Box-office tracking service comScore has released the results of the year in movie box-office with the industry generating a record $39.92 billion worldwide in 2017, jumping 3% on last year. The gain came despite a 2.3% slide in US box office to a total of $11.12 billion. International receipts jumped 5% to $28.8 billion and […]
Idris Elba will soon be seen in Thor: Ragnarok and Molly’s Game this year. But did you know he sings? year’s end. In a surprising admission to People (do click to see the video) the British actor revealed he could have starred in one of the year’s biggest box-office performers: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Elba spoke with […]
Beauty and the Beast fans around the world pushed Disney’s live-action adaptation past the $1 billion mark at the global box office, making it 2017’s highest-grossing film worldwide to date, the highest grossing live-action movie musical of all time and a global phenomenon. Check out a short new video featuring a special look at the Beauty […]
April is the last month of spring box office before the summer movie big tent pole season, this last weekend three new movies in wide release weren’t able to dethrone the powerhouses of DreamWorks Animation‘s The Boss Baby in its second weekend and Walt Disney Pictures‘ Beauty and the Beast in its fourth. Despite the release of a slew of new movies […]
DreamWorks Animation‘s The Boss Baby performed better than expected at the domestic box office, opening to an estimated $49 million in 3,773 theaters, an average of $12,987 per location. Receiving an A- CinemaScore from audiences, the animated film was expected to open in the $30-million range. Internationally, The Boss Baby earned $36.2 million this weekend and has grossed […]
“Boss Baby” is eyeing the C-suite. The Fox-DreamWorks animated movie bottled up $15.5 million from 3,773 locations on Friday. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” which has ruled the box office with record-breaking grosses since it hit theaters in mid-March, earned just over $13 million on Friday from 4,210 theaters. “Boss Baby’s” projected opening weekend total […]
Beauty and the Beast added an estimated $88.3 million domestically and $119.2 million internationally this weekend to push its global total to $690.3 million ($317 million domestic, $373.3 million international) after two weeks. Now the #1 movie of 2017 domestically and globally, this is the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Studios release to surpass the $600 million […]
Domestically, Thursday saw Beauty and the Beast take in another $10.9 million, down just -5% from Wednesday, to take the seven-day total to $228.6 million. Beauty and the Beast will hold its position among the top seven opening weeks of all-time, with the weekdays rivaling those typically reserved for summer and holiday playtime. The film […]
Walt Disney Pictures‘ Beauty and the Beast added an impressive $17.9 million domestically and $18.2 million internationally on Tuesday, for a global take of $36.1 million in one day. This means that the live-action adaptation has now grossed $206.2 million in North American and $222.3 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $428.5 million. The Beauty and the […]
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a global box office sensation. The fairy tale remake debuted to a majestic $350 million worldwide during its first weekend in theaters. The live action update of the 1991 animated classic scored the second biggest March debut on a global basis, coming in behind “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s” […]