‘Halloween’ Breaks Records, While ‘A Star Is Born’ Shows October Can Work for Box Office and Awards Play
But October isn’t without risks: In its second weekend, “First Man” is rapidly losing oxygen.
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Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?,’ and ‘Wildlife’ Start Strong
Fox’s platform release of “The Hate U Give” yielded superb results as other holdovers build impressive numbers, from “The Wife” to “The Old Man and the Gun.”
‘Halloween’ Magic: How a Slasher Flick Redefined a Genre and Became One of the Decade’s Most Important Films
John Carpenter wrote a little movie called “The Babysitter Murders.” Then, it changed the course of Hollywood.
Universal Reacts to Underwhelming ‘First Man’ Box Office With Optimism: ‘This Is Very Much a Marathon, Not a Sprint’
“Audiences, critics, and award pundits will be talking about ‘First Man’ for months, well into the New Year,” Universal distribution president Jim Orr says.
‘First Man’ Struggles to Place Third; ‘Venom’ Still No. 1, but ‘A Star Is Born’ Stays Strong
Liftoff didn’t go quite as planned.
‘Beautiful Boy’ Has Best-Ever Opening for Amazon Distribution, While Netflix Tests the Waters
Netflix also opened “22 July,” “The Kindergarten Teacher,” and “Apostle”; we did some sleuthing to get an idea of their box-office performance.
From Bradley Cooper to Clint Eastwood: How Box Office Could Impact the Best Actor Race
This is a year when the Academy could look to honor A-list stars; with the current Best Actor contenders, there’s plenty of opportunity.
‘Venom’ Rules the Box Office, but ‘A Star Is Born’ Does Not Disappoint
“Venom” creates a new box-office record for October on a very strong weekend.
‘The Hate U Give’ Launches Strong; ‘Free Solo’ Continues Its Box Office Climb
Only the strong survived at the specialty box office as juggernaut “A Star Is Born” stole audiences.
Lady Gaga vs Barbra Streisand: Will ‘A Star Is Born’ Launch a Billion-Dollar Career at the Box Office?
It’s been more than two decades since a singing superstar became a major movie star, but Lady Gaga could be the one to do it.
What Went Wrong with ‘White Boy Rick’?
Hot enough to be on the James Bond shortlist, Yann Demange delivered a classic studio ‘tweener: neither commercial nor arthouse.
‘Night School’ and ‘Smallfoot’ Box Office: Original Comedies Score Big
With mighty combo Haddish and Hart, “Night School” is the top comedy opener of 2018 (beating Wednesday opener “Crazy Rich Asians”) and has a shot at $100 million.
