Local Weekend Box Office Report 28 - 30 September 2018: South African filmgoing audiences know what they like, and that definitely includes Kevin Hart comedies and animated family films.
Local Weekend Box Office Report 14 - 16 September 2018: The Predator may be an apex hunter, but it didn't stand a change against some cartoon vampires as Hotel Transylvania 3 resurged to the top of the charts, relegating Shane Black's sci-fi action comedy sequel to third place.
Local Weekend Box Office Report 7 - 9 September 2018: Despite only getting a limited opening compared to other big releases, The Nun has had a very impressive debut as it posted the second-biggest opening for a horror movie in SA box office history.
Local Weekend Box Office Report 24 - 26 August 2018: Thanks to a very limited opening, Crazy Rich Asians was not able to replicate its international success here in South Africa as Denzel Washington's The Equalizer 2 took the top spot instead.
Weekend box office report 10 - 12 August 2018: Audiences have been obsessed with thrills from the deep ever since Jaws invented the "Summer blockbuster". Somehow Hollywood forgot this as it predicted "Jason Statham vs a giant prehistoric shark" movie The Meg to fail, but instead the film took a huge bite out of the US box office.
Weekend box office report 3 - 5 August 2018: Mission: Impossible - Fallout cruised along at the top charts easily in its second week as newcomers Christopher Robin, The Spy Who Dumped Me, and The Darkest Minds all fell short of expectations. Meanwhile, in its 25th week on the charts, Marvel's Black Panther has managed to become only the 3rd film in history to cross the $700 mark domestically.
Weekend Box Office Report 27 - 29 July: Mission: Impossible - Fallout was always expected to take the top spot this weekend past, but as they normally do in this franchise, Tom Cruise and co has exceeded expectations with the largest domestic opening in the series' history and the second-largest of Cruise's career.
Weekend Box Office Report 20 - 22 July: It was the war of the sequels as eight out of ten entries on the charts were all follow-ups this weekend past, with The Equalizer 2 just narrowly beating out Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again to be the best of the lot.
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