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Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’s songs knocks off Songbirds & Snakes to take the weekend box office

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Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé was the top film at the weekend box office debuting with $21 million domestically. While a decent opening, it’s far short of Taylor Swift’s $92.8 million for her Eras Tour film debut. While many probably saw gold in that stat, Beyonce’s more down to earth debut may prevent a rush of the genre. Internationally, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé has grossed $6.4 million for a worldwide debut of $27.4 million.

In second place was The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes which grossed an estimated $14.5 million to bring its domestic total to $121.2 million. Internationally, the film has grossed a similar number $122.7 million for a worldwide total of $243.9 million.

In third place, Godzilla Minus One debuted with an estimated $11 million. Internationally, the film has grossed $23.1 million for a worldwide debut of $34.2 million.

Trolls Band Together held on to fourth place with an estimated $7.6 million to bring its domestic total to $74.8 million. Over the week, it grossed $4.4 million internationally to bring that total to $85.8 million for a worldwide total of $160.6 million.

Rounding out the top five was Wish, which Disney might have wished went straight to streaming. The film dropped 62.4% from its debut to gross just $7.4 million. The film has managed just under $42 million in two weeks. International totals aren’t much better with $22.3 million grossed over the week to bring that to $39.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just $81.6 million.

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The Marvels continues to stumble being knocked out of the top ten after just four weeks. Coming in eleventh, the film added an estimated $2.5 million to its domestic total to bring that to $80.7 million. Things are going a bit better internationally where the film added $4.3 million over the week to bring it to $116.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed a little over $197 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 51 films earning $97,199,355 from 38,462 theaters. That’s a dip from the previous weekend’s $116,002,064 from 33,729 theaters and 53 films. The average earning was $2,527.15 which is about a third less than the previous weekend’s $3,439.24.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie takes the weekend box office as the top five is packed with new films

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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Force

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Force was the top film at the weekend box office debuting with $23 million at the domestic box office. The film grossed a similar amount internationally with $24.4 million with a worldwide total of $47.4 million.

Saw X came in second with $18 million domestically and $11.3 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $29.3 million worldwide. That domestic opening was similar to the first film, better than Saw VI‘s $14.1 million, 2017’s Jigsaw‘s $16.6 million, and Spiral’s $8.8 million in 2021. So, while the amount seem low, it’s actually pretty on par with the franchise’s opening and would likely point to a similar $100 million gross by the time it’s over.

The Creator opened in third with $14 million domestically and $18.3 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $32.3 million. With a reported budget of $80 million, Disney has to be disappointed with the result and it’s a number fumble for the formal giant.

The Nun II tumbled from first place to fourth with an estimated gross with $4.7 million to bring its domestic total to $76.8 million. Over the week, the film grossed about $19.4 million internationally to bring that to $154.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $231.2 million.

Rounding out the top five was The Blind which debuted with just under $5 million domestically. No international total was reported.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem came in at #13 grossing $800,000 domestically bringing its domestic total to $117.5 million. Internationally, the movie added $2.8 million where it has now grossed $59.2 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $176.7 million.

Blue Beetle came in at #15 with $710,000. Domestically, it has now grossed $71 million. Internationally it added $2.7 million to the gross bringing that to $55.8 million. The movie has grossed $126.8 million worldwide.

Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed about $6,300 over the week domestically to bring its total to $672,791. There’s now some international gross reported of $9,284, and increase of about $3,100. Worldwide, the film has grossed $682,075.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks like it remained steady domestically at $381.3 million. Internationally, the film increased about $100,000 and is now at $308.6 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $689.9 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 60 films earning $84,825,068 from 38,517 theaters. That’s a nice increase from last weekend’s $51,684,406 from 35,167 theaters and 61 films. The average earning was $2,202.28 this past weekend, about 50% more than the previous weekend’s $1,469.69.

Blue Beetle dethrones Barbie but delivers a soft debut

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Blue Beetle was the top of the weekend box office, dethroning Barbie which has held the spot for the past four weekends. Blue Beetle debuted with $25 million domestically and $18 million internationally for a total of $43 million. That opening was on part with The Suicide Squad which opened with $26.2 million in 2021. Blue Beetle was originally supposed to be a film on HBO Max, so its theatrical numbers are a bit of a headscratcher, but the movie was projected to open between $30 and $35 million. But, the film has received positive word of mouth so this could be another case of a movie having legs and doing well over the long term.

Barbie came in second place with an estimated $21.5 million to bring its domestic gross of $567.3 million. Internationally, the film grossed $54.3 million over the week to bring the international total to $711.9 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $1.279 billion. The film is about $8 million away from being the top grossing domestic release of the year and $76 million away from being the worldwide leader.

