What did you see over the weekend?

by Nathaniel R

Don't Worry Darling opened at #1 which is impressive for two reasons. The first is that the press was of the "what a hot mess" rather than "what a good movie!" variety. The second, as Rob Watson pointed out on twitter, is that this marks the second consecutive weekend where a film directed by a woman starring a woman opened at #1 playing above expectations...

Weekend Box Office  September 23rd-25th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
DON'T WORRY DARLING	MOONAGE DAYDREAM

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Did you see The Woman King this weekend?

by Nathaniel R

AND WE'RE OFF... Fall film season is now underway, thanks to the wrap up of TIFF and something finally happening in the nation's theaters again. Those somethings were Gina Prince-Blythwood's action drama The Woman King and the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream on IMAX screens, both doing fine business. Here are the charts from the weekend. We separate the wide and limited because otherwise limited release don't get any attention in stories about what people are seeing. But more people SHOULD frequent their local arthouses. 

Holiday Weekend Box Office  September 19th-21st 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
THE WOMAN KING	MOONAGE DAYDREAM
1 🔺★  THE WOMAN KING  $19 *NEW*	1 🔺★ MOONAGE DAYDREAM  $1.2 *NEW*

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"Barbarian" opens well while the nation waits for fall film season

by Nathaniel R

The nation's taste for horror just won't quit as Barbarian takes the top spot in its first weekend. Pair that with the superhero genre and it feels like maybe... just maybe (theorizing incoming) everyone feels both scared and powerless so horror is cathartic and superheroes are prime aspirational escapism. If this theory is accurate it doesnt say great things about the shape of the world right now! Bollywood picture Brahmastra Part One also opened well though the violent period drama Medieval couldn't drum up interest. Anyway the charts...

Holiday Weekend Box Office  September 9th-11th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
BARBARIAN	AFTER EVER HAPPY

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Incredibly, "Top Gun Maverick" returns to the top of the box office chart

by Nathaniel R

Top Gun Maverick returned to the #1 position (more on that in a bit) and rereleases of two of the biggest hits of all time, Jaws (1975) and Spider-Man No Way Home (2020) both did well again over the quiet  Labor Day Weekend (which is rarely a big movie weekend)...

Holiday Weekend Box Office  September 2nd-5th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
TOP GUN MAVERICK	ORPHAN: FIRST KILL
1 ★ TOP GUN MAVERICK $7.9 (cum. $701.2)	1 ★  ORPHAN FIRST KILL  $922k (cum. $4.6)

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A Weak Weekend at the Box Office

by Nathaniel R

A deflating weekend for Hollywood, proving once again that if you don't put enough new glitzy stuff in theaters (and don't promote them well) people don't show up! But for what it's worth, here's what the weekend was like...

Weekend Box Office  August 26th-28th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
THE INVITATION	ORPHAN: FIRST KILL

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