Category: Looking at the Weekend

Three new wide releases, but are really any of them going to be draws? Not likely, though I expect Blacklight has a better shot as any at topping the chart. Our Highest Rated Films: Death on the Nile Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends (Limited) Cosmic Dawn (Limited) Give…

The first set of new wide releases in what seems like forever, but there isn’t much to see here as they aren’t titles that are likely to ignite interest in the box office, though Jackass Forever is sure to pull plenty of people who don’t care about the pandemic to theater, so it might come…

Without a new wide release, it will be between Spider-Man: No Way Home and Scream. Who knows for sure who will end up on top. Our Highest Rated Films: Compartment No. 6 Our Best Awards Ratings: Compartment No. 6 (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Charli XCX: Alone Together (Limited) Gamestop: Rise of the Players (Limited) In…

This weekend, two new movies challenge reigning champs Spider-Man: No Way Home and Scream. Neither titles seem like save bets to best either older release, but Kings_Daughter will probably do the better of the two. Our Highest Rated Films: Aline Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Confession (Limited) The Laureate (Limited) Salt in…

The first film in weeks that has looked like it could dethrone the reigning champ Spider-Man: No Way Home and it’s another in a series of films that was once incredibly popular, but had faded in the intervening years. Some initial reactions were positive, which could bolster the film’s chances. Our Highest Rated Films: Scream…

There’s only one somewhat minor wide release opening and I doubt it has the strength to topple Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is pushing for a Titanic-like run at the top of the charts. Our Highest Rated Films: A Hero Our Best Awards Ratings: A Hero (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES June Again (Limited) King Car…

The final weekend of the year, the New Year’s holiday weekend, has one new major release and that’s Jockey, heading out into a scant number of theaters. This is to that the Christmas releases can continue bringing in audiences and because New Year’s tends to be one of the year’s slowest weekends (like Labor Day,…

With four wide releases on Wednesday and another three on Christmas Day, the weekend is going to be a real barn-burner, at least Hollywood hopes. It’s very likely that Spider-Man: No Way Home stays at the top for a second weekend (of likely many), but the highest posting new release is likely to be The…

Spider-Man: No Way Home has already set records for pre-sales, so it will undoubtedly win the weekend. The second week of West Side Story and the first week of Nightmare Alley stand no chance against Sony’s juggernaut. Our Highest Rated Films: Nightmare Alley, The Tender Bar, Spider-Man: No Way Home Our Best Awards Ratings: Nightmare…

After two weeks on top of the box office due to the lack of wide openings this past weekend, Encanto will almost assuredly fall to the opening weekend of Steven Spielberg’s long awaited re-adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim stage musical classic West Side Story, based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. There’s really no…

There are no films releasing this week on a wide scale that could keep this past week’s winners from being winners again. Our Highest Rated Films: Benedetta Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Try Harder (Wide) Castle Falls (Limited) Death of a Telemarketer (Limited) The Hand of God (Limited) Invasion (Limited) Flee…

After a less than spectacular opening for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Thanksgiving holiday will see a handful of new wide releases, but only one of them will likely top the box office, Disney’s Encanto. Although the studio has struggled to turn its animated features into blockbusters in the last year, the combination of a holiday centered…

After two weeks at the top of the heap, Eternals will give way this weekend to a new box office champ, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film gives a lot of fan service in the trailer, so it’s sure to top the box office. The only other competition is King Richard, which should be successful enough, but…

While there are ostensibly two wide releases this coming weekend, only one of them has any potential to make a box office splash. Belfast is a film festival hit from director Kenneth Branagh. Those kinds of films rarely ever top the box office and that will be especially true right now in the late-pandemic box…

With no competition and a third week for Dune that won’t cross $10 million, Etenrals has a clear shot at the top spot, the only question will be is how this first film in the new phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will do without a major name in play. Our Highest Rated Films: Spencer…