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slate sales at the U.S. box post in October 2017 reached the lowest total for the month in a 10 . Hollywood ’s domestic loge office outpouring in 2017 has been something of a roller coaster ride , following what was a hard start to the class thanks to blockbusters likeBeauty and the Beast , as well as word - of - mouth hitsSplitandGet Out . thing then cool off decidedly after a chain of sequels and would - be franchise launchers performed below outlook and fail to connect with audience stateside ( seek Arthur : Legend of the Sword , Baywatch , The Mummy , and so forth ) . As a result , thesummer 2017 box authority was the lowestin more than a 10 .
Things changed last month whenIThit the scene , successfully tap into the pop finish zeitgeist and launch the commission on what turned out to bea record - setting September box office , assist by such collision asKingsman : The Golden Circleand modest commercial-grade success likeAmerican Made . regrettably , things have since cool off off again due to a serial of October releases that have give way to breakout at the domesticated loge office , despite many of them also being critical pet .
THRreports that October ticket sales in the U.S. make $ 539.1 million by the end of last weekend , down more than 13 pct from the same period last year . With only two day leave in the month , the total October 2017 box agency is all but ensure to fall short of $ 600 million . The last metre that happened was ten years ago in 2007 : a period in which theSawsequelSaw IVand the Tyler Perry movieWhy Did I Get Married?were among the bigger hits playing in field of operations . As it were , theSawsequel / revivalJigsawandTyler Perry ’s Boo 2 ! A Madea Halloweenare currently occupying the top two spots at the U.S. loge office . ( The more thing change … )
Some of this calendar month ’s box power duds have also been widely deride by critics , including the tragedy / sci - fi thrillerGeostormand theater director George Clooney ’s dark satireSuburbicon . Others , however , have been by and orotund well - encounter by the pic critic residential district , yet go to draw in a respectable audience in house . In the cases of the Miles Teller - lead true floor dramasOnly the BraveandThank You for Your Service , that can be attributed to their serious and cheerless topics , which do n’t just bring themselves to fun , escapist amusement . When it comes to this month ’s sequelBlade Runner 2049 , on the other hand , it ’s more of a testament to the rage prayer of theBlade Runneruniverse and franchise as a whole .
The domestic corner authority will , without doubt , pick up over the final two calendar month of 2017 , thanks to much - hyped tentpoles likeThor : Ragnarok , Justice League , and of courseStar Wars : Episode VIII - The Last Jedi . Further aiding the attempt will be the many award time of year rival expanding into more theaters over the weeks ahead , providing some nice counter - programming to 2017 ’s final slating of blockbusters . This year ’s box federal agency seems unlikely to match ( much less exceed ) the turnout for 2016 at this distributor point , but at least 2017 looks to conclude on a high note and facilitate fix the point for the film diligence to rebound at the box bureau in 2018 .
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Source : THR
