Box Office

Sylvestor Stallone and his crew of over-the-hill action buddies from yesteryear won the box office battle, just like they were expected to. The Expendables 2 earned an estimated $28.75 million, a fair start for a mid-August release. Not for a sequel that features bigger roles for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

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Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted earned $20.45 million at the domestic box office on Friday, according to BoxOffice.com, and due to its 4,200+ theater count and family friendly content should win the box office weekend with an estimated $61 million.

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Thor’s hammer, Iron Man’s steel, the Hulk’s smash, Captain America’s patriotism and Black Widow’s cleavage combined for quite a wallop over the weekend as The Avengers opened to $200.3 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to BoxOffice.com. That blows past the $169.2 record held by last year’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and sets a whole new benchmark for what defines a blockbuster.

A $200 million opening!

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The war between Twilight and Harry Potter is over. The war between Harry Potter and The Hunger Games has begun.

For years the debate raged as to whether Twilight or Harry Potter was the better franchise, despite the unequivocal facts indicating that the latter was the better franchise. Critically praised, based on critically acclaimed books and thematically more powerful, Harry Potter also earned significantly more money than the Twilight saga, which was ravaged by those outside the preteen female demographic.

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The box office battle for first place… really wasn’t much of a battle. After a disappointing $34 million debut for DreamWorks’ Puss in Boots last week – which was at least partially attributed to opening the movie on Halloween weekend – the Antonio Banderas-starring family film bounced back in a big way, earning $33 million from 259 fewer theaters. The cute-but-dangerous cat dropped only 3% from last weekend, bringing its overall total to a more respectable $75 million, based on estimates.

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Just when you thought that maybe – just maybe – people were going to tire of another Paranormal Activity prequel, horror fans flocked to theaters in droves, giving the third movie in the highly profitable franchise a record-setting debut.

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Writing this article pains me. Growing up, I was a massive Green Lantern fan. I read plenty of comic books, but Green Lantern was one of the few comics I actually subscribed to. The comic was great, and I read it until I lost interest in comic books as a whole.

I’ve been waiting for a movie for years, and when it was announced that Martin Campbell, the director of Goldeneye and Casino Royale, I got even more excited.

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After more than 10 years away from theaters, the Scream franchise returned in the form of Scream 4, reuniting stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette with director Wes Craven and a new lineup of young pretty things to be splattered, gutted and witticismed to a spot six feet underground.

Box office winner, right?

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Natalie Portman’s success continues this weekend, despite lackluster reviews for her new movie No Strings Attached. The Ashton Kutcher-starring romantic comedy from director Ivan Reitman earned $7.3 million on Friday, which should be good for approximately $20 million over the weekend.

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