Weekend box office – Jordan Peele’s Us has record-breaking opening
Weekend box office report 22 - 24 March 2019: Jordan Peele's second film, the horror Us, is breaking records as it opened with a whopping $70.2 million!
Weekend box office – Captain Marvel blasts to $760 million worldwide
Weekend box office report 15 - 17 March 2019: After just 10 days of release, Captain Marvel is officially the third-biggest female directed film ever and the tenth-biggest MCU film ever!
Local weekend box office – Captain Marvel rockets to the top
Local weekend box office report 8 - 10 March 2019: Just like it's done in the rest of the world, Captain Marvel has posted huge numbers in its local debut!
Weekend box office – Captain Marvel has biggest female-led global debut ever
Weekend box office report 8 - 10 March 2019: "Higher. Further. Faster." That's the poster tagline for Captain Marvel, but it also became a very succinct description for the box office fortunes of Marvel's latest this weekend past.
Local weekend box office – South Africans want What Men Want
Local weekend box office report 1 - 3 March 2019: You would think a Madea movie and new LEGO animated movie would take top honours, but instead it's Taraji P Henson's What Men Want that led the charts in SA this weekend past.
Weekend box office – Overperforming Madea narrowly loses to dragons
Weekend box office report 1 - 3 March 2019: Lawdy lawd! While a surprisingly strong start made it look like A Madea Family Funeral may just upset How to Train Your Dragon 3, a late surge from the latter animated blockbuster just narrowly gave it the win.
Weekend box office – How To Train Your Dragon 3 soars in US, Alita opens big in China
Weekend box office report 22 - 24 February 2019: How to Train Your Dragon 3 posts the biggest US debut of the year, as Alita: Battle Angel shows big glimmer of hope with record-breaking China debut.
Local weekend box office – Alita can’t vanquish some dragons
Local weekend box office report 15 - 18 February 2019: How to Train Your Dragon 3 successfully held off Alita: Battle Angel in a weekend that saw many holdovers increase their standing.
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