Friday, August 5, 2022

Box Office Flashback August 5, 2022

 And we're back!

So we have a few changes in format, as you can see.  First of all, instead of the 1 year/5 years/10 years... I used to have, it's now 2/6/11...  This means we're picking up right where we left off.  My tentative plan is to keep this format through the end of the year, and in 2023 go with a hybrid 1/5/10... and 2/6/11... format, either in one big post or two weekly smaller posts.

The bigger change, and the one that I really hate having to make, is to completely cut the plot descriptions/commentary.  I think these were the heart of these pieces, and I truly hate not writing them, but on the other hand, trying to write all the ones I had to write was far too much work.  There was simply no way I could keep this a weekly column and write every description out.  Eventually, I'd start falling behind again, and suddenly, we'd be doing 3/7/12/...years ago.  I can save whatever interesting insights (or what I think are interesting insights) on the films I actually care about discussing for the comments.


Two Years Ago--July 31, 2020:

#1 Movie:

The Rental

New Theatrical Releases:

She Dies Tomorrow--$0.4 million/119/84%/80

Summerland--$0.06 million/202/78%/56

The Shadow of Violence--NA/NA/94%/67

New Streaming Releases:

The Secret: Dare to Dream--28%/32

New Re-Releases:

Back to the Future--$0.2 million/139
Grease--$0.1 million/182


Six Years Ago--July 29, 2016:

New Wide Releases:

Jason Bourne--1/$59.2 million/$162.4 million/15/54%/58

Bad Moms--3/$23.8 million/$113.3 million/25/58%/60

Nerve--8/$9.5 million/$38.6 million/77/66%/58


Eleven Years Ago--August 5, 2011:

New Wide Releases:

Rise of the Planet of the Apes--1/$54.8 million/$176.8 million/11/82%/68

The Change-Up--4/$13.5 million/$37.1 million/86/25%/39

New Limited Releases:

Gun Hill Road--$0.2 million/321/65%/55

Bellflower--$0.2 million/307/73%/72


Sixteen Years Ago--August 4, 2006:

New Wide Releases:

Talladega Nights: The Balled of Ricky Bobby--1/$47 million/$148.2 million/12/71%/66

Barnyard--2/$15.8 million/$72.6 million/34/22%/42

The Descent--5/$8.9 million/$26 million/102/86%/71

The Night Listener--10/$3.6 million/$7.8 million/163/40%/51

New Limited Releases:

Bon Cop Bad Cop--$12.7 million/144/80%/NA

Quinceañera--$1.7 million/218/86%/72

My Country, My Country--$0.03 million/445/84%/NA


Twenty-One Years Ago--August 3, 2001:

New Wide Releases:

Rush Hour 2--1/$67.4 million/$226.2 million/5/52%/48

The Princess Diaries--3/$22.9 million/$108.3 million/19/49%/52

Original Sin--6/$6.4 million/$16.5 million/110/12%/33


Twenty-Six Years Ago--August 2, 1996:

#1 Movie:

A Time to Kill--$13.3 million

New Wide Releases:

Matilda--3/$8.2 million/$33.5 million/45/91%/72

Chain Reaction--4/$7.6 million/$21.2 million/77/18%/43

New Limited Releases:

Emma--$22.2 million/72/83%/66


Thirty-One Years Ago--August 2, 1991:

New Wide Releases:

Hot Shots!--1/$10.9 million/$69.5 million/18/85%/61

Doc Hollywood--3/$7.3 million/$54.8 million/24/68%/56

Body Parts--8/$3 million/$9.2 million/99/44%/NA

Return to the Blue Lagoon--16/$1.3 million/$2.8 million/139/0%/


Thirty-Six Years Ago--August 1, 1986:

#1 Movie:

Aliens--$7.1 million

New Wide Releases:

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives--2/$6.8 million/$19.5 million/46/50%/30

Howard the Duck--3/$5.1 million/$16.3 million/53/14%/28

Nothing in Common--8/$3.3 million/$32.3 million/31/54%/62

Flight of the Navigator--9/$3.1 million/$18.6 million/48/84%/64

New Limited Releases:

Men...--NA/NA/NA/NA


Forty-One Years Ago--July 31, 1981:

New Wide Releases:

Under the Rainbow--$18.8 million/40/0%/NA

Victory--$10.9 million/63/63%/57

Expanding:

Zorro the Gay Blade


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