Minecraft movie earns $301 million at launch — double forecasts and the second highest grossing debut for a video game adaptation
The Minecraft film adaptation exceeded forecasts by almost two times and opened at the box office with a record $301 million — the highest-grossing start of 2025 and the second-best debut in video game history, second only to last year’s «Super Mario Brothers in the movies» from with a start of $377 million and a total box office of $1.3…
Jason Statham outsold «Snow White» at the box office — ticket sales for the Disney remake plummeted by 66%
After initially modest start «Snow White» dropped 66% in its second weekend and earned $14.2 million, losing the top spot at the domestic box office to the new action movie starring Jason Statham.
Remake of «Snow White» earns $87 million worldwide, but «domestic» debut flops
They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but it seems not in the case of Disney’s «Snow White» remake.
Ticket sales for «Mickey 17» plummet by 60% in second weekend — Warner Bros. plans digital release
In its second weekend, ticket sales for «Mickey 17» dropped «at home» by 60% to a modest $7.5 million. The film remained the top performer at the box office, but mostly because new releases such as «Novocaine» with Jack Quaid and «Operation Black Case» started even worse.
«Mickey 17» earned $53 million in its first weekend, but the $118 million budget poses problems
The dystopian sci-fi comedy «Mickey 17» earned $53.3 million worldwide in its first weekend, but its total box office should reach $275-300 million given its $118 million budget (+ $80 million for marketing) to break even.
«Captain America» debuted with $190 million at the box office — best start of the year, but worst estimates for Marvel
The new «Captain America» starring Anthony Mackie started with a box office of $192 million at the global box office, exceeding expectations — with earnings distributed almost equally between the «domestic» and foreign markets ($100 million and $92 million, respectively).
Paramount has hidden the box office receipts «Better Man» after a poor start at the box office
Paramount acquired the rights to show the biopic “Robbie Williams: Better Man” in the USA for $25 million, but the film failed already at its debut with an “internal” box office of a modest $1 million. It seems that the situation has only worsened over time, as the company since January 22 has stopped providing new figures.
«Better Man» started at the box office with «a meager» $10 million — with a production budget of $110 million
Biopic “Robbie Williams: Better Man” with a CGI-monkey in the lead role earned a modest $10 million in its debut at the box office. The international market brought the movie $8.8 million, while North American theaters contributed a sum that barely exceeded $1 million.
The «Sonic the Hedgehog» franchise has earned more than $1 billion at the global box office — fourth film in the works
As of today, “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” has raked in over $330 million globally, pushing the franchise’s total earnings to $1 billion (the previous films earned $725 million together).
«Nosferatu» earned $100 million in 10 days of release
The gothic horror film “Nosferatu” has crossed the $100 million mark at the box office on its 10th day of release — a milestone that has been rare for art-house films in post-pandemic times.
«Venom: The Last Dance» earned $300 million in 10 days of release, but «at home» ticket sales fell by 49%
Although the third «Venom» shows more modest results in the United States than the previous two films in the trilogy, foreign markets consistently bring high revenues to the film.
«Venom: The Last Dance» showed the worst start in the trilogy — with a «domestic» box office of $51 million
The third «Venom» did not meet analysts’ expectations, opening with $51 million in the US on its first weekend, compared to the previous two films in the trilogy, which debuted with $80 million and $90 million respectively (the second one was released at the height of the pandemic).
«Megalopolis» debuted with $4 million at the box office, losing out to an Indian action movie and three «older» films
Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi epic «Megalopolis» failed in its opening weekend and didn’t even reach the modest» forecasts of $5-7 million.
«Deadpool & Wolverine» debuted with $440 million — world record for an R-rated movie
Currently, «Deadpool & Wolverine» — sixth at the box office in 2024, but given its strong debut, it can easily approach the leaders, second «Dunes» and «Inside Out 2».
«A Quiet Place: Day One» earned $98.5 million in its opening weekend — best debut in franchise history
In its opening weekend, the apocalyptic horror «A Quiet Place: Day One» grossed $53 million in the U.S. and $45.5 million overseas, bringing its global box office to $98.5 million and making it the «richest» opening in the franchise’s history.
«Bad Boys 4» debuted with $105 million, while «Furiosa» barely reached $144 million in its third weekend
The fourth movie franchises «Bad guys» with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence has made a strong start at the box office, earning $105 million in its opening weekend (against a budget of $100 million).
Ticket sales for «Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga» fell by 60% in its second weekend — the film’s global box office now stands at $114 million
At the same time, «Furiosa» is still far from profitable, given the film’s $160 million budget.
«Furiosa» debuted at the box office with a modest $59 million, failing to live up to expectations of a «best start»
The prequel to «Mad Max», «Furious», earned $59 million in its opening weekend in 76 markets: $33.6 million came from foreign theaters, while the film opened domestically in North America with $25.6 million.
The action-adventure «Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes» earned $237 million in 2 weekends — and is the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2024
The fourth chapter of the «Monkeys» franchise earned $101 million at the US box office and $136 million abroad.
«Godzilla and Kong: The New Empire» increased its global box office to $560 million — the movie is preparing to take the MonsterVerse record
«Godzilla and Kong: New Empire» lags behind the current box office leader MonsterVerse «Kong: Skull Island» by only $10 million.
The second «Dune» increased its global box office to $700 million despite its digital release, and «Godzilla and Kong» is approaching $500 million
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic earned $276 million in North America alone and $419 million internationally, bringing its total box office to $695.8 million in 8 weeks (despite its recent digital release).
«Oppenheimer» on the way to a billion — Christopher Nolan’s film debuted in Japan, increasing its total box office by another $2.5 million
Eight months after its world premiere (and triumph at the «Oscars»), the biopic about the creator of the atomic bomb is still finding new viewers.
«Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire» — the third highest-grossing movie of the year with $194 million in three days of release
Currently, the next film in the MonsterVerse movie universe from Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment is second only to «Dune» ($626 million in five weeks of release) and «Kung Fu Panda 4» ($347 million after four weeks of release).
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