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The Highest Grossing Movies of 2016

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Luke Owen charts the highest grossing movies of 2016… The box office battle of 2016 is now in the books, and Disney are the ones wearing the king’s crown. Their domestic totals are very impressive, and their worldwide takings are even better. As with the opening weekends, The House of Mouse holds six of the […]

The Biggest Opening Weekends of 2016

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Luke Owen charts the biggest opening weekends of 2016… It’s fair to say that 2016 has been rather disappointing in terms of the quality of movie delivered, and the biggest opening weekend for 2016 would have been fourth last year behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron. With that […]

15 Box Office Flops of 2016

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Luke Owen charts some of the box office flops 2016… Movie screenings were up, but the box office figures for 2016 are down on last year. Granted, we didn’t see a release like Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which grossed $1 billion domestically and $2 billion worldwide), but big titles like Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

Will Smith suffers worst box office opening of his career with Collateral Beauty

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Will Smith may have enjoyed a solid box office hit earlier in the year with Warner Bros.’ DC ensemble Suicide Squad giving him the biggest opening weekend of his career, but he’s ended 2016 on a sour note, with his new film Collateral Beauty doing the exact opposite. The movie, which sees Smith starring alongside […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story grosses $71 million on Friday at the U.S. box office

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Having debuted to the biggest Thursday previews of the year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its domestic run underway yesterday, with the Gareth Edwards-directed Anthology movie lighting up the box office with a Friday gross of $71 million. Rogue One’s haul is the third-biggest opening day of the year behind Batman v Superman: […]

Moana sails to top spot at the US box office with second-biggest Thanksgiving opening of all time

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Disney has continued its record-breaking year at the box office with its latest animated release Moana sailing to top spot in North America with an $81.1 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekiend. Moana has surpassed Toy Story 2 ($80 million) for the second-biggest ever Thanksgiving opening, but trails fellow Disney release Frozen, which debuted with […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie

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It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]

Arrival greeted with an impressive $24 million opening weekend

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Going up against both Doctor Strange and Trolls in their second week, Denis Villeneuve sci-fi Arrival earned an impressive $24 million in its opening weekend. Both Doctor Strange and Trolls had minor dips in revenue from their opening weekends, but Arrival battled well against them and could earn around $80-$85 million domestic when all is said and […]

Marvel’s Doctor Strange heading for an $80 million+ domestic opening weekend

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Having grossed an $86 million international opening last week, it seems that Marvel’s Doctor Strange is on track to post a similar figure with is North American debut this weekend, with the Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined Phase Three blockbuster on course for an $82 million to $88 million domestic haul. Doctor Strange earned $9.4 million on Thursday, putting […]