Category: Looking at the Weekend

There will be nothing stopping the latest Pixar effort from topping this week’s box office chart and the year’s biggest opening to date is likely. Our Highest Rated Films: Onward, Sorry We Missed You Our Best Awards Ratings: Onward (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Baaghi 3 (Limited) Bacurau (Limited) The Booksellers (Limited) The Burnt Orange Heresy…

The Invisible Man is the most likely winner of this final weekend of February with Emma expanding, but not doing much otherwise. The second weekends of Sonic the Hedgehog and Call of the Wild won’t likely amount to much. Our Highest Rated Films: The Invisible Man, Straight Up Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED…

A new number one is likely with this week’s debut of Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford. It’s an adaptation of a well known novel by Jack London and the previews definitely sell it as a one-of-a-kind adventure between a man and his dog. Unlike this week’s other debut, Brahms: The Boy II, Call…

Four films will attempt to win the weekend in the wake of the minor debut that was Birds of Prey. Fantasy Island and Sonic the Hedgehog have the most potential, though being Valentine’s weekend, The Photograph could pull in enough on Friday to top the others. Maybe, but doubtful. Sonic probably has a better shot…

The latest film in the DC Extended Universe should easily top the week’s box office. Our Highest Rated Films: Birds of Prey Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES And Then We Danced Cane River Legend of Deification Malang Pandora and the Flying Dutchman The Son of a Prominent Journalist Zakhmi

The holdovers are doing well and the new releases are doing poorly so far this year, which means that this week’s new releases aren’t likely to be box office toppers, though Gretel and Hansel has a better chance at it than does The Rhythm Section. Our Highest Rated Films: The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Shorts Our Best…

With two wide releases this weekend, we finally have some competition. After the superb debut of Bad Boys for Life last weekend, The Gentlemen and The Turning will battle it out for number with the former having better options. The Gentlemen has a lot of well known actors and a popular director to give it…

Disney has a stranglehold on the box office throughout the year and every film it releases will dominate for at least a week. The same will be true of Dolittle whose only competition is the second week in wide release for 1917, meaning it’s going to dominate and probably for a two or three weeks…

With three new wide releases, the question is whether Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker can hold on to the top spot for a fourth week or if Like a Boss, Underwater, The Informer (which looks to have been pulled from the release calendar yet again), or one of the expanding releases (1917 or Just…

There aren’t any other new wide release options, so the number one spot will go to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in its third week. How the latest version of The Grudge performs will depend on a lot of factors, but performing well isn’t likely. Our Highest Rated Films: The Grudge (the only thing…

With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dominating the box office for a second weekend, the only new wide release that has any chance of topping all other newcomers is Little Women. It seems the perfect family film for Christmas day, though it might be front-loaded mid-week rather than over the weekend. Our Highest Rated…

The second major event of the year, the second historical culmination of a multi-year franchise. Capping Disney’s stranglehold on the U.S. box office this year, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker enters the fray as 2019 comes to a close and will surely send the year off with a bang. Our Highest Rated Films: Star…

The reign of Frozen II comes to an end this weekend with the sequel to the blockbuster Jumanji, which is sure to storm the box office and defeat everything in its way. Our Highest Rated Films: Bombshell Our Best Awards Ratings: Bombshell, Uncut Gems, Richard Jewell, A Hidden Life OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Cunningham Marsaani 2…

Here’s where Frozen II picks up its third weekend atop the box office as the two new wide releases don’t look like they’ll be more than lackluster performers. The Aeronauts is the kind of movie that might have done well twenty or thirty years ago, but which won’t draw as much interest as the studio…

There are two wide releases and neither will top the second weekend of Frozen II, but with the all-star cast of Knives Out, it’s very likely that film will win the weekend among new releases over Queen and Slim. Our Highest Rated Films: Knives Out Our Best Awards Ratings: The Two Popes, Queen & Slim…