Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials It in for Blumhouse With .5M U.S. Opening and M Globally

Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials It in for Blumhouse With $26.5M U.S. Opening and $42M Globally

Blumhouse is back in action. Scott Derrickson’s sequel Black Phone 2 delivered horror maestro Jason Blum a major win in opening to a better-than-expected $26.5 million domestically from 3,411 theaters and $42 million globally. The pic’s debut follows a string of misses for the banner, culminating with the pricey flop of M3GAN 2.0 earlier this year. The Universal and…

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Box Office Preview: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singalong Books Over 1,700 Cinemas, 1,000 Shows Sell Out

Box Office Preview: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singalong Books Over 1,700 Cinemas, 1,000 Shows Sell Out

Netflix is delivering the late-summer box office a surprise (and needed) gift. The streamer and theater owners, and particularly the major chains, have been at loggerheads for years over exclusive theatrical windows. Netflix has always made it clear that its subscribers are its first priority, resulting in its titles often being boycotted by the bigger…

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Box Office: ‘Fantastic Four’ Lords Over ‘Bad Guys 2,’ ‘Naked Gun’ But Suffers Sharp  Decline

Box Office: ‘Fantastic Four’ Lords Over ‘Bad Guys 2,’ ‘Naked Gun’ But Suffers Sharp Decline

Talk about a two-edged sword. Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps easily stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its second weekend with $40 million, but tumbled a worrisome 66 percent. That’s more than anyone could have predicted after the event pic opening to $117.6 million last weekend amid stellar audience and critical reaction….

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Box Office: ‘Bad Guys 2,’ ‘Naked Gun’ Scoring Solid Openings as ‘Fantastic Four’ Stays No. 1 Overall

Box Office: ‘Bad Guys 2,’ ‘Naked Gun’ Scoring Solid Openings as ‘Fantastic Four’ Stays No. 1 Overall

What better way to go out than to go out laughing. Paramount’s acclaimed The Naked Gun revival — starring Liam Neeson opposite Pamela Anderson — started off its North American run with a Friday gross of $6.3 million for an estimated opening of $16.5 million. That’s good enough for a third-place finish behind Marvel holdover The…

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