In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

The Spider-Man spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” got off to a disastrous start in North American theaters this weekend.

“Venom: The Last Dance” is enjoying another weekend at the top of the box office charts.

Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts and the Oscar contender “Anora” got off to a sparkling start this weekend.

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “The Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.

Moviegoers are saying yes to more “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”.

“Deadpool & Wolverine" ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.

“Deadpool & Wolverine," “Alien: Romulus” and “It Ends With Us” topped the charts again at the box office, outperforming new releases like “Blink Twice” and “The Crow.”.

After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming.

“A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” has reigned over the weekend box office.

Alex Garland’s provocative “Civil War” didn’t only ignite the discourse.

Biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” is continuing to exceed expectations.

Holdovers and Oscar hopefuls dominated the North American box office charts this weekend in the absence of any new wide releases.

Timothée Chalamet and “Wonka” topped the box office charts for the third time in its four weekends in theaters.

Universal and Blumhouse's video game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy's” topped the North American box office in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Movie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country.

“The Exorcist: Believer” took possession of the weekend box office with a North American opening of $27.2 million.

Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t enough to save “Expend4bles” from a debut box office flop.

The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started with a date: July 21.

Indiana Jones’ reign atop the box office was short-lived.

Moviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Ford’s archaeologist character in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”.

Several new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller.

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Audiences said let’s go to the movie theater for “The Super Mario Bros.

The third installment in the “Magic Mike” series danced its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with a James Cameron double header, “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Titanic” (yes that “Titanic”), looming close behind.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million according to studio estimates on Sunday.

New movies like “Plane” and “House Party” were no match for “Avatar: The Way of Water” and the killer doll horror “M3GAN” at the box office this weekend.

The box office roared back to life with the long-awaited release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”.

The Viola Davis-led action epic “The Woman King” easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases.

The horror film “The Invitation” needed just $7 million to finish at the top of the weakest weekend of the summer at the North American box office.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” earned $143 million in its opening weekend in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box office while Tom Cruise waits in the wings.

“Sonic the Hedgehog 2” sped to the top of the charts in its opening weekend, earning an impressive $71 million according to studio estimates Sunday.

Tom Holland might be without his Spider-Man suit in “Uncharted,” but his latest action-adventure is still doing good business at the North American box office.

Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot.

The latest attempt to revive “Ghostbusters” has drawn a sizable audience to movie theaters while the awards darling “King Richard" is struggling.

Disney and Marvel’s “Eternals” fell 61% in its second weekend in theaters, but it’s still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like “Clifford the Big Red Dog.”.

“Candyman” has hooked the top spot at the North American box office.

Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, “Jungle Cruise” still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.

In the biggest sign yet that life is left in movie theaters, “F9” sped to $70 million in its first weekend, the biggest pandemic-era opening for a film.

“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” has hit the top box office target.

About three quarters of the country’s movie theaters are open, but Americans are not going back in significant numbers in the COVID-era, even with new films coming into the marketplace weekly. The faith-based “Infidel,” which stars Jim Caviezel, did the best with $1.5 million from just over 1,700 theaters. Both played in under 500 theaters across the country and neither got much more than $200 per location. “The Nest” earned an estimated $62,000 from 301 locations and “The Secrets We Keep” brought in just under $90,000 from 471 theaters. Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” has only earned $36.1 million from North American theaters to date.

(CNN) - "It: Chapter Two" had a monster weekend, but it came up short of the record-setting success of its predecessor. The follow-up to Warner Bros. 2017's horror hit "It" brought in an estimated $91 million this weekend. According to Warner Bros., "Chapter Two" is also the second largest opening for a horror movie ever behind the original "It." Longer films usually mean fewer showtimes and that can mean less money at the box office. Despite "Chapter Two" not having as big of an opening as its original film, its strong weekend could give momentum to a big fall and winter for Hollywood.

(CNN) - Disney set the record for the highest-grossing year for a studio ever, and it's only July. The company has brought in an industry record $7.67 billion to date at the worldwide box office, it announced on Sunday. That passed the previous record, which was also set by Disney, when it made $7.61 billion at the global box office in 2016. Disney has three films that have made more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office in 2019: "Avengers: Endgame," "Captain Marvel" and "Aladdin." The studio also has the top five highest-grossing films at the domestic box office this year.

Universals President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution Jim Orr says he tries to use the word thrilled judiciously, but that it applies here. 1 film was once again Toy Story 4, which added $57.9 million from domestic theaters, down 52% from its debut last weekend. Of the top grossing films of 2019, Disney now occupies the top four spots with Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Aladdin and Toy Story 4.In second place was the third Annabelle film, Annabelle Comes Home, which debuted on over 3,500 screens Wednesday. The Warner Bros. horror earned $20.4 million over the weekend and $31.2 million in its first five days. It added an estimated $5.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $841.3 million.