Oppenheimer slipped to third place with an estimated $10.6 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $285.2 million. Internationally, the film has grossed $47.8 million to lift that to $432.6 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $717.8 million.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem dropped one spot to come in fourth with $8.4 million. It has now grossed $88.1 million after 3 weeks. Over the week it grossed $16.9 million to bring that to $30.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $118.4 million.

Strays rounded out the top five with $8.3 million domestically and just under $2 million internationally for $10.3 million.

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Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed $16,870 domestically to bring its total to $635,610.

The Flash looks like it remained at $108.1 million domestically. Internationally, the film remained at $160.4 million for a worldwide total of $268.5 million.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse grossed $100,000 to bring its domestic total to just under $381 million. Internationally, the film is now at $305.9 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $686.9 million.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 remained at about $359 million domestically. Over the week, it grossed $100,000 internationally where it has now earned $486.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $845.5 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 57 films earning $96,960,958 from 35,163 theaters. That’s a dip, but still solid, from last weekend’s $111,915,660 from 32,944 theaters and 56 films. The average earning was $2,757.47 this past weekend, a drop from previous weekend’s $3,397.15.

The Nun II repeats in first as Expend4bles stumbles to second

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The Nun II

It was a repeat weekend at the top of the box office as The Nun II took first place with an estimated $8.4 million. There’s a chance that result might change as final numbers are adjusted. The movie has now grossed $69.2 million domestically. Internationally, the movie grossed $32.7 million over the week to lift it to $135 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $204.2 million.

Expend4bles debuted in second place with $8.3 million, a series low. Not international returns have been announced. The first film debuted in 2010 with $34.8 million, the second in 2012 with $28.6 million, and third debuted in 2014 with $15.9 million.

A Haunting in Venice slipped one spot to third place with $6.3 million to bring its domestic total to $25.4 million. Over the week, it grossed $23.5 million to bring its international total to $46.2 million. Worldwide, the movie has earned $71.6 million.

The Equalizer 3 came in fourth with an estimated $4.7 million to bring its domestic total to $81.3 million. Over the week, it grossed $8.7 million to bring its international total to $67.4 million and $148.7 million worldwide.

Barbie launched on digital services but still held on to fifth place with $3.2 million to bring its domestic total to $630.5 million. Over the week, it added $6.4 million internationally to bring that total to $797 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.427 billion. It’s the top film of 2023 domestically and internationally. The movie is currently #11 in all-time domestic gross and there’s a chance it has enough left to gross the $23 million it needs to pass Jurassic World. Domestically, the movie ranks. Worldwide, the film remains at #14 behind Frozen II. It’d need about $26 million to pass it.

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Blue Beetle came in at #9 with $1.8 million. Domestically, ti has now grossed $69.8 million. Internationally it added $500,000 to the gross bringing that to $53.1 million. The movie has grossed $122.9 million worldwide.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem came in at #11 grossing $1.6 million domestically bringing its domestic total to $116.3 million. Internationally, the movie added $3.3 million where it has now grossed $56.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $172.7 million.

Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed about $1,600 over the week domestically to bring its total to $666,400. There’s now some international gross reported of $6,159. Worldwide, the film has grossed $672,559.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks like it remained steady domestically at $381.3 million. Internationally, the film remained steady at $308.5 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $689.8 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 61 films earning $51,684,406 from 35,167 theaters. That’s about a dip of a quarter from last weekend’s $61,792,643 from 34,745 theaters and 53 films. The average earning was $1,469.69 this past weekend, less than the previous weekend’s $1,778.46.

Reginald Hudlin and AWA Studios Join Forces to Develop Slate of Original Stories

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Reginald Hudlin

AWA Studios and Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy-award nominated director Reginald Hudlin are teaming up to create a series of original comic book stories that will be simultaneously developed for graphic fiction, film, television and beyond. The partnership reunites Hudlin with AWA co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Axel Alonso, who previously worked together to elevate the groundbreaking Marvel Black Panther comic book series into the cultural zeitgeist. 

The partnership between Reginald Hudlin and AWA includes a slate of upcoming franchises, with the first title set for release in late 2023. Developed in close collaboration between AWA and Hudlin, the projects will be written and curated by Hudlin, with film and TV development to be co-produced by both parties. Each project will be centered around a bold, original story full of diverse characters.

Reginald Hudlin and Axel Alonso first teamed up during Hudlin’s six-year run writing Marvel’s groundbreaking comic series Black Panther, during which time Alonso was Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics. Hudlin’s run on the series helped elevate the character back into mainstream cultural relevance, ultimately inspiring the major global film franchise. The duo again worked together when Hudlin became the first Black creator to pick up the Spider-Man helm.

