“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Brings in $176 Million On Opening Weekend
Bella Breakdown The latest Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, raked in $176 million during its first weekend in theaters, knocking Jumanji: The Next Level out of first place for box office sales. The opening was the third biggest for any movie of 2019, after Avengers: End Game and The Lion King. While the film has been popular with audiences, it has received mixed reviews from critics. Surprisingly, Rise of Skywalker director JJ Abrams said he agrees with the critics on many critiques of the film. “I would say that they’re right,” Abrams said of the...
‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ Makes History As The Worst ‘X-Men’ Debut
Bella Breakdown After 20 years of giving fans lackluster X-Men films, Fox ended its franchise series with the worst debuting film in franchise history thanks to Dark Phoenix. With a budget of $200 million, the Sophie Turner-lead film only took in $33 million in its box office debut, coming in right after The Secret Life of Pets 2. Not only is Dark Phoenix the worst X-Men franchise debut, but it is now the worst box office debut for any film for the 2019 summer season. There could be many reasons for the movie’s failure, but the main one is...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Makes History With $1.2 Billion Box Office Weekend
Bella Breakdown The final Avengers film has done what many have already predicted and has become the highest-grossing film in opening weekend history. “Avengers: Endgame” debuted with $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally. The final installment of Marvel’s superhero flick surpassed the historical threshold twice as fast as it’s predecessor “Avengers: Infinity War” which was able to reach the billion dollar mark in 11 days. “Though ‘Endgame’ is far from an end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, these first 22 films constitute a sprawling achievement,’ Disney Chairman Alan Horn said. In its first weekend, ‘Endgame’...
“Us” Gets 70 Million Opening Weekend
Bella Breakdown This past weekend, people flocked to theaters to see the new horror movie “Us” by Jordan Peele. “Us” surprised many by getting 70 million its first weekend at the box office, meaning that it is the second highest grossing film of 2019 behind Captain Marvel. Peele is demonstrating to all that he is a writer, director, and producer to be reckoned with, as this is his second success after his 2017 award winner “Get Out.” “Us” is a story about Adelaide Wilson and her family, who return to Adelaide’s childhood beach house. As Adelaide continues to be...
The Grinch Who Stole The Box Office
Bella Breakdown The Grinch might be one of the most successful characters when it comes to remakes. The latest remake, “Dr. Seuss’s: The Grinch” debuted at number 1 at the Box Office on November 9th, and brought it $11 million more dollars than Ron Howard’s live action “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” starring Jim Carrey. Illumination’s latest animated Grinch brought in $66 Million on it’s first weekend, and truly stole the top spot. Benedict Cumberbatch lends his best Whoville accent to quite possibly the cutest Grinch ever animated. Cumberbatch is joined by Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, and...
