bad news for Hollywood. Ghostbusters and Dune both broke the $100 million domestic barrier, Licorice Pizza continues to pack theaters (albeit only 4 of them), and Encanto is a solid performer though Disney is barely giving it any time to earn money in theaters since it hits Disney+ on Christmas Eve.

This Friday Things really heat up. Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story opens in wide release (with high expectations). Sean Baker's latest fringe comedy Red Rocket opens in limited release. The new Sandra Bullock Unforgiveable begins streaming on Netflix. The new Riz Ahmed Encounter beings streaming on Amazon. And, on a last note, two more Best Picture Oscar hopefuls the political satire Don't Look Up and the showbiz drama Being the Ricardos get their theatrical qualifying releases before moving to their streaming platforms, Netflix and Amazon, in time for Christmas.