The new James Bond film "Spectre" and the "Peanuts" movie took hold of the top spot in the box office last weekend and it seems that they will be holding the thrones for another weekend despite new films being released.
According to latimes.com, the 24th Agent 007 installment is expected to add $35 million in its gross for Friday to Sunday screening in the U.S. and Canada while "Peanuts" is expected to draw an additional $25 million.
The new films to be released are 'Love the Coopers', 'The 33', and 'My All American' are all expected to only have $10 million each on its opening day. The 'Spectre' will be holding the top spot with $300 million gross worldwide until 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' got released on November 20 as it is expected to surpass the Bond film once it is out. The "Peanuts" movie has already earned a decent gross of $50 million worldwide.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst at box-office data firm Rentrak, said "They are very formidable one-two punch, Bond and [Charlie] Brown. Those two movies kicked off the unofficial start of the holiday movie season."
The post- summer box office has experienced some kind of volatility as several movies succeed while others flop. One of the examples of success in Matt Damon's "The Martian" and unfortunately, the films "Pan" and "The Last Witch Hunter" didn't performed that well.
According to the analysts, "The 33", starring Antonio Banderas, is a dramatization of Chilean miners' accident in 2010 which is expected to go first among the three movies to be released with $8 million to $10 million in the U.S and in Canada. The movie has already been released in Latin American countries and has already grossed $12.7 million.
In a report by cbc.ca, the 'Spectre' film not only holds the throne for the box office but it also holds a new Guinness Record of "World's Largest Film Stunt Explosion."
According to the Guinness Record website, the film used "8,418 liters of kerosene with 33 kg of powder explosives, about 68.47 tons of TNT equivalent."
The record was previously owned by a 1994 film "Blown Away", starring Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges.
What re your thoughts about Spectre and the Peanuts' box office performance?
