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Captain America: Civil War Passes Deadpool to Become Highest-Grossing Movie of 2016 at Domestic Box Office
Marvel Studios' latest comic book film has soared to the top of this year's domestic box office results.
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Box-Office Analysis: Why the 'Ghostbusters' Reboot May Haunt Sony
The big-budget franchise comedy opened to an estimated $46 million in North America, a problematic start for a movie with a net production budget of $144 million. During box-office press calls on Sunday morning, Sony executives were in full spin mode as they declared Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters reboot a triumph, pointing out that the $46 million opening was the biggest launch for a live-action comedy since Pitch Perfect 2 took in $69.2 million in May 2015.
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‘Wonder Woman’ Conquers the Domestic Box Office With Heroic $100.5 Million
“Wonder Woman” is officially a box office hero. The Warner Bros. and DC Comics film appears to have delivered on massively high expectations — as of the Sunday morning the super hero film is looking at a $100.5 million domestic opening weekend from 4,165 locations. That, combined with an international take of $122.5 million from 55 markets gives the movie a global opening of $223 million. $18.3 million of the global total came from Imax screens — that’s the third biggest opening for a DC Comics film behind “The Dark Knight Rises” and ahead of “Suicide Squad.”
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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Swings to $15.4M Thursday
Summer tenptole Spider-Man: Homecoming is slinging a powerful web at the Friday box office, where it could earn $42 million for the day on its way to a resounding domestic debut of as much as $105 million. At this pace, Homecoming has a shot of narrowly besting Wonder Woman ($103.3 million) to score the third best opening of the year in North America to date, after Beauty and the Beast ($174.8 million) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5 million).
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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Climbs To $129M+ Through Monday
Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming nabbed $12.3M yesterday, and while the Monday records in July are a challenge to climb given how they’ve been propped by the Independence Day holiday, that’s a notable number. Given how it’s largely a discount ticket day at cinemas throughout the country, today should be even bigger for Homecoming. Through four days at the domestic B.O., the Jon Watts movie counts $129.3M.
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Box Office: 'War for the Planet of the Apes' Scares Off 'Spider-Man' With $56.5M
Still, 'Apes' is the latest franchise title to come in behind the last installment as Hollywood battles sequel fatigue; 'Wish Upon' gets lost, while 'The Big Sick' places No. 5 in its nationwide expansion. Director Matt Reeves' War for the Planet of the Apes succeeded in scaring off Spider-Man: Homecoming at the North American box office, winning the weekend with an estimated $56.5 million from 4,022 theaters.
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Avengers: Infinity War will be the final chapter for several characters
Avengers: Infinity War will be a major turning point in the MCU, make no mistake. In a way, it's a farewell to the old guard and an ushering in of the new class - the Black Panthers and Captain Marvels - though whether that actually involved a concrete farewell to any of the franchise's beloved characters was yet to be determined. That is until JoBlo breached the topic with Marvel Studio head Kevin Feige, who responded with a simple: "Yes".
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Flexes His Box Office Muscles To $121M Opening
Sunday AM, 7:30AM: Disney is calling Marvel’s Thor Ragnarok at $121M which is bigger than we thought, eclipsing the top of the pic’s industry tracking range which was at $100M-$120M heading into the weekend. Some rivals even believe that Ragnarok could final at $122M by tomorrow AM. Ragnarok‘s Saturday at $44.4M was only off 5% off from its $46.8M opening, but remember that figure includes $14.5M previews.
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Weekend Box Office: 'Thor: Ragnarok' Outwits Sequel Curse With $121M Debut
Sequel 'Bad Moms Christmas' isn't as lucky, while Greta Gerwig's 'Lady Bird' soars at the specialty box office; globally, 'Thor' amasses $427 million.
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Thunders Past $500M At Worldwide Box Office
As he heads into his third offshore and second domestic weekend, the god of thunder has hammered out a mighty $502.3M at the worldwide box office through Wednesday. Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok now becomes the 12th consecutive Marvel Cinematic Universe film to reach the threshold, and the 14th to do so out of 17 films total.
