It took an indigenous planet, a detective, and a trio of musical chipmunks to make Hollywood have a very merry Christmas. This holiday weekend witnessed numerous box office records being broken. Instead of coal under the tree, studio executives will be seeing dollar signs. The big winner of the weekend was once again James Cameron’s [...]
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Box Office: New Moon Breaks Records
As expected, The Twilight Saga: New Moon was number one at the box office this weekend with a smashing debut of $140 million. Opening on Friday the sequel to 2008′s Twilight broke the single day record previously held by The Dark Knight. Including its record breaking midnight debut New Moon earned $72.7 million on Friday [...]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Now Top Advanced Ticket-Seller in Fandango History
The New Moon madness is upon us. If you are a teenage girl obsessed with the Twilight Saga then you may already be camping out to see the first midnight show outside your local theater. If that is the case then you are responsible for this headline which states that The Twilight Saga: New Moon [...]
Box Office: 2012 Destroys the Weekend Box Office with $65 Million Opening
The holiday movie season continues its hot streak with the disaster film 2012 destroying the weekend box office with a $65 million opening. Director Roland Emmerich is the king of destruction on screen having brought audiences Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow. Surpassing expectations, 2012 easily took the number one spot after a $23 [...]
Paranormal Activity Reaches $100 Million
The low budget horror flick Paranormal Activity will reach the $100 million mark at box office this week. The film was made for only $11,000 and has now become the most profitable film in years. What originally began as a release of a few midnight shows expanded into just college markets and then exploded nationwide. [...]
Box Office: Jim Carrey’s Christmas Carol Kicks off the Holiday Movie Season
The first big holiday film of the season arrived this weekend to the tune of $30 million. The Jim Carrey Robert Zemeckis collaboration about the classic Charles Dicken’s tale took top honors at the weekend box office. The 3D animated movie made $30 million Friday – Sunday which was a solid debut, however it was [...]
Box Office: Michael Jackson is “It” with $21M
With no other new competition at the box office this weekend, the Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It rose to the number one spot with $21.3 million from Friday to Sunday. The film opened the Wednesday before and it had a five day total gross of $32.5 million which was less than most industry [...]
Box Office: It Was a ‘Wild Thing’ Weekend
The October box office is heating up. Thanks to two new hot releases and a horror movie that is burning up the charts the Hollywood box office is seeing dollar signs. The number one movie this weekend belonged to director Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. Pulling in $32.6 [...]
Box Office: Couples Retreat Brings in $34 Million; Paranormal Activity Soars in Limited Release
The box office was full of laughter this weekend as the ensemble comedy Couples Retreat stormed the top spot with $34 million. Led by Vince Vaughn Couples Retreat easily won the weekend. Although the comedy had no competition this weekend holdovers like Zombieland and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs held on strong. Even though [...]
Box Office: Zombieland No.1 with $25 Million
The box office rose from the dead this weekend with a killer opening by Zombieland. The Sony Pictures film which stars Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg received a positive response from audiences and critics alike. Zombieland has a solid 89% fresh rating via Rotten Tomatoes and with little competition at movie theaters the film easily [...]
Box Office: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Dominates for Second Weekend
Even with three new releases this weekend Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs held off the competition for a consecutive week in the number one spot. The animated flick stopped newcomers like Surrogates, Fame, and Pandorum from even getting a chance to take that top spot. Cloudy held on strong, only dropping 18.8% with a [...]
Box Office: ‘Meatballs’ Soars to Number One
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs soared to the top spot of the box office this weekend bringing in $30.3 million making ‘Meatballs’ the third best September opening ever. This is good news to report after several weeks of poor box office results. With several newcomers challenging each other for box office gold, the animated [...]
Box Office: Tyler Perry Does it Again with ‘I Can Do Bad All By Myself’
Another slow weekend at the box office gives the new Tyler Perry move I Can do Bad All By Myself an easy victory. Perry’s new film which he wrote and directed for the big screen took to the top of the weekend box office pulling in an estimated $24 million. This was good enough for [...]
Box Office: Final Destination #1 Again During Slow Labor Day Weekend
The fall movie season has officially arrived. This weekend saw three new releases hit movie theaters; none of which were able to take the number one spot. Last weekends number one film, The Final Destination remained at the top spot for a second consecutive week. Newcomers All About Steve, Gamer, and Extract struggled to find [...]
Summer 2009 Sets Box Office Records
You may not have realized it but summer 2009 has become the highest grossing summer ever at the domestic box office. Previously, the 2007 summer held the record for the top grossing summer on the record books with $4.16 billion. Summer 2o09 broke the record by pulling in $4.17 billion in domestic box office receipts. [...]
Box Office: Final Destination 4 Kills with $28.3M
Summer has finally ended. As Labor Day weekend approaches we begin a slow, painful descent into the lackluster fall movie season. May – August was a good run for the summer box office. Over one billion dollars in ticket sales isn’t too bad for one season is it? But all good things must eventually come [...]
Box Office: District 9 Exceeds Expectations with $37 Million Weekend
As summer winds down the last few anticipated movies are hitting theaters including this past weekends number one film District 9. The $30 million budget sci-fi film has seen a massive viral campaign all summer long. District 9 is directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson. The movie has no big name stars [...]
Box Office Report: G.I Joe is Box Office Hero
After months of hearing negative buzz for G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra the one voice that matters finally spoke: the public. With an opening weekend of $54.7 million audiences clearly didn’t allow any bad buzz prevent them from seeing this summer popcorn movie. Led by a mediocre cast including Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, and [...]
Box Office Report: Funny People Takes the Top Spot with $23.4 Million
Adam Sandler usually opens a movie in the $30 – $40 million range, but this time around he still took the number one spot, yet with a lower opening weekend. Funny People, which stars Sandler, along with Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann was the top draw at the weekend box office bringing in $23.4 million [...]
Box Office Report: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Makes $159.6M in 5 Days
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince started out with a bang. The sixth Potter film broke the midnight gross record with $22 million. The film went on to make $58.4 million on opening day and now we are able to report that Half-Blood Prince has made $159.6 million in its five day opening. This is [...]
