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‘Monsters University’ Scares Up Second Box Office Win

Despite a strong performance by  Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock‘s “The Heat,” “Monsters University” remained at the top of the box office. Both films crushed Channing Tatumand Jamie Foxx‘s big-budget tentpole “White House Down.” The Pixar film brought in another $48 million over the weekend to keep the top spot. The top 12 films of the …

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Monsters Beat Zombies At Box Office

Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University” opened to $82 million, beating Brad Pitt and ‘”World War Z” by almost $20 million. Despite “World War Z” substantially outperforming expectations, it was not enough to take the number one spot from “Monsters, Inc.” sequel  which was the No. 2 Pixar opening of all time after Toy …

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‘Man Of Steel’ Dominates Box Office

After three decades, Warner Bros. has successfully resurrected its Superman franchise with Zack Snyder‘s darker, more violent take on the marquee superhero. Man of Steel, directed by Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, debuted to $113.1 million over Father’s Day weekend in North America and to $71.6 million from 24 markets overseas for …

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Purge Surprises The Box Office

Universal and Jason Blum‘s microbudgeted thriller The Purge had no trouble scaring off The Internship as it grossed a stunning $36.4 million. The Purge, starring Ethan Hawke and Game of Thrones‘ LenaHeadey, wasn’t Universal’s only victory of the weekend. Fast & Furious 6 claimed the No. 2 spot as it grossed $19.8 million in its third weekend to race past the $200 million mark domestically. …

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Will Smith Is No Longer The King Of Summer

Marking a sizeable blow for one of the world’s top stars, Will Smith‘s sci-fi adventure After Earthnarrowly lost to Now You See Me, although neither movie could catch the latest installment of The Fast and The Furious. After Earth, starring Smith and his son, Jaden, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, took in $27 million, far below estimates, …

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‘Fast 6’ Runs Over Box Office

Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 is racing towards a $122 million Memorial Day debut after leaving The Hangover Part III in the dust and scoring the studio its biggest domestic opening of all time, not accounting for inflation. The action pic also marks the studio’s biggest international opening, taking in $158 million and pushing …

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Iron Man 3 Continues To Dominate Box Office

Despite a stronger than expected showing in it’s debut weekend, “Gatsby” failed to overtake the armored avenger.  “Iron Man 3” took in $72.5 million in its second weekend for a domestic cume of $284.9 million. Overseas, the Disney and Marvel Studios goliath grossed $89.3 million for an international total of …

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‘Iron Man 3’ Dominates Box Office

Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man 3 made the record books as it kicked off the summer movie season with a $175.3 million opening from 4,253 theaters in North America, the No. 2 debut of all time behind fellow Marvel pic The Avengers ($207.4 million), also starring Downey as Iron Man. Iron Man 3 received a glowing A CinemaScore …

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‘Pain & Gain’ Tops Box Office

Michael Bay‘s Pain & Gain starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson topped the domestic box office with $20 million on the final weekend before summer tentpoles begin rolling out. Overseas, however, Iron Man 3 opened to a mammoth $195.3 million, bigger than last year’s The Avengers and boding well for the threequel’s domestic launch on May 3. The top …

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‘Oblivion’ Tops Box Office

Despite Tom Cruise’s horrific acting and poor audience reviews,  sci-fi pic Oblivion opened to $38.2 million at the domestic box office to come in No. 1 after a better-than-expected performance. Overseas, the Universal pic continued to please, grossing $33.7 million in its second weekend for an international cume of $112 million and worldwide total …

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