Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep’ hopes to put competition to rest
This Veteran’s Day weekend sees the release of four new wide releases all tackling very different audiences, but only one is making a serious play... Read More
Jonathan Boehle
Jonathan Boehle is a contributor to AwardWatch and a moderator of the AW forums.
Box Office Estimates (Nov 1-3): ‘Dark Fate’ gets terminated, ‘Harriet’ exceeds expectations
The winter box office season got off to a relatively quiet start this weekend, with Terminator: Dark Fate opening to a soft $29 million. Despite being the... Read More
Box Office Preview and Predictions: Can Paramount avoid a ‘Dark Fate’ this weekend?
The holiday box office season, that two month box office period starting the first full weekend of November and continuing to the very end of... Read More
Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Current War’ somehow unlikely to be bigger disaster than Box Office Mojo’s redesign
After eight weekends in a row with $20+ million new openers (seven of which were above $30 million!), the weekend box office is in for... Read More
Box Office Actuals: ‘Maleficent’ a mistress of disappointment; ‘Jojo Rabbit’ hops to impressive platform start
Opening at #1 was Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, opening with $36.9 million. The film continues Disney’s perfect streak this year of #1 openings (not counting the... Read More
Box Office Preview: ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Zombieland’ sequels hope to defy their belated releases
While October has not normally been home to event movies outside of the occasional horror hit, last year’s trio of hits from Sony (Venom), Warner... Read More
Box Office Estimates: ‘Joker,’ ‘Addams Family’ defy expectations; ‘Parasite’ finds a host
It was an unexpectedly exciting weekend at the box office this weekend, which seems to have given us everything: two new openers, one a surprise... Read More
Box Office Preview and Predictions: Is ‘Parasite’ on track for a record limited opening?
This weekend will see the release of three new movies in wide release: The Addams Family, Jexi, and Ang Lee’s Gemini Man. But before I get to... Read More
Box Office Estimates: ‘Joker’ laughs off competition; opens to new October record
After weeks of controversy and conversation around the film, Joker was finally released this weekend to a record-breaking opening weekend. It was also an exciting weekend for... Read More
Box Office Preview and Predictions: Can ‘Joker’ steal the October opening record this weekend?
One year ago, Venom and A Star is Born both opened against each other and each over-performed, with the former film breaking the record for an opening weekend in... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes