There have been several times when the two biggest movies in North America were neck-and-neck... but this is the closest showdown of that type!
The Big Picture War always begins in unexpected places. In the case of a recent PR skirmish between Warner Bros. and Sony/Columbia Pictures, it all originated over cars and dolls. Specifically, the two companies were competing for the top spot at the domestic box-office for the August 25-27, 2023 frame with Barbie and Gran Turismo . On the morning of August 27, estimates for the weekend’s domestic box-office haul were provided. Gran Turismo was projected to win the weekend by a hair with $17.
The actual victor of the narrowest gap between the two biggest films in North America in a single weekend belongs to the March 12-14 frame from 1993, when CB4 led the box-office with $6,122,450 and Fire in the Sky was in second place with $6,116,484. Just under $6,000 separated these two titles, both of which were in their first weekends of release, hailed from major studios , had very similar theater counts .
These narrow victories also typically occurred in "off" seasons or months for the film business. Even back in the 1980s, the shadow of Jaws and Star Wars had inspired studios to put their biggest movies in the summertime while popular holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas were also home to sizable tentpoles.
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