Weekend box office report 24 - 26 August 2018: Crazy Rich Asians continued its historic success in the best way possible as the Asian-led rom-com pulled off the new impossible by barely dropping in its second weekend. However, that same good fortune didn't make it to The Happytime Murders which was one of Melissa McCarthy's worst career openings.
Local Weekend Box Office Report 17 - 19 August 2018: Jason Statham and his shark friend in The Meg were able to hold off Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon's fumbling spies in The Spy Who Dumped Me this weekend past as all other newcomers flopped.
Weekend box office report 17 - 19 August 2018: As the first Asian-led production from a major Hollywood studio since 1993's The Joy Luck Club. rom-com Crazy Rich Asians had a lot riding on it as it became a cultural phenom. Luckily, the film has now not just delivered with critics but audiences as well as it exceeded its box office predictions.
Local Weekend Box Office Report 10 - 12 August 2018: The Meg, as is expected, is the biggest movie in SA this weekend past, however the Jason Statham vs a giant shark flick isn't the biggest winner overall as local adventure-drama Stroomop makes a huge splash of its own!
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.
With half the population of South Africa taking today off work to get in that extra long weekend, I'm not sure if anyone is even going to be around to read this. For the seven of you that are stuck in the office because you didn't book your leave in time, sucks to be you!
Covering the second half of 2018, here are some of the highly anticipated movies coming to cinemas in the remainder of the year.
Jason Statham meets his match in the form of a gigantic shark in this new trailer for a film that clearly takes its story cues from Jaws and its action cues from everything else.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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