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Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 4 topped the domestic box office chart with $30.2 million, but it lagged notably behind the past two films in the hit Halloween franchise. There are signs of franchise fatigue the film’s opening was 43 percent behind Paranormal Activity 3’s $52.6 million debut a year ago and 26 percent behindParanormal Activity 2’s opening …

Box office revenues soared 58 percent over a year ago thanks to a handful of films that overperformed, led by Liam Neeson action pic Taken 2 and Ben Affleck’s critical darling Argo. Taken 2 grossed $22.5 million from 3,706 theaters in its second weekend to stay at No. 1. An unqualified hit, the pic has now earned $86.8 …

Sequel Taken 2 stormed to the top of the North American box office with a record-breaking $50 million debut, more than double the original 2009 film and marking more good news for Liam Neeson. Taken 2 nabbed the best-ever October opening for a PG-13 film and the third-best overall after Paranormal Activity 3 ($52.6 million) and Jackass 3D ($50.4 …

In a sizable victory for Sony, 3D cartoon “Hotel Transylvania” debuted to an estimated $43 million — the biggest opening since “The Dark Knight” Rises and the top September bow ever. It’s also the best performance to date for the studio’s animation unit. Time travel/action film “Looper” also performed well, bringing in $21.2 …

Initial estimates show Jake Gyllenhaal-Michael Pena cop drama End of Watch — the only film to overperform — andJennifer Lawrence horror pic House at the End of the Street topping the domestic box office with $13 million. To make things more confusing, Clint Eastwood’s The Trouble With The Curve finished at $12,720,000. The three films ending in such …

Zombies ruled at the box office as Sony’s Resident Evil: Retribution fought its way to the top of the pack. Retribution, the fifth installment in the Resident Evil franchise starring Milla Jovovich, took in an estimated $21.1 million at 3,012 locations. The R-rated movie checked in ahead of the weekend’s other new wide Hollywood release, Disney’s 3D …

The box office took a sharp drop this week, allowing “Possession” to repeat in the top spot. While the first weekend after Labor Day is traditionally weak, this year dropped more than once. The one surprising bright spot was the Anti-Barack Obama documentary “2016: Obama’s America” brought its total to $26 million …

“The Possession,” the new horror film from director Sam Raimi,  scared up a winning weekend at the domestic box office, where it’s poised to capture one of the top Labor Day openings of all time. The film took in an estimated $17.7 million, as of Sunday. The top 12 films as of …

The action sequel ‘The Expendables 2″ took the top spot of a lackluster weekend. New films did not live up to expectations, with all of them failing to enter the top 5. The only stand out among new releases was “2016: Obama’s America,” which grossed a stellar $6.3 million as it …

A crush of new films — led by The Expendables 2 — opened on the softer side as the dog days of August gripped the North American box office. Expendables 2 easily topped the box office with $28.8 million, but came in $6 million behind The Expendables, which debuted to $34.8 million on the same …