Last month, AWA announced that Hudlin has joined its newly formed Creative Council, a super team of visionaries who will help shape the overall evolution of AWA’s creator-driven mission and continually redefine the cutting edge of storytelling. The Council’s guidance will benefit AWA’s roster of writers and artists by helping unleash the full potential of their characters and stories, providing a diversity of contemporary storytelling perspectives and putting projects in the best position to be scaled across the entertainment ecosystem.

Reginald Hudlin has directed films including Sidney, House Party, Boomerang, Marshall, The Black Godfather, and Safety, and produced movies including Best Picture-nominated Django Unchained, as well as series including Phat Tuesday, Friday Night Vibes, The Boondocks, and the Black Panther animated series. It was recently announced that Hudlin will direct the holiday film Candy Cane Line starring Eddie Murphy for Prime Video. He also directed several upcoming documentaries for Apple TV+, including Sidney, honoring the life and legacy of actor and activist Sidney Poitier, which made its debut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, and Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood. Hudlin is the former President of Entertainment for BET Networks.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever holds off Three Debuts to Three-peat

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever apparently didn’t face much competition as it walked away with the top of the weekend box office by a mile and then some. The film was the top film for the third weekend in a row adding $45.9 million to its domestic total bringing that to $367.7 million. Over the week, the movie added $49.6 million to lift its international total to $307.9 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $675.6 million. The film is #6 for domestic gross of this year’s films and will likely be in third by the end of the week. Internationally, the film is #7 and might move up a spot this week as well.

In second place was Strange World which grossed $11.9 million over the weekend. Opening earlier in the week, the film has grossed $18.6 million domestically so far. Internationally, the film has $9.2 million for a worldwide first week of $27.8 million.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery opened in third place with a $9.4 million weekend. The film has grossed $13.3 million total this week domestically. There’s no international numbers.

Devotion wrapped up the trio of new films with a weekend just under $6 million. Over the week it has grossed $9 million total. It too has no international gross to report.

Wrapping up the top five was The Menu with an estimated $5.2 million. Domestically the film has grossed $18.7 million. Over the week, it added $8.6 million to its international total to bring that to $14.8 million for a worldwide total of $33.5 million.

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Black Adam slipped to sixth place, the first weekend out of the top five, with an estimated $3.4 million to bring its domestic total up to just under $163 million. The film also saw an earlier, and controversial, digital release for the holiday. Over the week, the film added about $5.9 million internationally to bring that to $215.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $378.1 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 48 films earning $94,269,687 from 32,315 theaters. That’s near last weekend’s $100,611,836 from 26,862 theaters and 47 films. The average earning was $2,917.21 this past weekend, about a quarter less than last weekend’s $3,745.51.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie wins another weekend as it crossed $1 billion

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

It’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s level, and we’re all just Goomba’s in it. The film was the weekend box office winner by a mile bringing in an estimated $40 million to bring its domestic total to $490 million. Internationally, the film added about $95 million to its total over the week to bring that to $532.5 million. It has now grossed over $1.022 billion and continues to be the top film of 2023 so far. The film is likely to drop this coming weekend as the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film opens.

In second place was Evil Dead Rise which remained steady in the spot despite dropping 50.2% from the previous week. The film added $12.2 million to its domestic total which is now $44.4 million after 2 weeks. The film just grossed $1.1 million over the week internationally to lift that to $17.9 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $62.3 million.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. debuted in third with $6.8 million domestically. No international numbers have been reported.

John Wick: Chapter 4 remained steady in fourth with $5 million to bring its domestic total to $176.2 million. The film gained $36.4 million internationally and now stands at $226 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $402.2 million.

The Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi re-release came in fifth place with $4.7 million and a little more than that since it opened.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods added $100,000 over the week. Domestically, the film has grossed $57.6 million. Over the week, the film internationally gained about $800,000 and is now at $75.4 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $133 million.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added $13,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $213 million. Internationally, the movie grossed about $50,000 over the week to bring that to $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $474.5 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever looks like it held steady at $453.8 million domestically. Internationally, the film looks like it remained steady and is about $405.4 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $859.2 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 68 films earning $100,091,382 from 37,246 theaters. That’s a decrease from last weekend’s $124,826,580 from 39,274 theaters and 63 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $2,687.31 this past weekend, a decrease from the previous weekend’s $3,178.35.

