Friday, September 2, 2022

Box Office Flashback September 2, 2022

Late August and early September is traditionally dump season.  Even with Labor Day providing a three-day weekend, there rarely is anything particularly good or memorable released during this time of year, though there are a few cult hits scattered among the detritus. (*4 day weekend totals)

Two Years Ago--August 28, 2020:

New Theatrical Releases:

The New Mutants--1/$7 million/$23.9 million/13/35%/43

Bill & Ted Face the Music--4/$1.1 million/$3.4 million/45/83%/65

The Personal History of David Copperfield--5/$0.5 million/$1.9 million/57/92%/77

The Eight Hundred--9/$0.1 million/$0.4 million/120/88%/64

Lingua Franca--NA/NA/88%/61

The Mole Agent--NA/NA/95%/69

New Streaming Releases:

Ava--18%/39

Rogue--64%/NA


Six Years Ago--August 26, 2016:

New Wide Releases:

Don't Breathe--1/$26.4 million/$89.2 million/34/88%/71

Mechanic: Resurrection--5/$7.5 million/$21.2 million/103/30%/38

New Limited Releases:

Southside With You--$6.3 million/150/91%/74

Hands of Stone--$4.7 million/158/44%/54


Eleven Years Ago--September 2, 2011:

#1 Movie:

The Help--$14.6 million

New Wide Releases:

The Debt--2/$9.9 million/$31.2 million/98/77%/65

Apollo 18--3/$8.7 million/$17.7 million/123/24%/24

Shark Night--4/$8.4 million/$18.9 million/121/19%/22

New Limited Releases:

Seven Days in Utopia--$4.4 million/162/23%/37


Sixteen Years Ago--September 1, 2006:

#1 Movie:

Invincible--$12.2 million

New Wide Releases:

Crank--2/$10.5 million/$27.8 million/100/61%/57

The Wicker Man--3/$9.6 million/$23.7 million/107/15%/36

Crossover--12/$3.8 million/$7 million/173/2%/30

Expanding:

The Illusionist--5/$6.2 million


Twenty-One Years Ago--August 31, 2001:

New Wide Releases:

Jeepers Creepers--1/$13.1 million/$37.9 million/65/46%/49

O--7/$5.7 million/$16 million/111/64%/53


Twenty-Six Years Ago--August 30, 1996:

New Wide Releases:

The Crow: City of Angels--1/$9.8 million*/$17.9 million/91/11%/NA

First Kid--3/$8.4 million*/$26.5 million/59/20%/48

The Stupids--15/$1.6 million*/$2.5 million/175/21%/NA

New Limited Releases:

The Trigger Effect--$3.6 million/165/72%/66


Thirty-One Years Ago--August 30, 1991:

#1 Movie:

Dead Again--$6.3 million*

New Wide Releases:

Child's Play 3--2/$5.7 million*/$15 million/79/23%/27


Thirty-Six Years Ago--August 29, 1986:

#1 Movie:

Stand By Me--$5 million*

New Wide Releases:

Born American--9/$2.2 million*/$3.4 million/124/NA/35

Bullies--13/$1.5 million*/$3 million/127/NA/NA


Forty-One Years Ago--August 28, 1981:

New Limited Releases:

Body Heat--$24.1 million/33/98%/77

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash--NA/NA/NA/NA

Gallipoli--$5.7 million/76/91%/65

Expanding:

Comin' At Ya!



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