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Mission: Impossible Fails But Still Wins Weekend

It’s amazing what a few years can do someone’s memory. Mission: Impossible’s win over the Christmas box office has the movie industry yelling that Tom Cruise is back. However, Mission: Impossible 4’s five day total of $58.9 million doesn’t match Mission: Impossible 3’s open. The third installment made $47.7 million …

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‘Sherlock Holmes’ Underperforms But Still Wins Weekend

Following on the last week’s poor box office results, the holiday season appears to be off to a less than stellar start. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ” missed estimates but topped the soft weekend with $40 million — compared to a $62.3 million opening for the first Sherlock Holmes …

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Weakest Weekend Since 2008 Gives ‘New Year’s Eve’ A Hollow Victory

Early and mid-December are always sluggish because of holiday preparations, but this weekend the box office dropped to its lowest level in three years. The weak results allowed Garry Marshall’s star-studded ensemble pic “New Year’s Eve” to win the weekend despite grossing a tepid $13.7 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …

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Lackluster Box Office Allows “Twilight” To Threepeat

With no new wide releases this weekend, the box office turned in the second worst performance of 2011. The weekend was also down from last year by 4 percent to 7 percent. With such poor results, “Twilight” remained in the top spot, while “The Muppets” easily kept the second spot. …

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Twilight Rises Over Muppets

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1” took the box office for the second week, eclipsing Disney’s reboot of “The Muppets.” Over the extended holiday the film took in $62.3 million and pushing its worldwide cume to nearly $500 million. “The Muppets” beat a number of family films to take second place …

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Takes Hug Bite Out Of Box Office

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 opened with a sharp bite around the globe, grossing $139.5 million domestically. Breaking Dawn wasn’t able to quite match the $142.8 million opening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on the same weekend two years ago. However,Breaking Dawn made up for the gap at the international box office, where it opened …

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‘Immortals’ Slays Box Office

Relativity Media won its biggest take yet as the 3D action-epic “Immortals” topped the box office with a $32 million opening, while grossing another $36 million overseas for an estimated worldwide bow of $68 million. It topped Adam Sandler’s family comedy “Jack and Jill” which brought in $26 million, while holdover Puss in …

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‘Reel Steel’ Pulls A Surprise Repeat

DreamWorks’ “Real Steel” won for second weekend at the box office with $16.3 million, edging out the remake of the 80s hit “Footloose”, which garnered $16.1 million. “Real Steel” finished Sunday with an estimated domestic total of $56.6 million and passed the $100 million mark internationally. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for …

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‘Reel Steel’ Becomes Real Deal At Box Office

“Real Steel” easily topped the box office chart with a $27.3 million opening. The Hugh Jackman starrer tells the story of a father and son reunited through the world of robot boxing. The top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 9, 2011 are as …

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