Retiring Guy's Digest: USA movie box office: Second weekend of February (2017-2023)

The USA box office on the 2nd weekend of February 2023 was down 8% compared to last year when "Death on the Nile" was the top-grossing movie.

And it's down 74% compared to the 2017 peak when "Batman Lego Movie" was the top-grossing movie.

Box Office Mojo

Variety, 2/12/2023

The third movie, in which Tatum returns as a stripper with a heart of gold, wasn’t intended to play in theaters at first. The Warner Bros. release, which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and co-stars Salma Hayek Pinault, was commissioned for HBO Max and granted a production and marketing budget that corresponds with expectations for streaming releases. But once Discovery bought the company and David Zaslav took over as CEO, executives opted to give “Last Dance” a theatrical release because of encouragingly positive test screenings.

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Super Bowl weekend, which is the biggest TV event of the year, is rarely a busy time for moviegoing, and this Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs is no exception. Overall ticket sales topped out at $51 million, according to Comscore, which is down from the $84 million generated in 2020 and the $75 million generated in 2019.

Related posts:

2023

First weekend of February. (2/6)

Fourth weekend of January. (1/30)

Third weekend of January. (1/26)

Second weekend of January. (1/16)

First weekend of January. (1/9)

Final weekend of the year. (1/2)

2022

Fourth weekend in December. (12/26)

Third weekend in December. (12/19)

Second weekend in December. (12/12)