The 5 winners and losers of the first half of 2018 at the box office by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 3, 2018, 2:09 PM Advertisement
 What a difference a year makes. This time last summer we were trying to manage through one of the worst movie seasons ever, with disasters like “The Mummy” and “Transformers: The Last Knight.” Now, it’s as though everything Hollywood puts out is a box-office hit. The movie business is having a very good year. With early year successes like “Black Panther” and “A Quiet Place” matched with the huge performances by “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Deadpool 2,” and “Incredibles 2,” the 2018 box office is up a healthy 8% from last year, and the summer movie season is up more than 15% compared to last year. Exhibitor Relations senior box office analyst Jeff Bock said it’s quite simple: This year, the sequels are actually good. “Cinephiles may not want to hear this, but sequels, spinoffs, and superheroes have been the guiding forces at the box office in 2018,” Bock told Business Insider. “The difference between this year and last, Hollywood is offering up more sequels that audiences actually wanted to see.” To look back at how we got here, we’ve listed the 5 winners and losers at the box office so far in 2018: SEE ALSO: The 39 most anticipated movies for the rest of 2018 WINNER: "Black Panther"  We can no longer say February is the bumping ground for lousy movies. “Black Panther” didn’t just shatter box-office records when it did a $202 million opening earlier this year, it proved that audiences want diverse stories told to them on the big screen. The movie has since gone on to be the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America, to date, with $699.8 million domestically. Worldwide the movie has grossed over $1.3 billion.
LOSER: "Solo: A Star Wars Story"  For another other movie, almost $370 million earned worldwide in just over a month in theaters would be a job well done. But not for a “Star Wars” movie. The standalone young Han Solo movie disappointed the critics and fans leading to talk that the public had finally hit “Star Wars” fatigue. This was a major blow for Disney/Lucasfilm, which now has to go lick its wounds and rethink how it wants to go forward with telling the beloved saga. (And how much content audiences can stomach.)
WINNER: "A Quiet Place"  One of the biggest success stories of the year, John Krasinski’s $17 million thriller about monsters that attack anything that makes a sound has become an international hit as it has taken in an astounding $329.8 million, to date. It proves that the horror/thriller genre is still one of the most inventive and worthwhile in the industry.
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