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Box Office Report: Weekend of 6/25 – ‘F9’ Earns Pandemic Best Debut

The latest chapter in the Fast and Furious franchise, titled F9, finally debuted this weekend after a lengthy delay. Despite the challenges of releasing a movie right now, which have admittedly lessened as the vaccine came, the box office is still not at full strength. Still, F9 took in $70 million from 4,179 domestic theaters.

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REVIEW: F9

by Josh Bate for @FilmCodex The Fast and Furious reaches new heights of spectacle (and absurdity) in its newest installment F9. The tenth film in the franchise sees Dom (Vin Diesel) and the fast family team up once again to face a threat from Cipher (Charlize Theron), who teams up with Dom’s brother Jakob (John

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Box Office Report: Weekend of 6/18 – ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Takes Top Spot

By @HolocronJosh and @HolocronGeorge for @FilmCodex Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard dethroned A Quiet Place Part II to take the top spot at this weekend’s domestic box office. Over the three day weekend, the film took in $11.7 million, a good start, especially for an R-rated comedy in the era of the pandemic. The longer

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Box Office Report: Weekend of June 11 – ‘A Quiet Place Part II Regains Top Spot as ‘In the Heights’ Underperforms

By @HolocronJosh for @FilmCodex As movie theaters begin returning to normal once again domestically, new releases are coming on a weekly basis. Just a few weeks ago, A Quiet Place Part II landed in theaters, before the latest chapter in The Conjuring franchise came and conquered the box office. This weekend, it was In the

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Box Office Report: Weekend of 6/4 – ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Beats Out ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ to Take Top Spot

By @HolocronJosh and @HolocronGeorge for @FilmCodex The latest chapter in the Conjuring franchise, ‘The Devil Made Me Do It’, over-performed expectations and earned top spot at this weekend’s domestic box office with an impressive $24 million. This total takes the Conjuring franchise passed $1 billion overall, an impressive number for a series with a collective

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Box Office Report: Weekend of 5/28 – ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Launches to Huge $48 Million Weekend

By @HolocronJosh and @HolocronGeorge for @FilmCodex Movie studios will be truly happy looking at the box office for the first time in over a year. After 12 months of closures and a lack of new releases (that resulted in a rise in streaming), along with the delaying of many highly anticipated titles, the domestic box

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REVIEW: Cruella

by @HolocronJosh for @FilmCodex Disney’s track record with live-action adaptations of animated classics is mixed to say the least. While films like Aladdin were pleasant surprises, others like Mulan fell flat. So, going into Cruella, it was difficult to expect anything more than a decent, if not somewhat uninspired, live-action adaptation. Thankfully, however, Cruella is

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