The Equalizer 3 takes the weekend box office while Gran Turismo stalls

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The Equalizer 3

The Equalizer 3 was easily the of the box office beating the next film by over 3x the gross. The Equalizer 3 grossed $34.5 million domestically, with an estimated $42 million over the long weekend and $26.1 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $68.1 million. The first film opened with $55 million in 2014 to go on and earn $192.3 million worldwide and the second opened with $62 million in 2018 and went on to earn $190.4 million worldwide.

Barbie continues its amazing run adding $10.6 million to its total over the weekend to bring its domestic total to $609.5 million. Over the week it grossed $26 million internationally to bring that total to $771.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.381 billion. It’s the top grossing domestic film for 2023 by far and now officially the same worldwide in 2023 as well by a decent amount. There’s still 3 months to go, but this is looking like the year of Barbie and how pink saved the movie theater.

Blue Beetle held steady in third with $7.3 million bringing its domestic total to $56.6 million. Internationally it added $9.8 million to the gross bringing that to $45.3 million. The movie has now crossed the $100 million mark with $101.9 million worldwide.

Gran Turismo crashed in its second week with a 62.4% drop down to $6.6 million where it has now grossed $30.6 million domestically. Internationally, the film added $13.8 million to bring that to $50.3 million and $80.9 million worldwide.

Oppenheimer rounded out the top five with $5.5 million to bring its domestic total to $210.3 million. It brought in an impressive $65.5 million internationally over the week to bring that to $542.7 million and just under $853 million worldwide.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem slipped one spot to sixth grossing $4.8 million domestically bringing its domestic total to just under $108 million. Internationally, the movie added $7.9 million where it has now grossed $44.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $152.9 million.

Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed about $4,500 over the week domestically to bring its total to $657,810.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse added about $200,000 domestically and is now at $381.2 million. Internationally, the film gained about $1.2 million to bring that to $308.1 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $689.3 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 57 films earning $89,206,083 from 39,346 theaters. That’s about last weekend’s $90,836,303 from 41,969 theaters and 66 films. The average earning was $2,267.22 this past weekend, a slight increase from the previous weekend’s $2,164.37.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom tops a rough holiday weekend box office

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Maybe the weekend box office will be saved by Christmas Day, but Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom debuted in first place with am anemic $28.1 million. Its domestic box office currently stands at $40 million. The international gross wasn’t much better with $80.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $120.1 million.

The first Aquaman opened with $67.9 million domestically and would go on to earn $335.1 million domestically and $1.152 billion worldwide. Like many previous blockbusters, the sequel struggled in its opening weekend and will likely stumble for its run. Welcome to the post-Covid box office.

Wonka slipped to second place with an estimated $17.7 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $83.6 million after two weeks. Internationally, the film added $58.9 million over the week to bring that total to $171.3 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $254.9 million.

Migration opened in third place with $12.3 million for a domestic total of $17.1 million and international total of just under $22 million for a worldwide total of a little over $32 million.

Anyone But You opened in fourth with $6.2 million for a domestic total of $8.8 million. No international total has been reported.

Salaar rounded out the top five debuting with $5.5 million domestically for a total of $6.3 million at the domestic box office. No international total has been reported.

In comic film news…

The Marvels added an estimated $75,000 to its domestic total to bring that to a little over $84.5 million. Things are going a bit better internationally where the film added $1.3 million over the week to bring it to $120.6 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $205.1 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 42 films earning $91,027,569 from 32,099 theaters. That’s an improvement from the previous weekend’s $75,975,634 from 35,513 theaters and 56 films. The average earning was $2,835.84 which is about a third more than the previous weekend’s $2,139.38.

Amazon taps Joe Quesada to help develop new and existing comic projects for the streaming platform

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Joe Quesada

Amazon has hired Joe Quesada, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel to help the company further tap into comics to develop for film and television.

Quesada is not just the former EiC for Marvel but also the former chief creative officer for the company as well. He has signed an exclusive first-look film and television deal with Amazon.

Amazon is going heavy with comic focused projects. That includes numerous Sony-owned Marvel projects as well as a number of other comics they have optioned as well. The platform has found success with The Boys as well as the Invincible animated series.

Joe Quesada is a comic artist and writer who began his career in 1990 at DC Comics. There, his highest profile projects were Batman: Sword of Azrael and The Ray. He started to break out at Valiant where he penciled the interiors and covers for Ninjak, Solar, Man of the Atom, and more. He went on to create Ash with Jimmy Palmiotti.

In 1998, Quesada helped revive Marvel from Chapter 11 as part of the Marvel Knights launch, a more mature take on Marvel’s classic characters. He illustrated Daredevil which was written by Kevin Smith. From there, he became editor in chief of the company following Bob Harras’ departure from the company. He was eventually promoted to chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment in 2010 and stepped down as EiC in 2011. He left Marvel in 2022.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

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