USA box office on last weekend of September (2017-2023)

USA box office on Friday of the last weekend of September 2023 is  up 32% compared to last year when "Smile" was the top-grossing movie.  

But it's down 22% compared to the 2018 peak when "Night School" was the top-grossing movie.

Source:  Box Office Mojo

Headline:  Variety, 10/1/2023

Paramount’s animated sequel “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” topped the box office in its debut, earning a solid $23 million from 3,989 North American locations over the weekend. 

Those ticket sales were more than enough to rule over the three other new nationwide releases, which could be categorized as the good (Lionsgate’s gruesome “Saw X“), the meh (Disney and New Regency’s sci-fi thriller “The Creator“) and the ugly (Sony’s Game Stop stock-inspired “Dumb Money“).

Original 9/30/2023 post starts here

USA box office on Friday of the last weekend of September 2023 is  up 23% compared to last year when "Smile" was the top-grossing movie.  

But it's down 5% compared to the 2018 peak when "Night School" was the top-grossing movie.

Source:  Box Office Mojo

Headline:  Variety, 9/30/2023

There was one key question gripping the box office heading into this weekend: would audiences be PAWing, or would they be Sawing? In a crowded September capper with four new wide releases, Paramount’s “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” looks to come out on top. The animated feature is edging out Lionsgate’s horror entry “Saw X” to lead domestic charts. 

Meanwhile, Disney’s original science-fiction adventure “The Creator” will have to settle for third place, while Sony’s “Dumb Money” is floundering in its nationwide expansion.

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