Annabelle 2

Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
As we head deeper into September, two things have become pretty clear about 2017 box office numbers: one, Hollywood desperately needs to bounce back a little bit from the doldrums of August, and two, whoever decided to hedge their studio’s bets with a September release date for a movie about a killer clown is looking like a [profanity] genius right about now. We’ll get to all of that in a moment, but first, here are the box office numbers as of Sunday afternoon:
Weekend Box Office: Weirdest. Labor Day Weekend. Ever.
Weekend Box Office: Weirdest. Labor Day Weekend. Ever.
Weekend Box Office: Weirdest. Labor Day Weekend. Ever.
In a weekend where no new releases cracked the Top 10 and six movies maintained their exact spot in the rankings, you’d think there would be less news worth sharing. That isn’t quite the case. Sure, as sites like Box Office Mojo have noted, this is a historically bad Labor Day Weekend for movies in theaters, but it’s also a uniquely static weekend for releases, one that even required me to create a second chart just to capture all the data points. Let’s start as we always do, with the box office grosses as of Sunday afternoon:
Weekend Box Office: ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Wins Again
Weekend Box Office: ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Wins Again
Weekend Box Office: ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Wins Again
There are bad weekends, there are bad weekends, and then there are historically terrible weekends the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades. Guess which one applies to this past weekend? With the overall box office dipping more than $30 million from last week, and the overall numbers landing as historically bad, we seem to be ending August on a terrible note. Nevertheless, here are the box office numbers through Sunday afternoon:
Weekend Box Office: Audiences Take To ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’
Weekend Box Office: Audiences Take To ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’
Weekend Box Office: Audiences Take To ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’
Welcome to Augusts, where overall weekend grosses can decline for three consecutive weekends  —  $122, $116, and $95 million, respectively  —  and a new action-comedy can be the surprise winner of the weekend. Audiences might still be interested in creepy dolls, but it was a hyper-violent buddy film about professional killers that took home the gold. Here’s the box office projections, as of Sunday afternoon:
Here’s the Winner of the ‘Annabelle 2’ Short Film Contest
Here’s the Winner of the ‘Annabelle 2’ Short Film Contest
Here’s the Winner of the ‘Annabelle 2’ Short Film Contest
Given that David F. Sandberg launched his career on the basis of a viral YouTube short film, it only makes sense that Warner Bros. would look to leverage that narrative for the release of Annabelle: Creation, the fourth film in The Conjuring cinematic universe. Back in July, Warner Bros. announced the contest on its site, encouraging fans to create their own new additions to The Conjuring universe. The contest would feature winners in multiple countries, meaning multiple chances to win.
Weekend Box Office: ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Scares Up a Mint
Weekend Box Office: ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Scares Up a Mint
Weekend Box Office: ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Scares Up a Mint
We’ve reached the doldrums of August, where studios release the titles not marketable enough for the summer movie season and not quality enough for serious award consideration. That means an odd mixture of horror films, formerly prestigious movies that have lost a little bit of their luster, and absolute junk just looking for a few screens to dominate for a couple of weeks. Oh, and what do you know? That perfectly describes this weekend’s new releases! Gee!
Demonic Dolls Are Bad News in These New ‘Annabelle 2’ Clips
Demonic Dolls Are Bad News in These New ‘Annabelle 2’ Clips
Demonic Dolls Are Bad News in These New ‘Annabelle 2’ Clips
If you’d told me back in 2004 that James Wan, then-director of Saw, would become the architect of horror’s more important cinematic universe a decade later, I would’ve thrown my hands up in the air and declared the the end of the genre. So I’m as happy as anyone to see that Wan’s The Conjuring universe continues to impressive (and improve!) with each subsequent entry. Coming off the heels of The Conjuring 2, one of the better haunted house movies of the last couple of decades, Annabelle: Creation shows that the franchise shows no signs of slowing down… at least not until we’ve explored every item in the Warren’s Raiders of the Lost Ark-esque trophy room.
‘IT’ Creeps Into Theaters Next Week With Special Sneak Peek
‘IT’ Creeps Into Theaters Next Week With Special Sneak Peek
‘IT’ Creeps Into Theaters Next Week With Special Sneak Peek
If you head to your local theater next week to check out Annabelle: Creation, you’ll be treated to an extra serving — a small appetizer or horrors d’ouevres (sorry), if you will — of phobia-inducing terror. A special four-minute sneak peek of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s IT is reportedly set to screen before the Annabelle prequel, just in case you needed a side of creepy clown with your order of creepy doll.

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