Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Despicable Me 2 and Adam Sandler‘s ensemble comedy Grown Ups 2 beat Guillermo del Toro‘s Pacific Rim when it failed to do the expected monster business posing a potential financial loss for Thomas Tull‘s Legendary Pictures. The top 12 films of the weekend are as follows: RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR NAME WEEKEND REVENUE CUME REVENUE REVENUE # OF LOCATIONS* LOC …
Read More »Despicable Me 2 Trounces Lone Ranger
“Despicable Me 2” dazzled the box office, posting a five-day debut of $142.1 million — one of the best showings of all time for an animated film and just ahead of what “Toy Story 3” earned in its first five days. The 3D animated family film fueled one of the best July Fourth …
Read More »‘Monsters University’ Scares Up Second Box Office Win
Despite a strong performance by Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock‘s “The Heat,” “Monsters University” remained at the top of the box office. Both films crushed Channing Tatumand Jamie Foxx‘s big-budget tentpole “White House Down.” The Pixar film brought in another $48 million over the weekend to keep the top spot. The top 12 films of the …
Read More »Monsters Beat Zombies At Box Office
Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University” opened to $82 million, beating Brad Pitt and ‘”World War Z” by almost $20 million. Despite “World War Z” substantially outperforming expectations, it was not enough to take the number one spot from “Monsters, Inc.” sequel which was the No. 2 Pixar opening of all time after Toy …
Read More »‘Man Of Steel’ Dominates Box Office
After three decades, Warner Bros. has successfully resurrected its Superman franchise with Zack Snyder‘s darker, more violent take on the marquee superhero. Man of Steel, directed by Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, debuted to $113.1 million over Father’s Day weekend in North America and to $71.6 million from 24 markets overseas for …
Read More »Purge Surprises The Box Office
Universal and Jason Blum‘s microbudgeted thriller The Purge had no trouble scaring off The Internship as it grossed a stunning $36.4 million. The Purge, starring Ethan Hawke and Game of Thrones‘ LenaHeadey, wasn’t Universal’s only victory of the weekend. Fast & Furious 6 claimed the No. 2 spot as it grossed $19.8 million in its third weekend to race past the $200 million mark domestically. …
Read More »Will Smith Is No Longer The King Of Summer
Marking a sizeable blow for one of the world’s top stars, Will Smith‘s sci-fi adventure After Earthnarrowly lost to Now You See Me, although neither movie could catch the latest installment of The Fast and The Furious. After Earth, starring Smith and his son, Jaden, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, took in $27 million, far below estimates, …
Read More »‘Fast 6’ Runs Over Box Office
Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 is racing towards a $122 million Memorial Day debut after leaving The Hangover Part III in the dust and scoring the studio its biggest domestic opening of all time, not accounting for inflation. The action pic also marks the studio’s biggest international opening, taking in $158 million and pushing …
Read More »Iron Man 3 Continues To Dominate Box Office
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 …
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