Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Dominating the post-holiday weekend were a trio of all-audience offerings: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Frozen” and “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.” The three holdovers beat out six new films opening nationwide on Christmas Day. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues its climb up the worldwide box office, crossing $500 …
Read More »‘Hobbit’ Beats ‘Anchorman 2’ To Top Box Office
Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” remained at No. 1 in its second weekend, holding off “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” despite a year-long promotional effort spotlighting Will Ferrel as main character Ron Burgundy. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” has surpassed $300 million at the worldwide box office after seven …
Read More »The Hobbit Tops The Box Office
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug roared to a strong $73.7 million in its domestic debut to take its place atop the weekend’s box-office mountain. Disney’s Frozen,now in its third week, took in $22.2 million to take the No. 2 spot for the weekend ahead of A Madea Christmas’ $16.16 million debut. The top 12 films …
Read More »‘Frozen’ Overtakes Fire
Disney’s Frozen climbed to No. 1 in its second weekend with $31.6 million from 3,742 theaters, toppling The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from the top spot. Overseas, the 3D animated pic took in a strong $30.6 million from 23 markets for a stellar worldwide total of $190.2 million. Catching Fire is still a powerful player globally, …
Read More »‘Catching Fire,’ ‘Frozen’ Serve Up Box Office Records For Thanksgiving
Thanks to a pair of shrewd female heroines, Hollywood enjoyed its most prosperous Thanksgiving on record as holdover The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and new animated tentpole Frozen turned in ferocious performances, each earning more than any previous holiday title. Catching Fire grossed $110.2 million from 4,163 theaters over the five-day holiday (Wednesday-Sunday), becoming the top Thanksgiving …
Read More »Box Office Catches Fire
Moviegoers propelled Lionsgate’s sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to a $307.7 million global opening, easily outpacing the first film’s $211.8 million debut in March 2012. Catching Fire scored the top November opening of all time with $161.1 million, slaying the record set by fellow YA film adaptation The Twilight Saga: New Moon($142.8) and marking the …
Read More »‘Thor: The Dark World’ Tops Previous Outing To Win Box Office
Marvel Studios and Disney’s Thor: The Dark World thundered its way to a $86.1 million domestic launch as it continued its global assault, finishing the weekend with a sizeable $327 million in worldwide ticket sales. That’s an impressive start considering the first Thor, which debuted to $65.7 million domestically in May 2011, grossed $449.3 …
Read More »‘Ender’s Game” Tops The Box Office
Ender’s Game opened to a solid $28 million in North America, but it will need strong legs in order to make back its pricey $110 million budget — a potentially difficult task considering that Thor: The Dark World enters the domestic marketplace next weekend. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of …
Read More »‘Gravity’ Falls In Fourth Week At Box Office
After staying at No. 1 for three weeks, Warner Bros.’ Gravityslipped to No. 2, falling 32 percent to $20.3 million. The 3D space epic will cross the $200 million mark domestically sometime on Sunday or Monday, and has now earned $364 million worldwide after topping the foreign chart for the weekend …
Read More »‘Gravity’ Stays On Top, ‘Fifth Estate’ Is Huge Flop
Gravity and Captain Phillips stayed at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, to beat a host of newcomers. Carrie topped out at $17 million to come in No. 3. Sony’s three films — Captain Phillips, Carrie and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 — claimed spots No. 2 through No. 4 on the box office chart, with Cloudy 2‘s total …
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