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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Cinderella’ Reigns Supreme
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Cinderella’ Reigns Supreme
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Cinderella’ Reigns Supreme
Suddenly, Disney’s upcoming live action version of Beauty and the Beast is looking like a very wise move. After all, their new take on Cinderella shook the box office out of the doldrums, launching with numbers that feel more at home with the summer than March. Yes, it even took down that might spring movie season titan Liam Neeson.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Chappie' Leads a Slow Weekend
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Chappie' Leads a Slow Weekend
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Chappie' Leads a Slow Weekend
With some of the year’s biggest movies only a month or two away, the box office seems to have entered a holding pattern. Some of the new releases are minor hits. Others crash and burn. Right now, Hollywood just seems to be crossing their fingers and hoping for the sweet, sweet summer movie season to come along and save them (or at least the April release of Furious 7). In other words, every new release underperformed this weekend.