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20th Century Fox’s high school superpower movie “Chronicle” opened to a better than expected $22 million, followed closely by the horror-thriller The “Woman in Black,” which also beat expectations, bringing in $21 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through February 5, 2012, is as follows: Rank …

Liam Neeson’s latest action movie,”The Grey,” topped the box office this weekend, bringing in $20 million in its debut. The film led another good weekend at the box office, following a lackluster end of 2011. So far, 2012 revenues are running nearly 10 percent ahead of 2011 as moviegoing continues to …

The fourth installment in the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA franchise – THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 has grossed an estimated $701.3 million in global box office receipts since the film’s release on November 18, 2011.  THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 is on its way to becoming the highest …

The 2012 box office enjoyed another strong weekend as “Underworld: Awakening” and “Red Tails” beat expectations to bring in $25.4 million and $19.1 million, respectively. This continued the box office resurgence after a weak end to 2011. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through January 22, …

The box office is enjoying solid traffic over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, with Universal’s action-thriller “Contraband” easily taking the lead. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale, “Contraband” is exepcted to gross $28.4 million for the four-day weekend, following a three-day gross of $24.1 million. This is a strong performance for January and, with …

Paramount’s horror film “The Devil Inside” opened to a record-breaking $34.5 million. The R-rated movie–acquired by Paramount for only $1 million–scored the best opening ever for early January, and the third biggest for the month after fellow Paramount title Cloverfield($40.1 million) and George Lucas‘ 1997 reissue of Star Wars($35.9 million). Those two films were …

The Warner Bros. Pictures Group enjoyed another hugely successful year, with a combined worldwide box office gross of more than $4.7 billion, led by 2011’s top-grossing film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.” The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Warner …

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol continued to beat the competition as the film rang in 2012 with $31.3 million for the three-day New Year’s weekend for a domestic total of $134.2 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through January 1, 2012 are as follows: Rank …

It’s amazing what a few years can do someone’s memory. Mission: Impossible’s win over the Christmas box office has the movie industry yelling that Tom Cruise is back. However, Mission: Impossible 4’s five day total of $58.9 million doesn’t match Mission: Impossible 3’s open. The third installment made $47.7 million …

Following on the last week’s poor box office results, the holiday season appears to be off to a less than stellar start. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ” missed estimates but topped the soft weekend with $40 million — compared to a $62.3 million opening for the first Sherlock Holmes …