Box office round up

Who knew that what the people really wanted were drama-filled musicals? This weekend showed that evidently what we’ve all actually been craving are films filled with great songs and big emotional moments asBohemian Rhapsodydestroyed expectations with a $50 million box office andA Star is Bornonly dipped 21 percent with $11.1 million. Those are outstanding numbers for a style of film that usually gets left in the dust this time of year.

Then again, nothing is really doing that badly. Other than Disney’s randomNutcrackermovie, the weekend was pretty strong across the board.Nobody’s Foolopened well,Venomcontinued to pull in bigger audiences than anyone thought it would as it nears $200 million, andHalloweenpushed itself over the $150 million mark. It’s been a strong 2018 for Hollywood and it looks like it’s going to finish out in a big way.

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The only thing that has to sting is the resounding rejection ofFirst Man, which had high Oscar hopes but may be getting ignored too much to reach them.

1.Bohemian Rhapsody– $50,000,0002.The Nutcracker and the Four Realms –$20,000,0003.Nobody’s Fool– $14,000,0004.A Star is Born–$11,100,0005.Halloween– $11,015,0006.Venom– $7,850,0007.Smallfoot– $3,805,0008.Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween– $3,700,0009.Hunter Killer– $3,525,00010.The Hate U Give– $3,400,000

Superman, Elio, and Glordon all looking up

Three characters walking through red water with a massive dinosaur looming over them in jurassic world rebirth next to a boy riding a black dragon in how to train your dragon

Steve, Garrett, and Henry standing on a bridge in front of a Woodland Mansion in A Minecraft Movie.

Five A Minecraft Movie characters standing in a blocky Minecraft forest with a dog.

A Minecraft Movie cast standing together in Minecraft

The Fantastic Four standing in front of a large blue four in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps film.

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The Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts teams from Marvel