International box office articles
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`Civil War’ Edges Out `Abigail’ to Keep Box Office Lead
“Civil War” held onto its spot atop the box office on a slow weekend, taking in $11.1 million in its second week in North American theaters, according to industry estimates released Sunday. Writer/director Alex Garland’s drama about a sectarian conflict in the United States beat out the horror film “Abigail,” which opened with $10.2 million, […]
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Provocative 'Civil War' prevails at the box office in its second weekend
Alex Garland's "Civil War" fended off incursions from new movies to retain its box office title for the second weekend in a row. The provocative film, from independent A24, is expected to generate about $11.1 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday, bringing its total domestic box gross to $44.9 million, according to Comscore. The R-rated dystopian thriller, also written by Garland, stars Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura as journalists in a near-future time...
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'The Phantom Menace' dominated 1999's box office. History has been kinder to it
May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away Excitement for “Star Wars” is at an all-time high. The first new film in the beloved series that originally concluded with 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” is about to be released in 2,970 theaters, with a majority starting their first screenings just after midnight. (Ticket sales opened just the week before.) Audiences have had 16 long years to dream about what George Lucas has conjured up for this new cinematic adventure. But instead of whatever they’d...