Retiring Guy's Digest: USA box office on 3rd weekend of September (2017-2023)

USA box office on the 3rd weekend of September 2023 is up 20% compared to last year when "The Woman King" was the top-grossing movie.

But it's down 50% compared to the 2019 peak when "Downton Abbey" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 9/17/2023

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has generated $626 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Marvel’s 2012 blockbuster “The Avengers” ($623 million) as the 11th-highest grossing release in history.

In order to crack the top 10, “Barbie” will need to outpace 2015’s “Jurassic World” (No. 10 with $653 million), “Titanic” (No. 9 with $674 million), “Avengers: Infinity War” (No. 8 with $678 million) and “Avatar: The Way of Water” (No. 7 with $684 million). None of these ticket sales were adjusted for inflation.

“Barbie” is already the highest grossing domestic release of the year.

Original 9/17/2023 post starts here

USA box office on Friday of the 3rd weekend of September 2023 is up 16% compared to last year when "The Woman King" was the top-grossing movie.

But it's down 60% compared to the 2019 peak when "Downton Abbey" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 9/16/2023

Hercule Poirot is back on the case this weekend, with Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” hoping to best a very quiet box office in its opening. The horror-tinged whodunnit scored $5.5 million from 3,305 theaters on its opening day, a figure that includes $1.2 million in Thursday previews. The film gets a boost from increased ticket prices for premium large formats like Imax.
“Haunting” is pacing a bit ahead of last year’s “Death on the Nile,” which opened to $12.8 million on Super Bowl weekend after some prolonged shuffles around Disney and 20th Century Studios’ schedule due to the COVID pandemic. “A Haunting in Venice,” the third Agatha Christie adaptation from Branagh, arrives with less of a financial burden — the production budget of $60 million is a notable drop from its predecessor’s $90 million.

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