Summer is quickly coming to an end and the quality of movies is heading downhill just as fast. Labor Day is next weekend and that represents the official end of the summer movie season. Next weekend we will wrap up the summer with a box office report of the biggest films of summer 2010. For [...]
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TOY STORY 3 Second Disney Film this Year to Cross $1 Billion Worldwide
With summer winding down next week Disney has came out as top dog in box office tickets for not only the summer but for all of 2010 so far. Toy Story 3 is this summers highest grossing movie (and the highest grossing movie of the year to date.) Disney and Pixar beat Marvel’s Iron Man [...]
Box Office: ‘DRAGON’ Slays Competition with $43.3 Million; HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Opens with $13.6 Million
Alice in Wonderland was finally defeated at the weekend box office by Dreamwork’s animated feature How to Train Your Dragon. Alice had dominated the top spot for three weeks making over $290 million and becoming the years highest grossing film thus far. The higher ticket prices for 3D features certainly helped Alice bank the cash [...]
Box Office: ALICE IN WONDERLAND No. 1 Again
For three weeks in a row Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has dominated the box office charts. With another $34.5 million this weekend, Alice’s grand total stands at a whopping $226.8 million, making it the highest grossing film ever for director Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter, Alice in Wonderland [...]
Box Office: Shutter Island Opens with $41 Million
The collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio is a success, yet again. Their new film, Shutter Island, opened to $41 million this weekend which is a record breaking opening for the Oscar winning director. Scorsese scored his biggest opening ever with Shutter Island, and this movie goes to show how successful the Scorsese DiCaprio [...]
Box Office: ‘Valentine’s Day’ Shatters Records at the Weekend Box Office with $66.8 Million
Love was in the air this weekend at movie theaters across the country as the ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day was a smash hit grossing $66.8 million over the holiday weekend. Clearly those behind Valentine’s Day knew they had a very easy movie to market as Sunday was…..gasp! you guessed it, Valentine’s Day. It didn’t [...]
Box Office: Avatar Dethroned by Dear John
For seven weeks Avatar was the top dog at the box office. That was until Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried dropped a romance called Dear John into theaters and teen girls everywhere went to see it. For the last two months Avatar has had little competition at box office and has been the number one [...]
Avatar Sinks Titanic as Highest Grossing Film Ever
If your sick of hearing about how Avatar is breaking all these box office records, then this will probably be one of the last articles we run on the matter. That’s because Avatar has now broken the last big record it had yet to accomplish: highest grossing movie of all time. On Tuesday, Avatar topped [...]
Box Office: Avatar Hits 7 Weeks at Number 1; Crosses $2 Billion Worldwide
Continuing its reign of terror on the box office, Avatar has now made it seven weeks at number one. Grossing $31 million this past weekend, Avatar only dropped 10% from the previous weekend, and is now less than $7 million away from topping Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time. Even with competition [...]
Box Office: Avatar Now Highest Grossing Worldwide Film of All Time with $1.85 Billion
Following the success of James Cameron’s Avatar has become one of the most interesting stories in box office history. Most importantly because it will soon become the highest grossing film in history as it takes aim at Cameron’s other big film, Titanic. This weekend Avatar made it six straight weekends at number one and on [...]
Box Office: Avatar Crosses $500 Million in 5 Weeks; Book of Eli Opens Strong with $38 Million
Oh man is the box office on fire! James Cameron’s Avatar is showing no signs of slowing down as it has now crossed $500 million at the domestic box office. Avatar now stands only $28 million away from passing The Dark Knight (#2 all time) and less than $100 million from that other James Cameron [...]
Box Office: Avatar Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
The 2009 box office ended on a high note as James Cameron’s Avatar crossed one billion dollars in worldwide box office sales. This means that Cameron is now the only director to have two movies cross one billion dollars with Avatar now joining the list that contains Cameron’s last film, 1997′s Titanic. While the worldwide [...]
Box Office: ‘Avatar’, ‘Sherlock’, and ‘Alvin’ Break Records Over Holiday Weekend
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
