Most Popular Movies 2018

This chart shows the 2018 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2018 releases.

See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2018 - Top 2018 Worldwide

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  1
Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2
Director: David Leitch
Lead Roles: Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool, Josh Brolin as Nathan Summers/Cable, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, T.J. Miller as Weasel, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapicic as Colossus, Zazie Beetz as Neena Thurman/Domino, Karan Soni as Dopinder
Initial Theatrical Release: May 11, 2018 (Wide) (Australia)
Keywords: Marvel Comics, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Time Travel, Rescue, Mercenaries, Mutants, Non-Chronological, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Death of a Son or Daughter, Revenge, Child Abuse, Recut, Motion Capture Performance, IMAX: DMR
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Animation/Live Action, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$324,591,735
International BO:
$461,770,635

Synopsis

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy’s life.

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  2
Hereditary
Domestic BO:
$44,069,456
International BO:
$37,045,887

Synopsis

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.

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Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Lead Roles: Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes / War Machine , Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther , Paul Bettany as Vision, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Benedict Wong as Wong, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon
Initial Theatrical Release: April 25, 2018 (Wide) (Italy)
Keywords: Marvel Comics, Robot, End of the World, Hallucinations, Super Villains, Ensemble, Franchise Crossover, Set in Outer Space, Gods and Goddesses, Non-Chronological, Death of a Sibling, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Filmed in Georgia, United States, Filmed in Scotland, Filmed in United States, Filmed in United Kingdom, Filmed in Edinburgh, Scotland, Filmed in Glasgow, Scotland, Filmed in the Scottish Highlands, Filmed in Central Park, Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Queens, New York, NY, Filmed in New York, United States, Filmed in New York, NY, Filmed in Wardpark Studios, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Filmed in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Filmed in Banaue Rice Terraces, Ifugao, Philippines, Filmed in Ifugao, Philippines, Filmed in Philippines, Filmed in Fayette County, GA, Action Adventure
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Animation/Live Action, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$678,815,482
International BO:
$1,369,544,272

Synopsis

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment—the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

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Annihilation
Annihilation
Director: Alex Garland
Lead Roles: Natalie Portman as Lena, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dr. Ventress, Gina Rodriguez as Anya Thorensen, Tessa Thompson as Josie Radek, Tuva Novotny as Cass Sheppard
Initial Theatrical Release: February 23, 2018 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Keywords: Unnamed Character, Environment, Scientific Expedition, Isolation Horror, Motion Capture Performance
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$32,732,301
International BO:
$10,338,614

Synopsis

Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X - a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscape and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

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  5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Domestic BO:
$213,767,512
International BO:
$179,383,835

Synopsis

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.

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The Possession of Hannah Grace
The Possession of Hannah Grace
Director: Diederik Van Rooijen
Lead Roles: Shay Mitchell as Megan Reed, Kirby Johnson as Hannah Grace
Initial Theatrical Release: November 28, 2018 (Wide) (Jamaica)
Keywords: Supernatural, Security Guard, Possessed, Rehab / Former Addict, Supernatural Horror
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$14,836,174
International BO:
$28,037,556

Synopsis

A shocking exorcism spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, Megan Reed is working the graveyard shift in the morgue when she takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver. Locked alone inside the basement corridors, Megan begins to experience horrifying visions and starts to suspect that the body may be possessed by a ruthless demonic force.

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Black Panther
Black Panther
Director: Ryan Coogler
Lead Roles: Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, Forest Whitaker as Zuri, Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue, Daniel Kaluuya as W’Kabi, Letitia Wright as Shuri
Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 2018 (Wide) (South Korea)
Keywords: Martial Arts, Marvel Comics, Royalty, Magical Technology, World War III, Civil War, Rebellion, Ensemble, Set in Africa, Fictional Country, Prologue, 1990s, Intertitle, Undercover, Set in London, Set in England, Set in South Korea, Seoul, Non-Chronological, Dysfunctional Family, Scene in End Credits, 2019 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in EUE/Screen Gems Studios, Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, GA, Filmed in High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Busan, South Korea, Filmed in South Korea, Filmed in Jagalchi Fish Market, Busan, South Korea, Filmed in Gwangalli Beach, Busan, South Korea, Filmed in Marine City, Busan, South Korea, Filmed in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea, Filmed in Gwangandaegyo Bridge, Busan, South Korea, Filmed in Rwenzori Mountains Uganda, Filmed in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Filmed in Uganda, Filmed in South Africa, Filmed in Zambia, Filmed in Georgia, United States, Filmed in Fulton County, GA
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$700,059,566
International BO:
$636,434,754

Synopsis

King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanadan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

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  8
Incredibles 2
Domestic BO:
$608,581,744
International BO:
$634,223,615

Synopsis

Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back, but this time Helen is in the spotlight, leaving Bob at home with Violet and Dash to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they’re all Incredible.

