Floating up an estimated $91.0 million to lead the weekend box office, It: Chapter Two [IT2] scored the second biggest horror and September opening of all times behind It. The sequel drew more older men at 53% male and 67% aged 25 or older versus 51% and 65% for the first film.
Angel Has Fallen [HFAL3] slipped to second with $6.0 million and $53.5 million after three weekends,
Good Boys [GBOYS] finished third at $5.4 million, bringing its total to $66.8 million.
With school back in season, September has typically been slow at the box office. That changed two years ago when It debuted at $123.4 million, nearly triple the previous record for the month. Now New Line targets the same audience with the sequel, It: Chapter Two [IT2]. James McAvoy, Bill Hader and Jessica Chastain join the cast as the now grown adults of the Losers Club members played respectively by Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard and Sophia Lillis. They reunite 27 years later when the...
Universal has unwrapped the official trailer for the horror remake Black Christmas [BCHRS]. A killer stalks a group of friends from a sorority. Black Christmas starts on Friday, December 13th.
Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters—athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady)—prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked...
A24 has unveiled the official trailer for the drama Waves [WAVES] from writer- director Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night). Sterling K. Brown [SKBRO] and Kelvin Harrison, Jr. [KHARR] stars father and son in a suburban South Florida family as they love, forgive and come together in the aftermath of a loss. After premiering to critical acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival, Waves hits theaters begining November 1st.
Sony has unleashed the official trailer for the action sequel Bad Boys for Life [BADB3]. Will Smith [WSMIT] and Martin Lawrence [MLAWR] reunite for one last ride. Directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Bad Boys for Life comes to theaters on January 17th.
Lionsgate has uploaded the greenband theatrical trailer for Jexi [LEXI] without all the explicit languages in the first trailer. Adam DeVine [ADEVI] stars as a lonely tech guy whose life gets taken over by an A.I. assistant, vocied by Rose Byrne [RBYRN]. Jexi debuts on October 11th.
Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for the drama Just Mercy [JMRCY] starring Michael B. Jordan [MBJOR] , Jamie Foxx [JFOXX] and Brie Larson [BLARS]. Destin Daniel Cretton directed the film adapted from the memoir of Bryan Stevenson. Just Mercy opens in limited release on CHristmas Day before expanding wide on January 10th.
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice....
Orion has revealed the teaser trailer for the horror Gretel & Hansel [GRHNS] based on the Grimm's fairy tale. Sophia Lillis [SLILL] stars as the titular role who leads her little brother into a dark forest, and stumble upon a nexus of evil. Gretel & Hanselopens on January 31st.
Fox Searchlight has dropped the full-length trailer for the satire Jojo Rabbit [JOJOR] written and directed by Taika Waititi [TAWAI], who also co-stars as Adolf Hitler. Set during World War II, a lonely German Nazi youth discovers a Jewish girl, played by Thomasin McKenzie [TMCKE], hidden in the attic by his mother, played by Scarlett Johansson [SJOHA]. Her humanity forces him to question his blind bigotry. Jojo Rabbit arrives in theaters October 18th.
No new films enter the top 12 over the Labor Day holiday weekend as Angel Has Fallen [HFAL3] retained first place with an estimated $14.8 million over the 4-day. The action sequel has netted $43.9 million.
Good Boys [GBOYS] stayed in second at $12.1 million, pushing its total to $59.1 million after 3 weekends.
Lion King [LIONK.BW] moved up to the third spot with $9.3 million and $523.5 million in total.
Overcomer [OVRCM] took in another $7.8 million to finish fifth overall. The...