Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More 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 …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »’42’ Hits Box Office Home Run
The rousing baseball biopic 42, from Warners and Legendary, scored at the weekend box office, batting in an estimated $27.3 million at the North American box office. 42 recounts the career of Jackie Robinson. The film was written and directed byBrian Helgeland (A Knight’s Tale), and stars Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers general …
Read More »‘Evil Dead’ Rises To The Top Of The Box Office
The low budget remake of Sam Raimi‘s 1981 cult horror film Evil Dead earned a better-than-expected $26 million in its domestic bow for a No. 1 finish. Overseas, the pic took in $4.5 million from its first 21 markets for a worldwide debut of $30.5 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of …
Read More »‘Croods’ Tops The Box Office
A bumbling prehistoric family and a terrorist takeover of the White House galvanized weekend moviegoers as new entries The Croods and Olympus Has Fallen took the top two spots at the North American box office. Croods opened to a solid $44.7 million from 4,406 theaters after receiving a pleasing A CinemaScore. That’s welcome news forJeffrey Katzenberg‘s DreamWorks Animation, whose …
Read More »‘Oz’ Repeats At The Top Of The Box Office
Oz stayed at No. 1 in its second weekend, earning $42.2 million for a domestic total of $145 million — the top gross of 2013. Sam Raimi’s tentpole took in another $46.6 million overseas for a global haul of $281.8 million. The film easily beat newcomers “The Call” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” both …
Read More »‘Oz’ Brings Magic To The Box Office
Breathing life into the beleaguered box office, Sam Raimi‘s Oz the Great and Powerful took in an impressive $80.3 million in its North American debut. Disney and producer Joe Roth hope to launch a family-friendly franchise with Oz, which scored the top North American debut of 2013 as well as the third-best March opening of all time after …
Read More »Jack Fails To Slay Box Office
There was no fairy tale ending for Bryan Singer’s 3D fantasy-adventure Jack the Giant Slayer at the weekend box office, where the year’s first big-budget tentpole topped the domestic chart with a dismal $28 million. While the film took the top spot at the box office, it performed much worse than expected and must …
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