The total U.K. and Ireland box office for June 2022 was £95.7 million (116 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.May holdover “Top Gun: Maverick” was the top film of the month with £37.1 million, for a total of £65.3 million. The Tom Cruise vehicle is also the top grossing film of the year in […]
Continue readingThe Universal animation took £10.4m in its debut weekend.RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (July 1 – 3)Total gross to date Week 1. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) £10.4m £10.4m 1 2. Elvis (Warner Bros)£3m £10.2m 2 3. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)£2.7m £68.0m 6 4. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal)£1.8m £30.4m 4 5. Lightyear (Disney) £863,720 £8.5m […]
Continue readingIf you are a regular moviegoer chances are you’ve already seen one of 2023’s Best Picture nominees. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and, quite surprisingly, “Top Gun: Maverick” are deep in the mix for the 10 picture field. As always, however, the fall festival season looks like it will bring a deluge of legitimate contenders […]
Continue readingLooking at this weekend’s box-office returns you may very well be wondering what year it is as Tom Cruise slugged it out with Tom Hanks for bragging rights over who has the top-grossing movie in North America. As Sunday’s receipts were still being tallied, it appeared as if the the two A-list veterans were locked […]
Continue reading“Top Gun: Maverick” isn’t getting grounded anytime soon: the celebrated Tom Cruise sequel, now in its fifth weekend, is still tied for top of the box office. Its main competition? Baz Luhrmann’s glitzy drama “Elvis,” which is projected to reach a 30 million opening according to The Wrap. That outlet puts the weekend’s earnings for […]
Continue readingIt’s a 20th century showdown at the box office this weekend, with the baby boomer epic “Elvis” contending against Gen X revamp “Top Gun: Maverick” for the top spot on domestic charts.Director Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about the King of Rock and Roll is projected to draw 30 million from 3,906 theaters in its opening. It […]
Continue readingTrying to remember a world before the Disney corporation was the untouchable corporate god of entertainment is like trying to explain to someone living on a tropical island what it feels like to get caught in a snowstorm. And yet, once upon a time, Disney was just a regular ol’ production company making weird movies […]
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Continue readingForget the box office top ten estimated weekend charts published yesterday. They all left out one film: John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic “The Thing.” The film, which played in around 730 theaters for a single showtime on Sunday only as a Fathom Events presentation, ended up in the #9 position for the three days with […]
Continue readingMixed fortunes for titles amid hot weather for much of territory.RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (June 17 – 19)Total gross to date Week 1. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal) £5.7m £21.8m 2 2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) £4.2m £57.4m 4 3. Lightyear (Disney) £3.7m £3.7m 1 4. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (Lionsgate) £189,597 £239,000 1 […]
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