Weekend Box Office

NEW YORK — “Predator: Badlands” led all films in North American theaters with a debut of $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, a better-than-expected result that slightly lifted the box office from its autumn doldrums.

LOS ANGELES — It’s August, and horror and humor came to play at the box office.

Dinosaur fatigue may be a theme in “Jurassic World Rebirth,” but moviegoing audiences don’t seem to have that reservation. The newest installment in the “Jurassic World” franchise ruled the Fourth of July holiday box office with a global, five-day launch of $318.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

NEW YORH — Apple has its first box-office hit.

Trump-hater Robert De Niro’s gangster movie “Alto Knights” bombed all over planet Earth this weekend.

The Disney Grooming Syndicate’s woke remake of Snow White is already shaping up to be a box office bomb.

“Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on the North American box office charts. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Robert Pattinson-led film earned $19.1 million in its first weekend in theaters, which was enough to dethrone “Captain America: Brave New World” after a three-week reign.

The Spider-Man spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” got off to a disastrous start in North American theaters this weekend.

NEW YORK — Christmas came early at the box office this year with ‘Moana 2’ leading the way to record-breaking festivities.

The musical, Wicked, is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $114 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

LOS ANGELES — Moviegoers were not exactly feeling the Christmas spirit this weekend, or at least not based on their attendance at “Red One” showings.

“Venom: The Last Dance” has been no blockbuster in North American theaters. But in a lethargic fall moviegoing season, even a so-so performing superhero sequel can rule the box office for three straight weeks.

“Venom: The Last Dance” enjoyed another weekend at the top of the box office. The Sony release starring Tom Hardy added $26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Moviegoers across the country have fired The Apprentice. The controversial Trump biopic — which portrays the young Donald Trump as a rapist — is set to gross around $1.5 million on its opening weekend. That’s an embarrassingly low figure given that the movie received a wide release on 1,740 screens, for a per-screen average of about $862.

NEW YORK — After 10 days in theaters, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation.

Monkey Man was supposed to be the next John Wick, but instead, it’s one more piece of woke garbage that failed to perform near expectations.

Sound of Freedom is set to close the summer by out-grossing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Did this weekend’s box office smash, Barbie, break the box office curse of Get Woke, Go Broke?

Nolte: The groomers, fetishists, and perverts now running Disney/Marvel can only be beside themselves with fear now that Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opened to a very disappointing $110 million.

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is the latest non-woke movie to over-perform at the box office, breaking records with a stunning domestic haul of $204.6 million for its opening weekend.

More trouble on the Disney/Marvel front as “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” takes a 71 percent dive in weekend two. That’s worse than Marvel’s previous stinkers, Thor: Love and Thunder, which dropped 68 percent in weekend two, and Eternals, which collapsed by 62%.

The Benedict Cumberbatch-Elizabeth Olsen Marvel adventure, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $185 million this weekend in its debut, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

The Batman — starring Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz — is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $128.5 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

NEW YORK — For the eighth time in the last two and a half months, a movie starring Tom Holland is No. 1 at the box office.

Not even a global pandemic or a 12-year hiatus could stop the Jackass guys at the box office. “Jackass Forever,” the fourth movie in the anarchic series earned $23.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the No. 1 movie in North America again, earning an additional $11 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Director Steven Spielberg’s woke “West Side Story” remake is a box office catastrophe expected to open in the $10 million range.

LeBron James’ basketball-themed, live-action and cartoon hybrid, Space Jam: A New Legacy, is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $32 million in receipts in its debut, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

(UPI) — “A Quiet Place Part II” is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $11.7 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday, become the first pandemic era film to top $100 million in U.S. ticket sales.

Horror flick Spiral is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend after earning an additional $4.6 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Raya and the Last Dragon is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $5.2 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced on Sunday.

The animated and live-action adventure Tom & Jerry is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $13.7 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Denzel Washington’s latest crime drama, The Little Things, is the No. 1 film in theaters for a second weekend, earning an additional $2.1 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

The Hollywood box office took a punishing blow from the coronavirus over the weekend, with ticket revenue hitting a two-decade low of about $55.3 million. While Pixar’s Onward once again took the No. 1 domestic spot, the animated movie saw its business plummet more than 70 percent from its opening weekend.

Pixar’s “Onward” raked in a lackluster $40 million in its opening weekend, which was enough to nab the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office, while Ben Affleck’s The Way Back also flopped despite receiving critical praise for Affleck’s performance as a high school basketball coach recovering from addiction.

The fact that “Toy Story” is in its fourth chapter and over-performing its predecessors is pretty amazing. Unfortunately, all this wishcasting about breaking the $180 to $200 million mark dimmed an otherwise stellar debut.