Friday, August 26, 2022

Box Office Flashback August 26, 2022

While some solid movies can open even this late into August, most of the releases at this time of the year are dumps.  If you think this lineup is bad, just you wait.

Two Years Ago--August 21, 2020:

#1 Movie:

Unhinged--$4 million

New Theatrical Releases:

Words on Bathroom Walls--3/$0.4 million/$2.5 million/50/89%/61

Cut Throat City--5/$0.2 million/$0.9 million/75/69%/67

New Streaming Releases:

The One and Only Ivan--71%/58


Six Years Ago--August 19, 2016:

#1 Movie:

Suicide Squad--$20.9 million

New Wide Releases:

War Dogs--3/$14.7 million/$43 million/73/61%/57

Kubo and the Two Strings--4/$12.6 million/$48 million/68/97%/84

Ben-Hur--6/$11.2 million/$26.4 million/97/25%/38

New Limited Releases:

Morris From America--$0.1 million/403/87%/75

Spa Night--$0.04 million/492/96%/76


Eleven Years Ago--August 26, 2011:

#1 Movie:

The Help--$14.5 million

New Wide Releases:

Colombiana--2/$10.4 million/$36.7 million/88/27%/45

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark--4/$8.5 million/$24.1 million/111/60%/56

Our Idiot Brother--5/$7 million/$24.8 million/109/70%/60

New Limited Releases:

Circumstance--$0.5 million/259/86%/65


Sixteen Years Ago--August 25, 2006:

New Wide Releases:

Invincible--1/$17 million/$57.8 million/55/72%/63

Beerfest--4/$7 million/$19.2 million/118/40%/46

Idlewild--9/$5.8 million/$12.6 million/145/47%/55

How to Eat Fried Worms--12/$4 million/$13 million/142/61%/56

New Limited Releases:

Old Joy--$0.3 million/306/85%/84


Twenty-One Years Ago--August 24, 2001:

#1 Movie:

American Pie 2--$12.5 million

New Wide Releases:

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back--3/$11 million/$30.1 million/79/52%/51

Summer Catch--6/$7 million/$19.8 million/101/8%/21

Ghosts of Mars--9/$3.8 million/$8.7 million/131/23%/35

Bubble Boy--13/$2 million/$5 million/149/31%/41

New Limited Releases:

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion--$7.5 million/132/45%/52

Tortilla Soup--$4.5 million/154/74%/58

Together--$1 million/195/90%/84


Twenty-Six Years Ago--August 23, 1996:

New Wide Releases:

The Island of Dr. Moreau--1/$9.1 million/$27.7 million/55/23%/37

A Very Brady Sequel--3/$7.1 million/$21.4 million/75/56%/56

Solo--9/$2.2 million/$5.1 million/148/8%/NA

Carpool--13/$1.6 million/$3.3 million/168/13%/15

New Limited Releases:

She's the One--$9.5 million/129/62%/53

The Spitfire Grill--$12.7 million/114/38%/NA

Girls Town--$0.5 million/230/85%/NA

Expanding:

Emma--8/$2.5 million


Thirty-One Years Ago--August 23, 1991:

#1 Movie:

Hot Shots!--$4.7 million

New Wide Releases:

Dead Again--5/$3.5 million/$38 million/35/81%/66

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man--7/$2.2 million/$7.4 million/109/25%/36

Defenseless--10/$1.6 million/$6.4 million/113/NA/NA

New Limited Releases:

True Identity--$4.7 million/124/43%/124

Barton Fink--$6.2 million/117/91%/69

Pastime--$0.3 million/211/44%/NA


Thirty-Six Years Ago--August 22, 1986:

#1 Movie:

The Fly--$4.7 million

New Wide Releases:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2--5/$2.8 million/$8 million/83/45%/42

Extremities--9/$2.4 million/$13.4 million/63/40%/39

Expanding:

Stand By Me--2/$3.8 million


Forty-One Years Ago--August 21, 1981:

New Wide Releases:

An American Werewolf in London--$30.6 million/23/89%/55

First Monday in October--$12.5 million/58/NA/NA

Honky Tonk Freeway--$2 million/93/NA/NA

New Limited Releases:

Comin' At Ya!--NA/NA/NA/NA

Prince of the City--$8.1 million/70/92%/81

Expanding:

An Eye for an Eye

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