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Kamera o tomeru na!
Kamera o tomeru na!
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda
Initial Theatrical Release: June 22, 2018 (Wide) (Japan)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction
Domestic BO:
$52,406
International BO:
$26,649,625

Synopsis

While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. If you think you know what happens next, think again.

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10
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3D
Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Lead Roles: Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man, Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, John Mulaney as Spider-Ham, Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker, Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir
Initial Theatrical Release: December 7, 2018 (Sneak Peek), released as Spider-Man: Paralelné svety (Slovakia)
Keywords: Alternative Dimensions / Parallel universe, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Orphan, Film Noir, Anime, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, IMAX: DMR, Action Adventure
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Adventure, Digital Animation, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$190,173,195
International BO:
$185,291,432

Synopsis

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.

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11
Blaze
Domestic BO:
$704,955
International BO:
$42,838

Synopsis

A story of the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The braided storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.

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12
Venom
Domestic BO:
$213,511,408
International BO:
$642,569,645

Synopsis

Eddie Brock becomes the host for the alien symbiote Venom. As a journalist, Eddie has been trying to take down the notorious founder of the Life Foundation, genius Carlton Drake—and that obsession ruined his career and his relationship with his girlfriend, Anne Weying. Upon investigating one of Drake’s experiments, the alien Venom merges with Eddie’s body, and he suddenly has incredible new superpowers, as well as the chance to do just about whatever he wants. Twisted, dark, unpredictable, and fueled by rage, Venom leaves Eddie wrestling to control dangerous abilities that he also finds empowering and intoxicating. As Eddie and Venom need each other to get what they’re looking for, they become more and more intertwined—where does Eddie end and Venom begin?

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13
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Director: J.A. Bayona
Lead Roles: Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing
Initial Theatrical Release: June 6, 2018 (Wide), released as JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (South Korea)
Keywords: Dinosaurs in the Modern World, Animals Gone Bad, Cloning, Dinosaurs, Prologue, Visual Effects, Voiceover/Narration, Rescue, Death of a Son or Daughter, Surprise Twist, Betrayal, Sequels With Returning Stars, Relationships Gone Wrong, Exes in Love, Romance, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England, Filmed in Buckinghamshire England, Filmed in England, Filmed in United Kingdom, Filmed in Oahu, HI, Filmed in Hawaii, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in Hampshire, England, Filmed in Scotland, Filmed in Hawley Woods, Hampshire, England, Filmed in Langley Business Centre, Slough, England, Filmed in Slough, Berkshire, England, Filmed in East Berkshire College, Berkshire, England, Filmed in Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Filmed in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Filmed in Hartland Park, Fleet, Hampshire, England, Filmed in Fleet, Hampshire, England, Filmed in Cragside House, Northumberland, England, Filmed in Northumberland, England, Filmed in Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England, Filmed in Dillingham Airfield, Oahu, HI, Filmed in Pua'ena Point, Oahu, HI, Filmed in He'eia Kea Small Boat Harbor, Oahu, HI, Filmed in Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, HI, Filmed in Papailoa Beach, Oahu, HI, Filmed in Hālona Blowhole, Oahu, HI, Filmed in Berkshire, England
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$417,719,760
International BO:
$890,603,542

Synopsis

It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who’s still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.

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The Nun
The Nun
Director: Corin Hardy
Lead Roles: Demián Bichir as Father Burke, Bonnie Aarons as Demon Nun/Valak
Initial Theatrical Release: July 27, 2018 (Limited) by StudioCanal (United Kingdom)
Keywords: 1950s, Monks and Nuns, Set in Romania, Demons, Possessed, Based on an UNTRUE Story, Catholic, Paranormal Investigation, IMAX: DMR, Supernatural, Supernatural Horror
Classification: Spin-Off, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$117,450,119
International BO:
$245,449,918

Synopsis

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in “The Conjuring 2,” as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

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15
Searching
Searching
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Lead Roles: John Cho as David Kim, Debra Messing as Detective Rosemary Vick
Initial Theatrical Release: August 23, 2018 (Wide) (Thailand)
Keywords: Missing Person, Missing Child, Dysfunctional Family, Internet, Unbelieving Police, Surprise Twist, Catfishing, Computer Screen Film, Crime Thriller
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$26,015,149
International BO:
$49,620,898

Synopsis

After David Kim’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.

