grossing

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Variety said it represents Focus Features' highest grossing film of all time and noted that it has now had four consecutive weekends above its "already-impressive $17 million debut."

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

But “Stronger” returned dismal numbers at the box office, grossing just $7.7 million on a $30 million budget.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Director Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” now ranks as the year’s third-highest grossing domestic opening, based on its Friday-Sunday ticket sales of $82 million, according to ticket tracker Comscore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The original, based on author Lauren Weisberger’s thinly veiled, workplace revenge fantasy about her time assisting Vogue’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, was a huge hit, grossing more than $326.5 million worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

I figured she was grossing me out as revenge for not eating her chicken dinner.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter