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‘A Quiet Place’ is the Box Office Champion Once Again; ‘Rampage’ Keeps On Roaring!
Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes’ A Quiet Place (read our review out of SXSW) keeps silencing the competition. After being bumped last weekend by New Line Cinema’s Rampage, the John Krasinski-directed horror flick continues to make noise and is once again box office champion! In its third week of release, A Quiet Place has earned an estimated $22M for a grand total of $132M here in the States. As of this writing, international sits at $74.8M for a worldwide total of $207M on just a $17M reported budget. This is a massive success and it still hasn’t released in China!
As for the Brad Peyton-directed video game adaptation Rampage (read our review), which features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a trio of enormous monsters, it’s added another $21M for $66M domestic gross and is now sitting at $283 worldwide! With a $120M budget, it’s going to take one more strong weekend to push this out of the friend zone and into profits, which seems more than likely as of this writing.
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare (read our review) continues to quietly stack its winnings. Even though it was critically-panned, it’s still managed to do some damage to the box office and accounts for $7.8M this weekend for $30M domestic and $38M worldwide (international numbers are still not reported) on just a $3.5M reported budget. This small film is already a success.
Recounting last week’s revelation: horror accounts for $51M of the box office this weekend.
Updating numbers as they arrive. Thanks to ERC Box Office for their reporting.
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SCREAMBOX Investigates UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Several Documentaries Streaming Right Now!
As someone who is obsessed with UFOS (or more recently known as UAPs) and the concept of extraterrestrials, I love a good documentary. Sightings have been on the rise since the 1940s, with the atomic bomb seemingly acting as a catalyst for new visitors. But what are these UFOs/UAPs? Is there an explanation or are they simply beyond our explanation? Why are they here? Who are they? How much do our governments know? The questions are endless and so are the documentaries that attempt to uncover the secrets behind decades of sightings and alleged confrontations.
Whether you’re a seasoned viewer or new to the rabbit hole, there’s always a handful of interesting documentaries to get your neurons firing and leave you with sleepless nights. SCREAMBOX is investigating with the addition of several docs, all streaming now on the Bloody Disgusting-powered service. Here’s the breakdown:
Aliens (2021): Beam into this unidentified streaming documentary for a glimpse into Extraterrestrial life. Aliens are hypothetical life forms that may occur outside Earth or that did not originate on Earth.
Aliens Uncovered: Origins (2021): Before Area 51, hidden deep in the desert, the military discovered a hidden gem that helped them create Project Bluebook.
Aliens Uncovered: ET or Man-Made (2022): The crash of Roswell wasn’t meant for New Mexico. In 1947, a neighboring state had 3 major sightings that were swept under the rug.
Aliens Uncovered: The Golden Record (2023): In the late 70s, the US government launched a message to our distant neighbors.
Roswell (2021): This high-flying documentary examines the July 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Theories claim the crash was actually that of a flying saucer, but what is the truth?
Also check out:
The British UFO Files (2004): Since the 1940’s the British Government has been investigating the Flying Saucer phenomenon. High-ranking military and government personnel, speak out for the first time, offering unique eyewitness accounts and inside information.
Alien Abductions and Paranormal Sightings (2016): Amazing Footage and stories from real people as they reveal their personal encounters of being abducted by Aliens.
And do not miss Hellier (2019): A crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences lead them to a decades-old mystery.
These documentaries join SCREAMBOX’s growing library of unique horror content, including Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, Here for Blood, Terrifier 2, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, The Outwaters, Living with Chucky, Project Wolf Hunting, and Pennywise: The Story of IT.
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