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Disney's release of Marvel Studios's Captain Marvel gave the domestic box office a much needed jolt after the first two months of the year struggled to compete with 2018. The twenty-first entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe delivered the franchise's seventh largest opening weekend of all time while grossing more over its first three days than the combined totals of any previous three-day weekend so far this year.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Disney's release of Marvel Studios's Captain Marvel delivered an estimated $61.3 million on Friday, including $20.7 million from Thursday night previews. The performance is $5.2 million higher than the opening day for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which went on to open with $146.5 million and current industry expectations have Captain Marvel finishing the three-day anywhere from $145-155+ million. The film received an "A" CinemaScore.

Universal and DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was able to fend off Lionsgate's release of Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral and retain the weekend's #1 spot at the box office even though Perry's final outing as Madea outperformed expectations with the fourth best opening in the now nine-film franchise. Focus's Greta settled outside the top five in its debut weekend, while Universal's Best Picture winner, Green Book, saw a strong bump following its Oscar night win.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Lionsgate's release of Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral is off to a stellar start and could challenge Universal's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World for the #1 spot at the weekend box office. Madea delivered an estimated $9.2 million on Friday and is currently looking at a three-day weekend anywhere from $25-26+ million. As for Dragon, it brought in an estimated $6.4 million and could bring in anywhere from $25-27 million, making for a very close race where none thought there would be. Madea received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, which tracks similarly to previous Madea releases, all of which have earned either an "A" or "A-".

The 2019 box office has finally received a jolt of energy with an impressive, $55.5 million debut for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The performance led the weekend box office, closing out the final weekend within what has been a rough start to the first two months at the domestic box office this year. The weekend also saw MGM's expansion of Fighting with My Family, which debuted at the lower end of industry expectations, while Roadside's Run the Race found itself within the top ten from just 853 locations.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Universal's release of DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is off to a great start, bringing in an estimated $17.49 million on Friday, heading toward what could be a $60+ million debut, well ahead of expectations. The opening would also serve as the largest opening in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise by a wide margin, not to mention the largest opening of 2019 so far. The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

The three-day President's Day weekend last year saw the top twelve gross over $270 million, the bulk of which was due to the over $202 million three-day opening for Black Panther, accounting for nearly 74% of the combined top twelve gross. This year didn't have such a monster release, and while expectations were muted, the top twelve's combined $109.1 million makes for the worst three-day President's Day weekend since 2004.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $7.5 million, Fox's Alita: Battle Angel is well on its way to a #1 finish over the three and four-day weekend. The film brought in nearly $9 million on its opening day and is now looking at a $24+ million three-day gross and a $28-29 million four-day, which would give the film an overall #37+ million five-day performance. The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

The weekend didn't turn out to be quite as big as expected, thanks mostly due to a severe underperformance from Warner Bros.'s The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, which debuted approximately $20 million below expectations as franchise fatigue seems to have settled in rather quickly. Otherwise, the rest of the weekend's new releases fell, for the most part, within expectations with What Men Want finishing in the runner-up position followed by Lionsgate's release of Summit's Cold Pursuit while Orion's The Prodigy fell just a bit outside industry expectations.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: It's looking like a much weaker weekend than expected, thanks mostly to a severe underperformance from WB's The LEGO Movie 2, which brought in an estimated $8.5 million on Friday, which included $2.1 million in preview grosses, as the film is now looking at a three-day around $30+ million. This would put the film's debut more than -50% off the first film's debut.

The new year got off to a bit of a slow start with January 2019 delivering $812.4 million in calendar grosses, ranking as the 11th best January of all-time, -15.5% behind last year. Notable is the absence of a new Star Wars film carrying over from a December release, something the last three Januarys all took advantage of, and this year's crop of Oscar nominees didn't provide a late year release that could match the buzz generated from films such as American Sniper, The Revenant or Hidden Figures. Despite the month's overall performance, there were a few highlights among the month's new releases that might not carry large budgets or have delivered $100+ million in domestic box office revenue, but based on their small scale they more than helped out the bottom line for their respective distributors.

It was an incredibly soft start to the February box office with the top 12 grossing just a combined $55.4 million. You'd have to go back to the first weekend in September 2017 to find a worse performance from the top twelve films. The top of the box office was a repeat from the last three weekends with Glass taking the top spot while Sony's Miss Bala debuted in third place. Overall, the weekend is expected to be the worst Super Bowl weekend at the box office since 2000 when Destination Films's Eye of the Beholder starring Ashley Judd and Ewan McGregor topped the box office.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: The weekend is playing out mostly as expected, with Universal's Glass landing the top spot while STX's The Upside finishes in a close second. Sony's Miss Bala is looking at a soft, $6-7 million debut following an estimated $2.7 million on Friday, finishing the weekend in third position.

December 2018 closed out a record year at the domestic box office, and while it was only the fourth largest December of all-time, it was the first December in four years to not feature a new Star Wars release. Considering Star Wars: The Force Awakens accounted for as much as 50% of December 2015's grosses and The Last Jedi made up 39% of last year's record performance for the month, December 2018's $1.068 billion in calendar grosses is an impressive performance with Warner Bros.'s global sensation Aquaman leading the way. That said, while December may not have reached record heights for the month, it closed off the highest grossing year ever at the domestic box office, with ticket sales falling just shy of $11.9 billion, of which Disney delivered a record $3.092 billion all on its own.

The weekend turned out a bit better than expected with Universal's Glass holding on to the top spot with an estimated $19 million on its way to a $100+ million domestic run, though the weekend's newcomers in Fox's The Kid Who Would be King and Serenity struggled. Meanwhile this year's crop of Oscar nominees saw Green Book re-enter the top ten following its five nominations while The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born all improved compared to last weekend.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: It's looking to be a rather soft weekend overall with Universal's Glass delivering an estimated $4.9 million on Friday, heading toward a $16+ million three-day, signaling a -60% drop from last weekend.

Universal's Glass, from Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, was unable to quite reach the lofty heights some had expected heading into the weekend, but the film still managed a solid #1 start, playing very similarly to its predecessor based on current estimates. Glass, however, might not be the biggest news of the weekend when you consider the monster debut of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which is looking at a possible third place finish based on early estimates, but it's important to note current results are not from the film's domestic distributor, FUNimation. Elsewhere, STX's The Upside delivered on Mojo's pre-weekend expectations with a strong second weekend while WB's Aquaman topped $300 million domestically.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Universal and Blumhouse's Glass is performing mostly, if not just a bit behind, expectations, bringing in an estimated $16 million on Friday. The studio is currently anticipating a $41+ million three-day performance, pushing toward a $48 million four-day debut and a #1 finish. As of now, the performance is expected to finish very similarly to Universal's Ride Along, which currently holds the second largest opening ever in January as well as second largest opening over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

Outperforming expectations, STXFilms's The Upside debuted atop the weekend box office, upsetting Aquaman's bid for a fourth straight weekend at #1. That said, Aquaman isn't exactly focused on its runner-up position domestically as the film is now the first in the DC Extended Universe to top $1 billion at the global box office. As for the rest of the week's new wide releases, Sony's A Dog's Way Home delivered on studio expectations while Entertainment Studios's sci-fi thriller Replicas failed to place within the weekend top ten.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: STXFilms's The Upside is enjoying a stellar debut, bringing in an estimated $6.95 million on Friday with weekend expectations now reaching as high as $19-20 million. The film received an "A" CinemaScore. As a result we're looking at a new #1 this weekend as The Upside will easily push Aquaman into second after the film pulled in an estimated $4.56 million on Friday, heading toward a $15-16 million weekend.