Monday, August 19, 2024

USA box office for the 3rd weekend in August 2017-2024

 
USA box office on the 3rd weekend of August 2024 is up 40% compared to last year when "Blue Beetle" was the top-grossing movie. "Alien: Romulus" took the top spot for the this weekend.

And it's up 5% compared to the 2018 peak when "Crazy Rich Asians" ruled the weekend box office.
 
Source:  Box Office Mojo


New York Times, 8/18/2024
Disney’s seven movie factories — Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, 20th Century, Searchlight Pictures, Disney Animation and Walt Disney Pictures — began to break down in 2021. They had been pushed too hard to make content for Disney’s streaming service. The pandemic added difficulties, resulting in a string of failures like “Jungle Cruise,” “Strange World,” “Lightyear,” “Haunted Mansion,” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Marvels” and “Wish.” 
Investors grew increasingly agitated, putting Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Alan Bergman, Disney’s top movie executive, under extreme pressure to deliver improved results. Movies carry unusual weight at the Walt Disney Company, which relies on them for much more than ticket revenue. At Disney, movies also power a vast consumer products division and underpin theme park attractions. 
It certainly appears that Disney has regained its box office footing.

More box office posts:
2024
Easter weekend.  (3/31)

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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