“The Hangover 2” blew away the competition at the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. The sequel to the highest grossing R-rated comedy brought in $86.4 million over the weekend, bringing its total since release on Wednesday to $118 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per …
Read More »Pirates Conquer The Box Office
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” dominated the box office in its first week, bringing in an estimated $90.1 million. “Thor,” which held the spot for the previous two weeks, dropped to third thanks to a stronger than expected performance by “Bridesmaids,” which held on to the number 2 …
Read More »‘Thor’ Thunders Past Competition For Second Week
The box office had a strong weekend, with both “Bridesmaids” and “Priest” outperforming expectations. “Bridesmaids” brought in $24.4 million to take second place while “Priest” earned $14.5 million taking the number four spot. Neither of these strong performers could catch “Thor,” which repeated at the top spot. “Thor” earned $34.5 …
Read More »‘Thor’ Unleashes A Thunderstorm at Box Office
Marvel’s ‘Thor’ blew away the box office, doubling the receipts of its nearest competitor, ‘Fast Five.’ ‘Thor’ launched a new franchise, bringing in $66 million. ‘Fast Five’ held onto second place in its sophomore weekend, with a weekend take of $32.5 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, …
Read More »“Fast Five” Outpaces The Box Office
The fifth installment in Universal’s “The Fast and The Furious” franchise showed why the film series is still going strong. “Fast Five” raced to an $83.6 million opening at the domestic box office, following up an international gross of $45.3 million for the weekend, bringing its international total to $165 million. …
Read More »‘Rio’ Becomes Best performing Movie Year-To-Date
“Rio” has become the top grossing 2011 release, ending Easter weekend with a new worldwide cume of $286 million. That easily bests Paramount’s Rango, which has earned just under $240 million globally. Rio topped the box office chart for the weekend in a big win for Fox. The 3D cartoon grossed an …
Read More »‘Rio’ Breaks Box Office Slump
Twentieth Century Fox’s Riooutperformed expectations in its U.S. launch, grossing an estimated $40 million from 3,826 theaters to help break the long-running box office slump. The film doubled the take of the holder of the number two spot, Screm 4, which brought in an estimated $19.2 million. The Top-12 grossing motion …
Read More »“Hop” Takes Top Spot For Second Week
“Hop” stayed on top of the box office for the second week, beating out “Arthur” with an estimated $21.7 million. “Arthur” grabbed second place with $12.6 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, April 10, 2011, are as follows: Rank Film Name Distributor …
Read More »“Hop” Hops Into First Place
“Hop” was a surprise winner at the box office this weekend, far outpacing expectations pulling in $38 million to win the weekend. The easter movie hopped past “Source Code” and “Insidious,” which both had strong weekends, earning $15 million and $13.4 million respectively. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …
Read More »Wimpy Kid Performs Strong At Box Office
Fox 2000’s sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules easily won the weekend box office race, grossing a hearty $24.4 million and delivering Fox a new franchise. Warner Bros.’ Sucker Punch wasn’t as lucky, grossing $19 million in a soft start for the femme powered action-fantasy, from directorZack Snyder. The …
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