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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
Harry Potter Earns $58.4 Million Opening Day
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince racked up $58. 4 million in its first 24 hours. That makes it the second best Wednesday opening ever, just behind last months Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Transformers made $62 million opening day which is the second highest opening day behind last summers The Dark Knight which holds [...]
Box Office: Half-Blood Prince Breaks Midnight Record with $22 Million
Move over Transformers, Star Wars, and The Dark Knight. We have a new record for midnight show grosses which now belongs to the sixth installment in the Harry Potter franchise. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince broke the record for midnight shows with over 1,500 sold out shows last night on over 4000 screens. That [...]
Harry Potter 6 Outselling Twilight in Advance Ticket Sales
It is becoming wizards vs. vampires at the box office. Harry Potter is back with Half-Blood Prince, the sixth installment in the franchise, which is selling out shows all over the country. Tomorrow night will feature midnight shows for HP6, many of which have been sold out for weeks now. Advanced ticket sales have been [...]
Box Office Report: Bruno Wins Weekend with $30.4 Million
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was dethroned this weekend by a gay Austrian fashion designer. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno won the top spot at the weekend box office bringing in $30.4 million. That was an improvement over Cohen’s last film Borat which opened with $26 million back in 2006. The movie was met with mixed [...]
Box Office: Bruno Makes $14 Million on Friday
Sacha Baron Cohen has become an established draw at the box office. His last film Borat made over $100 million at the domestic box office. His character Borat was hilarious, offensive, and it prepared audiences for Bruno, another character he created during Da Ali G Show. Bruno is expected to dethrone Transformers 2 this weekend [...]