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Shoah Four Sisters
Shoah Four Sisters
Director: Claude Lanzmann
Lead Roles: Claude Lanzmann
Initial Theatrical Release: November 14, 2018 (Limited) by Cohen Media Group
Keywords: Holocaust, 1970s, Archive Footage, Jewish
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual
Domestic BO:
$5,512

Synopsis

Starting in 1999, Claude Lanzmann made several films that could be considered satellites of SHOAH, comprised of interviews conducted in the 1970s that didn’t make it into the final, monumental work. In the last years of the late director’s life, he decided to devote a film to four women from four different areas of Eastern Europe with four different destinies, each finding herself improbably alive after war’s end: Ruth Elias from Ostravia, Czechoslovakia; Paula Biren from Lodz, Poland; Ada Lichtman from further south in Krakow; and Hannah Marton from Cluj, or Kolozsvár, in Transylvania. Survivors of unimaginable Nazi horrors during the Holocaust, they tell their individual stories and become crucial witnesses to the barbarism they experienced. Each possesses a vivid intelligence and a commitment to candor that make their accounts of what they suffered through both searing and unforgettable. Four Sisters now arrives on the screen to remind audiences of the immense courage it took for these witnesses to return to their past as they share their deeply moving personal tragedies.

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17
We Bare Bears: The Movie
Director: Daniel Chong
Initial Theatrical Release: May 24, 2018 (Wide) (South Korea)
Keywords: TV Movie
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Adventure, Digital Animation, Fantasy
International BO:
$112,317

Synopsis

Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear go on an adventure in Canada after their antics put them on the run from the Department of National Wildlife Control.

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18
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Domestic BO:
$201,091,711
International BO:
$328,199,119

Synopsis

Video-game bad guy Ralph and best friend Vanellope von Schweetz leave the comforts of Litwak’s arcade in an attempt to save her game, Sugar Rush. Their quest takes them to the vast, uncharted world of the internet where they rely on the citizens of the internet—the Netizens—to help navigate their way. Lending a virtual hand are Yesss, the head algorithm and the heart and soul of the trend-making site “BuzzzTube,” and Shank, a tough-as-nails driver from a gritty online auto-racing game called Slaughter Race, a place Vanellope wholeheartedly embraces—so much so that Ralph worries he may lose the only friend he’s ever had.

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19
We The Animals
Domestic BO:
$400,746
International BO:
$51,573

Synopsis

Us three. Us brothers. Us kings, inseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood, in the midst of their young parents’ volatile love that makes and unmakes the family many times over. While Manny and Joel grow into versions of their loving and unpredictable father, Ma seeks to shelter her youngest, Jonah, in the cocoon of home. More sensitive and conscious than his older siblings, Jonah increasingly embraces an imagined world all his own.

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20
Johnny English 3
Johnny English Strikes Again
Director: David Kerr
Lead Roles: Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English, Olga Kurylenko as Ophelia
Initial Theatrical Release: September 13, 2018 (Wide) (Paraguay)
Keywords: Secret Agent, Spoof, Undercover, Cybercrimes, Out of Retirement, Set in England, Car Chase, Delayed Sequel, Action Comedy, Cyber Warfare
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$4,412,170
International BO:
$154,957,108

Synopsis

A cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the secret service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, English dives head first into action with the mission to find the mastermind hacker. As a man with few skills and analogue methods, Johnny English must overcome the challenges of modern technology to make this mission a success.

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On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex
Director: Mimi Leder
Lead Roles: Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Initial Theatrical Release: November 23, 2018 (Wide), released as On The Basis Of Sex (Australia)
Keywords: Biography, Lawyers, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Supreme Court, 1970s, 1950s, Intertitle, Feminism, Discrimination, Black List Graduates
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization
Domestic BO:
$24,704,837
International BO:
$14,076,051

Synopsis

A true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.

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22
The Super
The Super
Director: Stephan Rick
Lead Roles: Val Kilmer as Walter, Patrick John Flueger as Phil Lodge
Initial Theatrical Release: October 19, 2018 (Limited) by Saban Films
Keywords: Set in New York, Set in New York City, Supernatural, Ex-cop, Surprise Twist
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
International BO:
$19,483

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23
Isle of Dogs
Domestic BO:
$32,015,231
International BO:
$26,482,519

Synopsis

The story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

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Ocean’s 8
Ocean’s 8
Director: Gary Ross
Lead Roles: Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, Cate Blanchett as Lou, Anne Hathaway as Daphne Kluger, Mindy Kaling as Amita, Sarah Paulson as Tammy, Awkwafina as Constance, Rihanna as Nine Ball, Helena Bonham Carter as Rose
Initial Theatrical Release: June 8, 2018 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
Keywords: Heist, Life on the Outside, Fashion, Delayed Sequel, Genderbending Casting, Set in New York City, Confidence Men, IMAX: DMR
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$140,218,711
International BO:
$157,500,000

Synopsis

Upon her release from prison, Debbie, the estranged sister of legendary conman Danny Ocean, puts together a team of unstoppable crooks to pull of the heist of the century. Their goal is New York City’s annual Met Gala, and a necklace worth in excess of 150 million dollars.

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25
Free Solo
Domestic BO:
$17,541,090
International BO:
$11,064,905

Synopsis

Free soloist climber Alex Honnold prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock ... the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park… without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Succeeding in this challenge, Honnold enters his story in the annals of human achievement.

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