Tag: second act

Written by Broderick Schwinghammer

Box Office Rundown (Jan 5-Jan 7) Aquaman Dominates for the Third Week in a Row!! Escape Roon Breaks Out Big!! The Golden Globes Prompt a few Bumps for films!! But not the ones you’d expect…

Weekend Box Office Top 10 (Jan 5-Jan 7): (Title / Weekend Gross / Percent Change from Last Week / Weekend # / Distributor), Sunday Estimates Aquaman / $30,700,000 / -41.1% / Weekend 3 / Warner Bros. Escape Room / $18,000,000 / (N/A) / Weekend 1 / Sony (Columbia) Mary Poppins Returns / $15,773,000/ -44.4% / […]

Written by Broderick Schwinghammer

Second Act Review: “A sweet movie with an obvious message, but one that everyone needs to hear”

STX Entertainment has a bit of a bad reputation. Apart from The Gift, almost none of their films have an overall positive reception from critics and audiences. Part of this might be growing pains, after all, the newbie distributor is only four years old and is still finding its footing in this changing industry landscape. Part […]

Written by Broderick Schwinghammer

New Year Weekend Box Office Rundown!! Almost Every Film Sees a Sizable Gain this Weekend with a Post-Christmas Boost!! Bumblebee Shows Signs of Lagging!!

Weekend Box Office Top 10 (Dec 21-Dec 23-Christmas Day): (Title / Weekend Gross / Percent Change from Last Week / Weekend # / Distributor), Actuals Aquaman / $52,140,000 / -23.5% / Weekend 2 / Warner Bros. Mary Poppins Returns / $28,353,117/ +19.1% / Weekend 2 / Disney Bumblebee / $20,900,000/ -5.3% / Weekend 2 / […]

Written by Broderick Schwinghammer

Christmas Box Office Rundown/End of Year Weekend Predictions!! Underperformances Across the Board, Though Bumblebee Makes a Surprisingly Strong Showing!! Aquaman takes Christmas Overall!!

Weekend Box Office Top 10 (Dec 21-Dec 23-Christmas Day): (Title / Weekend Gross / Percent Change from Last Week / Weekend # / Distributor), Estimates Aquaman / $67,400,000 / (N/A) / Weekend 1 / Warner Bros. 5-Day Total: $101,000,000 ($105,715,000 with Amazon Previews) Mary Poppins Returns / $23,523,121 / (N/A) / Weekend 1 / Disney […]

Written by Broderick Schwinghammer

Weekend Prediction (Dec 21-Dec 23-Christmas Day) Batten Down the Hatches, This is Gonna be a Long Weekend…Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Fair warning, these predictions are highly likely to be waaaaaayyyyy off. Why? Because we are entering Christmas weekend (“Gird your loins!” he said, inserting cheap Devil Wears Prada reference for comedic effect) and this is not only one of the most packed movie weekends of the year, but also (shocking) one of the slowest moviegoing […]