A year ago, in mid-January, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper expanded into wide release and became an instant phenomenon. It quickly assumed its position as the highest-grossing film of 2014 and picked up some major Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. So it makes complete sense that the very same ...

As people continued to flock to the two biggest hits of the holiday season, four new wide releases made their debuts in the final weekend of January, to very mixed results. Surprising nobody, the #1 film of the week was Kung Fu Panda 3, which nevertheless had the lowest opening ...

Three new films opened in wide release this weekend, and they all basically made the same unremarkable amount of money. Otherwise, this week’s box office is more of the same. In its fifth weekend (and third in wide release), The Revenant topped the chart for the first time and also ...

Of the weekend’s three new releases, one clearly stood out as a major hit, one found minor success, and a third was an outright flop. Meanwhile, the two big box office sensations of the past few weeks continued to rake in the dough. The Ice Cube/Kevin Hart comedy sequel Ride ...

This weekend at the movies will be pretty busy, with three new wide releases to lure audiences. Not one of them looks too appealing to me, though. I plan to focus on catching up with those prestige films from before Christmas that are released all at once, seemingly in an ...