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Finding Dory enjoys the biggest ever domestic opening weekend for an animated film

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Disney’s stellar 2016 at the box office just keeps on going, with Pixar sequel Finding Dory enjoying a whopping $136.2 million domestic opening, surpassing Shrek the Third’s $121.6 million haul to set a new record for the biggest ever animated debut in North America. “In a funny way, the 13-year separation between the first and second […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows opens to $69 million

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It’s Turtle Power once again as the Heroes in a Half-Shell have topped the US box office, but it’s not pizzas all round. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows [read our reviews here, here and here] opened against romance flick Me Before You and comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping to earn an estimated […]

X-Men: Apocalypse enjoys $80 million domestic opening weekend as Alice Through the Looking Glass bombs

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X-Men: Apocalypse debuted in the States this past Friday, with the latest instalment of Fox’s mutant superhero franchise enjoying an $80 million domestic opening over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, with $65.3 million of that coming from the Friday-Sunday period. “We’re very happy with this result as we introduce new characters in the X-Men universe,” […]

Captain America: Civil War pulls in $25 million from Thursday night opening, falls short of Batman v Superman

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Captain America: Civil War finally made its way across the Pond last night, with the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster pulling in $25 million from domestic Thursday night screenings. That figure is $2.7 million short of rival superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which went on to gross $166.1 million in its domestic opening […]

Batman v Superman sets Easter preview night record at the box office, outperforms Avengers, Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight

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It may be struggling when it comes to reviews, but Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice got off to a fine start at the domestic box office yesterday, crushing Fast & Furious 7’s Easter preview night record of $15.7 million with $27.7 million in receipts. That figure is the sixth biggest preview night takings of […]

Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time

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Luke Owen keeps track of the highest grossing superhero movies of all-time…   Still to come in 2017: Wonder Woman, Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok. NOTE: You can debate what classifies as a ‘superhero’ in the comments section at the bottom of the page. We’re happy to take feedback on board and add […]

The Bronze becomes one of the biggest US box office flops of all time

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After some positive word of mouth from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, new comedy film The Bronze has become one of the worst box-office flops in history this past weekend. The film, which stars The Big Big Theory’s Melissa Rauch (who also co-wrote with her husband Winston) opened in 1.167 theaters over the weekend to […]

Batman v Superman pre-sales outpacing Deadpool and The Avengers, set for massive opening weekend

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As we creep closer and closer to the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice next week, Deadline is reporting that the film looks set for a huge US opening. Various sources have the Warner Bros./DC Comics film outpacing many of the most recent comic book movies, including this year’s Deadpool, which opened to […]

10 Cloverfield Lane earns an impressive $25 million on its opening weekend

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It looks like the name change and attachment to Cloverfield has paid off for 10 Cloverfield Lane as a smattering of praising reviews and good press has earned the movie a monster opening. Coming in second to Disney’s Zootopia, 10 Cloverfield Lane was the biggest new release this week and earned $25 million from just under 3,400 […]

Disney Animation lands biggest ever opening with Zootopia

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Furry animals, an anti-bigotry message and the vocal talents of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Idris Elba proved to be a winning formula for Walt Disney Animation Studios this weekend. Its latest offering, Zootopia (called Zootropolis in the UK), raced straight to the top of the North American box office, raking in a whopping $73.7 […]