Sunday, December 31, 2023

USA box office on New Year's weekend (2017-2023)

 
USA box office on the New Year's weekend of 2023 is up 11% compared to last year when "Avatar: The Way of Water" was the top-grossing movie.  

 But it's down 41% compared to the 2017 peak when "Star Wars: Episode VIII" was the top draw.

Remember "Video Killed the Radio Star"?  
Meet "Covid Killed the Movie Star".
Source:  Box Office Mojo

Headline:  Variety, 12/28/2023
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is quickly sinking at the box office. 
The comic book adventure, starring Jason Momoa as the King of Atlantis, was positioned on the calendar as the de facto blockbuster of the holiday season. But, so far, the follow-up to 2018’s megahit “Aquaman” has failed to recapture the spark of the original. The $205 million-budgeted tentpole caps off 2023, a terrible year for superhero movies, as the fourth consecutive flop for Warner Bros. and DC Studios following “The Flash,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and “Blue Beetle.”

More box office posts:
2023

2022
Third weekend in December.  (12/19)
First weekend in December.  (12/5)
Thranksgiving 2022 daily top 10 movie grosses (Wednesday-Sunday)  (11/28)
Pre-Thanksgiving box office weekend down 47% from 2017 peak.  (11/21)
Going down: October 2022 box office drops 44% compared to 2018. (11/3)

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