With Joker looming as a potentially record-breaking opener last weekend, most studios avoided opening any major new releases this weekend, with only two new openers in the... Read More
Jonathan Boehle
Jonathan Boehle is a contributor to AwardWatch and a moderator of the AW forums.
After a few exciting weekends at the box office of breakouts and bombs and everything in between, September is looking to end on a relatively... Read More
While tracking had the weekend box office set for a near-photo finish between the new openers and two holdovers, Downton Abbey won the weekend rather handedly, in... Read More
With three new, well-hyped wide releases and two sizable holdovers, this weekend we appear to be in for one of the wilder box office races... Read More
‘Hustlers’ delivers one of the year’s best non-franchise openings at weekend box office and the top debut from STX Entertainment While IT: Chapter Two held onto the... Read More
Early September weekends are traditionally a no-man’s-land for breakout openers, unless you’re delivering relatively cheap thrills (the IT and Resident Evil movies, Screen Gems thrillers like The Perfect Guy and No Good... Read More
IT: Chapter Two opened this weekend to an estimated $91 million in its opening weekend, a massive start that would be shocking and record-breaking on several... Read More
Two Septembers ago, IT shattered all previous conceptions of how well a horror film and a September release could perform at the box office with its record... Read More
When I first wrote about the box office potential of Oscar films back in 2014, I noted that while financial success is not as significant... Read More
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The ink has barely dried on the last awards season, but only two months into the new year and we already... Read More

Box Office Estimates: ‘Judy’ soars over the rainbow and expectations on quiet weekend
Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Abominable’ looking at soft #1 as ‘Judy’ hopes to go over the rainbow in limited opening
‘Downton’ takes the crown in a well-saturated weekend; ‘Hustlers’ keeps popping bottles
Box Office Preview and Predictions: Beauty should beat brawn as ‘Downton Abbey’ looks at a lavish opening against ‘Rambo’
Box Office Estimates: ‘Hustlers’ makes it rain with $33M, ‘The Goldfinch’ goes extinct
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