‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Death Rumors Were Exaggerated, but 2019 Box-Office Struggle is Real
Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron’s new film could still break even, but 2019 will need to reverse some disturbing trends to do the same.
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‘Fighting With My Family’ Breaks Out of Sundance at Specialty Box Office
Foreign-language films “Birds of Passage” and “Everybody Knows” score, even without the Oscar lift given to “Roma,” “Cold War” and “Shoplifters.”
‘The Lego Movie 2’ Falls Short, and the 2019 Box-Office Decline Continues
Four new opening films failed to stem the tide, which also included “What Men Want” and “Cold Pursuit.”
‘Everybody Knows’ and Oscar Shorts Pump New Blood into Specialty Box Office
The Oscar shorts package keeps building audiences over the years.
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Tracking to Be $200 Million Box Office Flop for 20th Century Fox
The manga adaptation has been a passion project for producer James Cameron since 2003.
The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2019 (A Running List)
Refreshed weekly, here’s a chart of the year’s twenty highest-grossing specialty films.
With ‘Miss Bala’ Bombing, This Weekend Will Be Remembered as a Super Blow
With a lack of franchise titles, early box-office results suggest that audience levels haven’t been this low since 1994.
‘Arctic’ Braves Super Bowl Freeze as ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ Scores in First Full Weekend
Super Bowl weekend always depresses the box office, but the specialty market needs substantial improvement.
‘Glass’ Stumbles as ‘Green Book’ Rides Oscar Surge
Oscar contenders are adding to their gross as “Bohemian Rhapsody” catches up to “A Star Is Born” and looks certain to surpass it.
‘Never Look Away’ Box Office Gets Oscar Bump; Godard’s ‘The Image Book’ Finds Its Fans
This year, Oscar-nominated films saw a $15 million boost; in 2018 the post-nomination weekend saw an increase of more than $30 million.
‘Glass’ Tops the Box Office, But Fails to Shatter the MLK Weekend
Total grosses for the holiday didn’t impress, but “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” soared — as did the theaters smart enough to book it.
‘Who Will Write Our History’ Opens Strong as Oscar Contenders Await Nominations
It’s the calm before the storm, but several films are doing just fine without any Oscar interest.
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