
As is usually the case, what is bad news for Hollywood is almost always good news for America and Americans. Hollywood enjoyed a record box office year in 2015, but the hows and whys of this are mostly bad news
by John Nolte30 Dec 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

Studio estimates on Sunday say “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time.
by Breitbart News20 Dec 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

Arrogant, big-mouthed, divisive Hollywood blowhards took a massive hit at the American box office this weekend. The highly-anticipated fourth and final chapter of “The Hunger Games” should have been bullet-proof. But after star Jennifer Lawrence used the film’s publicity tour to trash Christians and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, “Mockingjay – Part 2” is under-performing in a way no box office analyst had predicted.
by John Nolte21 Nov 2015, 5:54 AM PST0

It took the combination of James Bond and Charlie Brown to save the box office after a disastrous few weekends of flops. Both “Spectre” and “The Peanuts Movie” reinvigorated moviegoers who turned out in droves to check out the new fare, including buzzy limited-release titles like “Spotlight.”
by Breitbart News8 Nov 2015, 3:22 PM PST0

“Steve Jobs” didn’t just bomb this weekend, it BOMBED. Although director Danny Boyle’s biopic sits in nearly 2500 theaters and was predicted to clear around $12 million, according to Deadline, by Monday the $30 million film (closer to $60 million with distribution costs) will bottom out at $7 million.
by John Nolte24 Oct 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

Although I personally enjoyed the film, Emily Blunt’s “Sicario” is looking like a bust at the box office and a substantial write off for Lionsgate. The edgy drug war thriller that boasts no fewer than three stars (Josh Brolin and
by John Nolte10 Oct 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

“Straight Outta Compton” is Universal’s sixth film to open over $50 million in 2015 and broke the August record for an R-rated opening.
by Breitbart News16 Aug 2015, 3:07 PM PST0

The latest attempt to kick-start a “Fantastic Four” franchise flopped at the box office with an estimated $26.2 million debut.
by Breitbart News9 Aug 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

Overall, Hollywood is having an okay year. Year-to-date the 2015 box office is +8.3% ahead of the disaster that was 2014. That, however, is still less than +1% over 2013 and actually pacing -0.2% behind 2012. Movies are no longer
by John Nolte1 Aug 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

Adam Sandler has been a legitimate movie star — a legitimate box office attraction — since his first hit “Billy Madison” was released way back in 1995. That’s 20 years. That’s longer than critical darling Bill Murray, longer than critical
by John Nolte25 Jul 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

After a disastrous 2014 box office season, most especially last summer, there is no question that 2015 is an improvement. Currently, this year’s box office is running almost +7% ahead of last year. That is all well and good, but
by John Nolte7 Jul 2015, 10:04 AM PST0

False charges of sexism obviously fell on deaf ears. Weekend estimates range from $177 million to $190 million for the debut of “Jurassic World,” the fourth in the “Jurassic Park” franchise, the first in 14 years. After three lackluster weekends
by John Nolte13 Jun 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

Time and again and again, during the doldrums of 2014’s awful box office year, we were assured and reassured that 2015’s awesome slate would make up for everything. Halfway into the year, that is proving to not be the case.
by John Nolte6 Jun 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

“J0hn Carter,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Speed Racer,” Cowboys and Aliens,” “The Wolfman,” and … “Tomorrowland”? Unless something supernatural happens in Brazil and Japan, the only two territories where director Brad Bird’s left-wing “Tomorrowland” has yet to open, Disney’s Global Warming screed
by John Nolte1 Jun 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

After Hollywood’s disastrous Memorial Day weekend, the final weekend of May also appears to be pacing well behind this same weekend in 2014 when Disney’s “Maleficent” bowed to $69.4 million, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” enjoyed a second weekend haul
by John Nolte30 May 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

“Pitch Perfect,” a moderately successful sleeper released in 2012, is now looking like a full-blown franchise. The sequel was expected to do well this weekend and still managed to blow away expectations with a projected (per Deadline) $62 – $65
by John Nolte16 May 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

“Furious 7” had enough left in the tank to top “The Age of Adaline” and lead the box office for a fourth straight week.
by Breitbart News26 Apr 2015, 9:12 AM PST0

The high-octane “Furious 7” peeled out of the gates in its opening weekend, picking up a stunning $143.6 million from 4,004 locations to easily top the domestic box office, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.
by Breitbart News5 Apr 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

The franchise that started out as a throwaway B-movie, and limped through two in-name-only sequels before catching blockbuster fire in its fifth installment, is now breaking the bank with chapter seven. “Furious 7” opened to a massive $16 million Thursday
by John Nolte4 Apr 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

Sean Penn’s “The Gunman” was no match for the rebel kids of “Insurgent.”
by Breitbart News22 Mar 2015, 1:48 PM PST0

Disney’s recent streak continued over the weekend with the $70.1 million North American debut of its traditional, sumptuously costumed fairy tale adaptation “Cinderella,” according to studio estimates Sunday. Interest in the film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James of “Downton Abbey”, was boosted by a “Frozen” short, “Frozen Fever,” that played before the feature.
by Breitbart News15 Mar 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

Merchants of Doubt, a new documentary film designed to paint climate change sceptics as “pundits for hire” in the pay of big business, has tanked at the box office. Based on a book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Mar 2015, 3:37 AM PST0

For more than a decade Hollywood lied to the American people in order to justify a string of critical and box office flops aimed at undermining our troops and then-President George W. Bush’s efforts in the ongoing War on Terror.
by John Nolte9 Mar 2015, 9:47 AM PST0

Fifty Shades of Grey has crossed $500 million at the global box office.
by Daniel Nussbaum5 Mar 2015, 5:39 PM PST0

As cynical as I am about the sorry state of the American movie star, never in a million years did I expect Will Smith to be anything less than a superstar. “Seven Pounds,” Smith’s humiliating 2008 dramatic flop, appears to
by John Nolte28 Feb 2015, 7:05 AM PST0