DEG Watched At Home Chart: The Silencing Tops New Releases

August 27th, 2020

The top five of this week’s DEG Watched at Home chart is identical to last week, right down to the order. This means The Tax Collector remains in first place for the third week in a row. There are quite a few new releases making appearances lower down the chart though. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: SpongeBob and Unhinged Kick Off the Theatrical Comeback

August 18th, 2020

The release of two major new movies in Canada at the weekend gave us a first chance to see how the box office might recover in North America as theaters open up. The results are not particularly encouraging, although they are in line with our analysis earlier this month. More...

DEG Watched At Home Chart: Home Market is Working for the Tax Man

August 13th, 2020

The Tax Collector pulled off a double-win last week by earning first place on the weekend box office chart and the DEG Watched at Home chart. Hopefully this will never happen again, because the pandemic will not last long enough for another film to get the chance. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Tax Collector Collects What’s Due

August 12th, 2020

For the third weekend in a row, a new film topped the weekend box office chart. This time it was The Tax Collector, as the action film opened in first place with $310,000 in 129 theaters. The film didn’t win over many critics, but it has a grindhouse feel that helped it thrive in drive-ins. The overall market for films reporting official results was close to $750,000, making this technically the best weekend since March 13. It’s a low bar to clear, but we’ll take what we can get at the moment. More...

Limited and Virtual Releases: I Used to Go Here Leads the Pack

August 6th, 2020

It is a busier week than usual for theatrical releases, with twelve of them in total. Unfortunately, most of them are earning reviews that are merely good, or worse. Much worse in some cases. The few films that have the reviews strong enough to thrive are the wrong genre for the pandemic era. Hopefully films like I Used to Go Here will do well enough in VOD, but don’t expect much in theaters. More...

VOD Releases: Humming a Cheerful Tune

August 5th, 2020

It is a very busy week for VOD releases, but sadly this is mostly a case of quantity over quality with most of them not earning much buzz. There are three films that stand out, though—Lake Michigan Monster, House of Hummingbird, and Ride Your Wave—and a couple of others that will appeal to adult animation fans and family audiences. More...