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Hollywood’s first October weekend is shaping up as a two-lane race with very different expectations. Amazon MGM’s Verity, adapted from Colleen Hoover and led by Anne Hathaway, is tracking toward a robust $25–35 million opening across roughly 3,510 theaters from October 2–4. Warner Bros.’ Digger, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, looks …
On a weekend crowded with Marvel nostalgia and big studio launches, A24’s Primetime delivered a quieter kind of win. Starring Robert Pattinson as television host Chris Hansen, the drama opened to an estimated $19.2 million from roughly 2,863 North American theaters — a fourth-place finish that still counts as a breakout for a $15 million …
Disney’s theatrical encore of Avengers: Endgame just reminded Hollywood how loud Marvel’s biggest swing still sounds. The re-release weekend pulled in roughly $26 million domestically, topping new titles led by Brad Pitt and Robert Pattinson and giving the studio a clean weekend win built almost entirely on nostalgia, fresh footage, and pre-Doomsday buzz that spilled …
Fall box office needed a jolt, and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot delivered one. Over the September 19–21 weekend the film took about $60 million in North America and roughly $48.3 million overseas, for a global opening near $108.3 million. That figure sets a franchise record for the live-action series and blows past the cautious …
Six weekends. One No. 1. And a domestic haul that has Hollywood staring at a number once thought untouchable. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has cleared roughly $923–925 million in North America after another Labor Day weekend, leaving it only about $12–13 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.6 million), the long-standing domestic champion. Trackers …