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Walt Disney Studios Hits $5B Globally for Third Consecutive Year; 'Thor: Ragnarok' Crosses $800M
Yesterday, The Walt Disney Studios crossed the $5B mark in annual global box office for the third year in a row, becoming the first and only studio to have reached this threshold three times. The global total from Jan. 1-Nov. 29, 2017, is $5,003.1M, including $1,763.3M domestically and $3,239.8M internationally.
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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' explodes with $220M, the second-best opening ever
Star Wars: The Last Jedi rocketed to a debut of $220 million at the box office, landing the second-best opening weekend ever in North America and slotting in behind only its predecessor, The Force Awakens. The Disney blockbuster is only the fourth film to open with more than $200 million in North America. Aside from The Force Awakens, the others are The Avengers and Jurassic World.
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‘Black Panther’ Smashes Records With $218 Million at Holiday Weekend Box Office
Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” is heading for a super-heroic $218 million debut over the four-day President’s Day weekend at 4,020 North American locations, estimates showed Sunday. That number means that “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman and directed by Ryan Coogler, has doubled its original tracking in less than a month. The film, which carries an estimated $200 million production cost, had been tracking to bring in between an impressive $100 and $120 million when first estimates emerged on Jan. 25...
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'Black Panther' Box Office Tracking To Deliver Rare $100 Million Plus Second Weekend
The Wakandan nation keeps getting richer as Black Panther is poised to deliver a rare $100 million second weekend at the box office. After opening to $202 million in its first true three-day weekend, the Marvel Studios film did little slowing down during the week. The film, in fact, broke weekday records with numbers like a $14.5 million Tuesday. The film can see a 50% drop from weekend to weekend and still top $100 million in weekend two.
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Box Office Report: ‘Black Panther’ Scores $700 Million Worldwide
Written By: Nick Poulimenakos Ryan Coogler’s game-changing superhero epic continues to shatter records and expectations as it grosses $108 million in its second week at the box office.
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'Black Panther' Becomes Ninth Highest Grossing Film Ever at Domestic Box Office
Black Panther is continuing to climb the charts. Marvel's latest film just became the ninth-highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office. Black Panther earned $4.7 million on Monday, bringing its domestic box office total to $506.4 million. That's enough to overtake Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which earned $504 million during its 2017 run.
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“A torture for the eyes”: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is just too black
Marvel’s first black superhero film Black Panther made a strong debut in China, taking in more than $63 million this weekend and helping it cross the billion-dollar mark globally. And while the film filled seats in China, it didn’t exactly bring in rave reviews from Chinese audiences—in fact, online reviews hint at subtle racism and discomfort with the all-black cast.
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Avengers: Infinity War Shattered A Major Ticket Record In Hours
To say that there's a lot of excitement for Avengers: Infinity War would be an understatement. For years, this movie has been hyped as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's biggest movie yet, and thanks to a scheduling change, we're now only six weeks away from it screening to the masses. This week has especially driven anticipation for Infinity War higher thanks to numerous set reports, and it culminated this morning in not just a new trailer and poster being dropped online, but advanced tickets for the movie going on sale.
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Box Office: 'Black Panther' Becomes Top-Grossing Superhero Film of All Time in U.S.
The Disney and Marvel tentpole wrests the crown from 'The Avengers.' Ryan Coogler's Black Panther has become the top-grossing superhero film of all time in North America, not accounting for inflation. The Disney and Marvel release achieved the milestone on Saturday after passing up fellow Marvel title The Avengers, which grossed $623.4 million in 2012. To boot, Black Panther is only one of seven films to ever earn $600 million or more domestically (it currently ranks No. 6 on the list).
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'A Quiet Place' dominates, 'Blockers' surprises and 'Ready Player One' holds up at the box office
Paramount Pictures' dark thriller "A Quiet Place" debuted in first place with $50 million in domestic weekend ticket sales, crushing the most optimistic industry expectations of $25 million, according to figures from measurement firm ComScore. The PG-13 horror flick, directed by and starring John Krasinski ("The Office"), follows a family of four forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. It scored a B-plus from audience polling firm CinemaScore and a 97% positive rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
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