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  1. Deadpool 2 Has Record-Breaking Thursday, Meaning Not Enough of You Saw Book ClubDoes it have hot Andy Garcia, though?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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    A Quiet Place Had the Best Opening Ever for an Original Horror MovieWith a $50 million debut weekend, it’s also the third-highest opening for any horror film overall.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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    Girls Trip Is the Most Successful R-Rated Summer Comedy Since 2015Girls Trip’s strong box-office showing over-performed, since the movie only cost about $20 million to make.
    By Hunter Harris
  4. Dunkirk Is Getting Great Reviews. But Can It Be a Hit?What are the prospects for a $150 million war film based on a battle few Americans have heard of?
    By Kevin Lincoln
  5. Wonder Woman Is Looking Like a Hit. Here’s What That Would Mean for Hollywood.Wonder Woman has a chance at the highest-ever opening for a live-action female-directed film.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  6. Don’t Blame Critics When Your Blockbusters Are BadBoth Pirates and Baywatch had bigger problems than their Rotten Tomatoes scores.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  7. King Arthur Was the Summer’s First Flop. What Happened?There’s a certain kind of intellectual property that seems to lend itself to flops.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Donald Trump Is President and ’Boss Baby’ Is the No. 1 Movie in AmericaThe animated film took in $49 million in its opening weekend.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Even Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal Can’t Make an Original Film a Hit NowBad news for fans of original films.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Beauty and the Beast Broke Box-Office Records and It’s All Because of WomenFully 72 percent of the film’s opening-day audience were women.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    2017 Is Horror’s Best Year at the Box Office in a Long TimeIn Get Out and Split, the genre has already seen two $100 million grossers.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    The Lego Batman Movie Edged 50 Shades Darker at the Box OfficeOnly one of this weekend’s sequels managed to improve on its predecessor.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Split Is the Highest-Grossing Horror Movie Since 2013M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller topped the box-office chart for the third week in a row.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    The Twist Is That Audiences Still Really Like SplitPlus, a tired nation asks itself: What is a dog’s purpose?
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Split Was the Weekend’s Box-Office HitSplit won the weekend, but Hidden Figures and La La Land held steady.
    By Hunter Harris
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    Hidden Figures Trounced Live by NightPlus: La La Land continues its rise, and Monster Trucks … could’ve done worse?
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Was Rogue One’s Box Office Solid or Sensational?$155 million is a lot of money. But is it Star Wars money?
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Everyone Was Excited for La La Land at the Box Office This WeekendIt’s topped Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea in at least one respect.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Manchester by the Sea Is Looking Like a HitPlus good news for Paramount, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Natalie Portman’s Jackie Kennedy accent.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Moana Rules the Thanksgiving Box OfficeThe Disney musical earned more than $80 million over the holiday weekend.
    By Nate Jones
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    Fantastic Beasts’ Opening Isn’t Quite Fantastic$75 million is a lot of money, but it isn’t Harry Potter money.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  22. Franchise Haters Rejoice: Arrival’s a HitMeanwhile, Doctor Strange, Trolls, and Hacksaw Ridge all had surprisingly big second weekends.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Doctor Strange Leads a Superpowered Weekend Box OfficeIt was a good weekend at the box office.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Why Did Inferno Bomb?The Tom Hanks vehicle earned $15 million in its first weekend at the U.S. box office.
    By Nate Jones
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    Tyler Perry Crosses Over As Boo! A Madea Halloween Wins the Box OfficeAt 27 million, Madea edged out Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
    By Nate Jones
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    The Accountant Is a Hit, and Ben Affleck Is Truly a Movie Star AgainThis is the first movie that’s been a hit solely on the strength of Ben Affleck, the actor, in … a long time.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    The Birth of a Nation Couldn’t Overcome Nate Parker at the Box OfficeBut the people who did see it seemed to like it.
    By Kevin Lincoln
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    Divergent’s Big Opening Weekend Deserves PraiseIn many ways, it did better than The Hunger Games and Twilight when it came to transcending its YA origins.
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    The Eight Reasons Frozen Is UnstoppableThe movie has the staying power of Titanic, and it’s not just because it’s the only family movie around.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    7 Box-Office Quirks of 2013Raunch sells, 3-D slumps, and James Badge Dale rules them all.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    13 Peculiar Facts About the World’s Taste in Summer MoviesGermans love The Hangover III, the Japanese love The Lone Ranger, Serbians didn’t care for Iron Man 3, and much more.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    Box Office Explained: Instructions Not IncludedThe Spanish-language film held steady this week in third place.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Summer Box Office: The Indie Films That Hit, Missed, and Should Have Done BetterBlue Jasmine and Fruitvale Station are going like gangbusters, but why didn’t you see Crystal Fairy?
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    Summer Box Office: Comedies Came to ConquerThe Heat couldn’t be beat, but The Hangover Part III suffered from diminishing returns.
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    Why Hollywood Will Double Down on More Sequels and Franchises After This Summer Expect even fewer original films after would-be blockbusters like White House Down, After Earth, and Elysium underperformed.
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    Box Office Battles: The 8 Most Crowded Movie Weekends of 2013Which blockbusters are pitted against each other … and which should move?
    By Kyle Buchanan
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    Your Box Office Explained: Why Did Jack the Giant Slayer Bomb?At least it opened before this weekend’s Oz movie. That’s the only positive we can find here.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Why Identity Thief Won on a Slow Oscar WeekendWhile Snitch fizzled, Oscar nominees Argo and Silver Linings Playbook were still hanging in there.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
  39. YBOE: Good Day to Die Hard Doesn’t Need the U.S.The latest John McClane explodo-installment is all about the international markets.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Your Box Office Explained: Identity Thief Is 2013’s First Comedy HitDoes this mean Melissa McCarthy is a “movie star” or not?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Box Office: Bullet to the Head Can’t Stop ZombieAlso, Best Picture nominees keep chugging along.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Box Office: Silver Linings Is Gold; ZDT StallsThe David O. Russell film appears to be finding its feet, while Bigelow’s thriller is trending downward.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Your Box Office Explained: Audiences Are Good to MamaWhat about that Jessica Chastain, huh?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Box Office Explained: Best Pic Noms Score BigExcept for Django.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Texas Chainsaw Carves Out Top Spot at Box OfficeAnd Django is likely to become the highest-grossing Tarantino film next weekend.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Your Box Office Explained: 2012 Was a Good Year for HollywoodThe industry saw its biggest single increase in admissions in a decade.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Why Didn’t The Hobbit Make More Money?Not that $85 million isn’t a boatload.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Your Box Office Explained: Why Skyfall Won’t FallIt and Lincoln have lured in a very important — and long-tailed — older audience.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Box Office: Killing Them Dies an Unworthy DeathWith no new major studio releases, three Thanksgiving leftovers took the top spots.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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    Your Box Office Explained: Vampires, Bond, Lincoln — Everyone’s a Winner!It was a stellar box-office weekend.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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