Box Office

Twilight Box Office Opening Puts Harry Potter Battle to Rest

November 18th, 2012

Twilight is no Harry Potter, according to the box office numbers for the opening weekend of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, presumably and hopefully the last entry in the wretched franchise.

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James Bond Finds ‘Skyfall’ a Box Office Windfall

November 11th, 2012

James Bond is seeing green unlike anything he has seen before. Box office reports have the critically praised 007 film Skyfall debuting to $87.8 million – not counting the $2.2 million it earned on Thursday in IMAX theaters – the biggest opening for a James Bond movie ever. Even when adjusted for inflation.

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The Expendables 2 Wins the Box Office Battle, Not the War

August 19th, 2012

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 to Beat Prometheus At the Box Office

June 9th, 2012

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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The Avengers Shatters Box Office Records

May 6th, 2012

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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Hunger Games On Pace for Record Box Office Weekend

March 24th, 2012

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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Puss in Boots Holds Off Tower Heist, Harold and Kumar

November 6th, 2011

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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Paranormal Activity 3 Sets Box Office Record

October 23rd, 2011

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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Green Lantern: The Big Flop of 2011

May 9th, 2011

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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Box Office Battle: Scream 4 vs. Rio

April 16th, 2011

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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Early Weekend Box Office: No Strings Attached Wins

January 22nd, 2011

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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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Box Office Fire for Twilight: Eclipse

July 3rd, 2010

The failings of the summer box office are distant memories as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse continued to dominate theaters, taking in $28.6 million on Friday to bring its three-day total to $121 million. I typically make that amount in a day so it doesn’t blow me away, but apparently $121 million in three days is a lot of money to some people. The movie should hit the $200 million mark by the end of its first weekend.

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Shutter Island Scares Up Big Box Office Weekend

February 20th, 2010

Friday box office results are in, and it appears Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are on their way to the best weekend box office opening of their collaborative outings, with $30+ million. The horror-thriller Shutter Island, their fourth movie together, opened to a higher-than-expected $14 million on Friday.

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Sherlock Holmes Beats Avatar at the Box Office

December 26th, 2009

Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie’s career looks to be back on track with the box office success of his latest film and first true blockbuster of his career, Sherlock Holmes. The Robert Downey Jr./Jude Law action-adventure film took in $24.9 million on Christmas Day, and with relatively positive reviews should see good box office throughout the weekend.

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Friday Box Office: Avatar Digs Up $27 Million on Friday

December 19th, 2009

Any questions about Avatar‘s box office viability may have been diminished as the James Cameron sci-fi epic – his first movie in over ten years – dug up $27 million from audiences on Friday. It’s not ground-shattering, but it is a solid opening. With two weeks of quasi-vacation (at the very least, two four-day weekends in a row for us working folk), the movie has a good shot of climbing toward its reported budget. Will it recoup its costs domestically? I doubt it, but I’m no box office analyst, either.