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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Amazing Spider-Man' Lives Up to its Title

Jacob Hall — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:00:19 +0000

With the exception of poor Katy Perry, everyone was a winner at the box office this week. Seriously. Of the top ten films, nine of them either opened well or held well, making this one of the most consistent weekends of the summer season. Filmmakers and studios: pat yourselves on the backs. You’ve earned this one.

Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Avengers' Destroy 'Dark Shadows'

Jacob Hall — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:20:12 +0000

Poor Barnabas Collins never stood a chance. Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows‘ found itself clobbered to death over the weekend courtesy of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, who rode a perfect cocktail of hype and stellar word-of-mouth to an unprecedented second weekend. It’s no longer a question of whether or not ‘The Avengers‘ will be one of the biggest movies of all time, mainly because it already is one of the biggest movies of all time: after only nineteen days, it’s crossed the $1 billion mark. The question we should be pondering now is whether or not it will become the biggest movie of all time.

Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Avengers' Smashes Records

Jacob Hall — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:23:05 +0000

We knew it was going to make a lot of money. We knew there was a possibility that it would break box office records. What we didn’t know was that ‘The Avengers’ wasn’t just going to break the record for biggest box office opening of all time — it was going to smash it. Obliterate it. Pulverize it. Treat it like the Hulk treats puny human architecture. In three days, ‘The Avengers‘ took in over $200 million at the domestic box office.

Weekend Box Office — 'The Hunger Games' Eats the Competition Whole

Shauna Wright — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:47:09 +0000

You could say ‘The Hunger Games’ did well in its debut, but that would be a vast understatement — with $155 million in revenues, the film adaptation of the best-selling novel left the other movies in the dust and moved easily to the top of the charts this weekend.

Cowboys Get Surprised By Different Kind Of Aliens

BJ Ragone — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:28:59 +0000

Cowboys & Aliens was suppose to be the next big summer box office winner, but they get some unexpected competition from some little blue guys that hit the big screen this past weekend too. After Thor, X-Men, Green Lantern and Captain America owned the box office on their opening weekend, Cowboys & Aliens was expected [...]

New Movie Releases: 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' 'Larry Crowne' [VIDEOS]

Andy Scott — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:16:33 +0000

The ‘Transformers’ are back for two and a half hours worth of action in ‘Dark of the Moon,’ the third movie in Michael Bay’s mega-blockbuster franchise. Get a rundown of all of this weekend’s biggest releases below. Reviews for the Transformer movie have been a bit on the negative side; but with it already pulling [...]

Weekend Box Office Fail

BJ Ragone — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:46:16 +0000

It was a pretty lukewarm weekend at the movies. Both a blockbuster and a family flick ended up losing. Not exactly what the movie studios were hoping for at the end of this weekend. I feel like both Warner Bros and 20th Century FOX hoped for a bigger reception for their movies that hit theaters. [...]

Hangover II Beats Out Panda Sequel

BJ Ragone — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:53:05 +0000

The Memorial Day weekend box office numbers are in, and The Hangover II dominated all pulling in over $86 million, far more than the other sequel that opened up. The Boys from The Hangover were back in theaters this weekend and as expected, America (along with the rest of the world) welcomed them back with [...]

'Pirates' Top The Weekend Box Office

BJ Ragone — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:42:15 +0000

As expected, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie owned the box office this past weekend and even set an over seas record. Once again my movie pick has dominated the box office and it’s no big surprise that the latest chapter of the Pirates franchise has grossed a ton of money. With the money [...]

'Thor' Smashes Competition

WQBK — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:09:11 +0000

As expected, ‘Thor’ enjoyed a solid performance at the weekend box office. The superhero flick, which impressed most critics with its action-packed storyline and breakout performance by star Chris Hemsworth, took in an impressive $66 million, leaving the rest of the competition in the dust. Globally, the film has already grossed $242 million, according to [...]

'Fast Five' Breaks April Box Office Record

BJ Ragone — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:15:11 +0000

This past weekend ‘Fast Five’ stormed into theaters and blew the doors off. It set a new record for an April movie opening. When I first saw the trailer for ‘Fast Five’ I knew that it was going to be a big favorite amongst fans of the franchise. I thought that the last movie in [...]