Last January was led by Mama, which earned more than $70 million. Most of the rest of the new releases will be happy if they can become midlevel hits. Even then, it won't live up to the previous films in the franchise, even if you don't take inflation into account. Of the purely January releases, I would guess Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will be the biggest hit. (It's a little too soon to tell if The Wolf of Wall Street or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will do well enough to break even any time soon, but neither is a serious hit.) There are still some December releases that will likely remain on the charts through the opening weekends of January, while there are some films that opened in limited release last month with a scheduled wide release this month. Last month ended on a slow note with all five Christmas day releases failing to become hits, some more than others. It's the first month of the new year, but the biggest hit might be a film released in December. Is this a good movie? Is it merely good enough for a kids movie? Or did it thrive because there wasn't a lot of competition when it opened? It did so well that a sequel is already in the works. The Nut Job opened earlier this year and was a surprise hit more than doubling its production budget domestically. I would wait for the Blu-ray, on the other hand.įeatured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Nut Job This week it is Logan, which is one of the best wide releases of the year. Thereâ€™s not a lot of limited releases, classics, or TV on DVD releases to make up the gap, so for the second week in a row, we have a Video on Demand release topping the list of best new releases. However, all three earned terrible reviews and bombed in theaters, so you should avoid all of them. There are three first-run releases coming out this week, which isnâ€™t a bad number.

It is another terrible week on the home market. Was is unfairly attacked by critics? Or does Universal need to rethink their plans for a Dark Universe? It bombed domestically and even though it did a lot better internationally, it still failed to pay for its nearly $200 million production budget. For a short time, The Mummy was the worst wide release of the summer. In fact, Universal had announced about a dozen films in the franchise, at least one of which had a release date, but no star. The Mummy came out this summer and was supposed to kick off Universalâ€™s Dark Universe franchise. Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: The Mummy

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