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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened to a massive $90.6 million in North America, while Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Annie both suffered soft starts as the crucial year-end holidays got underway. Five Armies soared in its five-day domestic debut after earning an …

Exodus: Gods and Kings easily topped the U.S. box office this weekend with a $24.5 million debut, dethroning The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, which had held No. 1 for the past three weeks. While the biblical epic, starring Christian Bale, earned exactly what box office insiders had expected for the weekend, it’s not the …

With no new wide releases in the U.S. this weekend, Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 topped the box office for the third time in a row with $21.6 million, bringing its domestic total to $257.7 million for a global cume of $560.5 million. Mockingjay is on the brink of passing up Captain America: The …

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 was the easy victor at the otherwise soft Thanksgiving box office, earning $82.7 million to score the third-best gross of all time for the five-day holiday, not accounting for inflation. The penultimate installment in the YA film franchise has now earned $225.7 million in …

Thanks to a Halloween boost, Universal’s Ouija held far better than expected in its second weekend to tie with Jake Gyllenhaal‘s new indie crime-thriller Nightcrawler for the North American box office crown.The two films are in a near photo finish for the top spot. The race won’t be called until Monday morning when final grosses are tallied. The …

Pre-Halloween horror pic Ouija easily won the North American box office race with $20 million from 2,858 locations, while Keanu Reeves‘ action pic John Wick exceeded expectations in a needed win for the actor following the disastrous 47 Ronin. John Wick, from Lionsgate, placed No. 2 with $14.2 million from 2,589 theaters to rank ahead of holdover Fury, …

David Ayer’s Fury won the North American box office battle with $23.5 million from 3,173 theaters, toppling Gone Girl from the top spot and delivering one of the best openings of all time for a World War II war movie, not accounting for inflation. It’s also another win for star …

David Fincher’s Gone Girl barely stayed at No. 1 in its second weekend, trumping a flood of new films with $26.8 million from 3,284 theaters. Universal and Legendary Pictures’ origins pic Dracula Untold, fueled by males (57 percent), came in No. 2 with $23.5 million from 2,889 theaters. The top …

Capping a close race at the box office, David Fincher’s R-rated adult drama Gone Girl topped horror spinoff Annabelle as both movies did far better than expected. Gone Girl took in an estimated $38 million, marking one of the best showings for Ben Affleck,despite his lackluster performance in the adaptation …

The Equalizer debuted to an estimated $35 million from 3,236 theaters, becoming the top September opening for an R-rated movie. Overseas, the $55 million action thriller was far more muted, earning $17.8 million from 62 markets. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, September 28, are as follows: …