Gabbing Geek Review: Box Office Year to Date

We here at Gabbing Geek LOVE box office reports.  Ok….JUST me and Ryan.  Everyone else seems to hate them.  We’ve talked a lot about it the last few weeks, so let’s look at the winners and losers of this year’s box office as we wait for the Martian to officially kick off the Fall movie season.

Gabbing Geek Box Office Report- Watson is the Perfect Guy!

We are in a dead period of the box office season, but there are some new releases out there.  Who won the week?

Gabbing Geek Box Office Report- Transport This!

Labor Day is the holiday where people take a holiday away from the theater.   Not a ton of takers this weekend.  The box office was so anemic, I almost let Ryan write about Hamilton’s Broadway $ again this week.  Who won the week?

Gabbing Geek Box Office Report- Gangsters and Sinister Hitmen

Compton got a little competition this week from a ghost and an assassin.   Who won the week?

Gabbing Geek Box Office Report- Straight Into the Box Office

Did the Fantastic Four jump over Mission Impossible and newcomers Straight Outta Compton and the Man From UNCLE to claim the top spot? No. It didn’t. Who won the week?

Gabbing Geek Box Office Report- Not Sure How Fantastic It Is

The critics weren’t kind.  Audiences gave it an equally bad grade.  Could Fantastic Four even hold off a popular Mission Impossible film in its second frame?