Early and mid-December are always sluggish because of holiday preparations, but this weekend the box office dropped to its lowest level in three years. The weak results allowed Garry Marshall’s star-studded ensemble pic “New Year’s Eve” to win the weekend despite grossing a tepid $13.7 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …
Read More »Lackluster Box Office Allows “Twilight” To Threepeat
With no new wide releases this weekend, the box office turned in the second worst performance of 2011. The weekend was also down from last year by 4 percent to 7 percent. With such poor results, “Twilight” remained in the top spot, while “The Muppets” easily kept the second spot. …
Read More »Twilight Rises Over Muppets
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1” took the box office for the second week, eclipsing Disney’s reboot of “The Muppets.” Over the extended holiday the film took in $62.3 million and pushing its worldwide cume to nearly $500 million. “The Muppets” beat a number of family films to take second place …
Read More »Twilight: Breaking Dawn Takes Hug Bite Out Of Box Office
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 opened with a sharp bite around the globe, grossing $139.5 million domestically. Breaking Dawn wasn’t able to quite match the $142.8 million opening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on the same weekend two years ago. However,Breaking Dawn made up for the gap at the international box office, where it opened …
Read More »‘Immortals’ Slays Box Office
Relativity Media won its biggest take yet as the 3D action-epic “Immortals” topped the box office with a $32 million opening, while grossing another $36 million overseas for an estimated worldwide bow of $68 million. It topped Adam Sandler’s family comedy “Jack and Jill” which brought in $26 million, while holdover Puss in …
Read More »Box Office Goes Paranormal
“Paranormal Activity 3” opened to a massive $54 million at the domestic box office–the top launch of all time for a horror pic, as well as the best October debut ever. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 23, 2011 are as follows: Rank …
Read More »‘Reel Steel’ Pulls A Surprise Repeat
DreamWorks’ “Real Steel” won for second weekend at the box office with $16.3 million, edging out the remake of the 80s hit “Footloose”, which garnered $16.1 million. “Real Steel” finished Sunday with an estimated domestic total of $56.6 million and passed the $100 million mark internationally. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for …
Read More »‘Reel Steel’ Becomes Real Deal At Box Office
“Real Steel” easily topped the box office chart with a $27.3 million opening. The Hugh Jackman starrer tells the story of a father and son reunited through the world of robot boxing. The top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 9, 2011 are as …
Read More »‘Dolphin Tale’ Swims Into First Place
Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ inspirational Dolphin Tale took the No. 1 spot in its second weekend with $14.2 million, wresting the box office crown from fellow family pic The Lion King. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 2, 2011 are as follows: Rank …
Read More »Lackluster Weekend Lets Lion King Repeat
A slow box office allowed the re-release of “The Lion King” repeat at the top of the box office, bringing in an additional $22 million for the week. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, September 25, 2011 are as follows: Rank Film Name …
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