Box Office

A market-by-market look at how Frozen’s $1.28 billion worldwide total broke down, including why Japan became its biggest surprise.

A budget-to-gross breakdown showing how “Inside Out” turned a $175 million production cost into an $858 million worldwide haul.

Breaks down the production budgets and worldwide grosses behind Inside Out 2’s record run compared to the 2015 original.

Scream’s modest 1996 debut hid a sleeper hit that multiplied its earnings through word of mouth over two months.

A breakdown of how Saw’s roughly $1.2 million budget turned into a nine-figure box office haul and a decades-long franchise.

Thursday preview grosses offer an early read on demand, but they measure the most eager fans, not the full weekend crowd.

Learn what counts toward opening weekend and how to read estimates versus final totals with confidence.

See what lasting North American sales versus a mainland China opening reveal about franchise momentum.

Understand why Cruise’s satire earned $8M, lost momentum fast, and left Warner Bros. facing a nine-figure shortfall.

Compare $27.5M vs $5.5M openings, budgets, casts and scores to see why horror won the weekend.