Will a franchise in its fifth decade be able to activate the box office? That’s the mission for Disney’s sci-fi sequel “ Tron: Ares ,” which is tracking a debut of $45 million to $50 million from 4,000 North American theaters over the weekend.

The singer's new album movie was easily No. 1 at the North American box office over the weekend, easily besting The Rock's MMA drama.

The Benny Safdie-directed movie opened to $5.9 million domestically, but is poised to be a major awards season contender.

"It was my honor to transform in this role," The Rock said of Benny Safdie's Mark Kerr biopic, which had his career-worst opening.

Dwayne "The Rock'" Johnson has addressed the underwhelming opening weekend box office performance for his new film "The Smashing Machine."

China Film Group’s patriotic war film “ The Volunteers: Peace at Last ” topped the China box office over the Oct. 3–5 weekend, earning RMB168.2 million ($23.4 million), according to Artisan Gateway.

On Monday, Oct. 6, the actor, 53, posted photos from the film's set on Instagram as he acknowledged the movie's box office results. The A24 drama earned $6 million at the domestic box office — the lowest opening weekend of Johnson's career, according to Variety.

"Jumanji" and "Jungle Cruise" star Dwayne Johnson is addressing last weekend's disappointing box office results for his latest film, "The Smashing Machine."

On today's episode, Variety's Rebecca Rubin breaks down the Taylor Swift effect on the box office as her album release party for "Life of a Showgirl" hit the multiplexes for one weekend only. And Variety's legit editor Gordon Cox explains how we settled on this year's selections for our 10 Broadway Stars to Watch list.