Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel’s ‘Thor’ blew away the box office, doubling the receipts of its nearest competitor, ‘Fast Five.’ ‘Thor’ launched a new franchise, bringing in $66 million. ‘Fast Five’ held onto second place in its sophomore weekend, with a weekend take of $32.5 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, …
Read More »“Fast Five” Outpaces The Box Office
The fifth installment in Universal’s “The Fast and The Furious” franchise showed why the film series is still going strong. “Fast Five” raced to an $83.6 million opening at the domestic box office, following up an international gross of $45.3 million for the weekend, bringing its international total to $165 million. …
Read More »‘Rio’ Becomes Best performing Movie Year-To-Date
“Rio” has become the top grossing 2011 release, ending Easter weekend with a new worldwide cume of $286 million. That easily bests Paramount’s Rango, which has earned just under $240 million globally. Rio topped the box office chart for the weekend in a big win for Fox. The 3D cartoon grossed an …
Read More »‘Rio’ Breaks Box Office Slump
Twentieth Century Fox’s Riooutperformed expectations in its U.S. launch, grossing an estimated $40 million from 3,826 theaters to help break the long-running box office slump. The film doubled the take of the holder of the number two spot, Screm 4, which brought in an estimated $19.2 million. The Top-12 grossing motion …
Read More »“Hop” Takes Top Spot For Second Week
“Hop” stayed on top of the box office for the second week, beating out “Arthur” with an estimated $21.7 million. “Arthur” grabbed second place with $12.6 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, April 10, 2011, are as follows: Rank Film Name Distributor …
Read More »“Hop” Hops Into First Place
“Hop” was a surprise winner at the box office this weekend, far outpacing expectations pulling in $38 million to win the weekend. The easter movie hopped past “Source Code” and “Insidious,” which both had strong weekends, earning $15 million and $13.4 million respectively. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …
Read More »Wimpy Kid Performs Strong At Box Office
Fox 2000’s sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules easily won the weekend box office race, grossing a hearty $24.4 million and delivering Fox a new franchise. Warner Bros.’ Sucker Punch wasn’t as lucky, grossing $19 million in a soft start for the femme powered action-fantasy, from directorZack Snyder. The …
Read More »“Limitless” Wins Weekend Box Office
Bradley Cooper starrer Limitless opened to a better-than-expected $19 million. Overall, the weekend remained weak. The other new movies — Lionsgate’s Matthew McConaughey legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer and Universal’s sci-fi comedy Paul — grossed $13.4 million and $13.2 million, respectively, not quite enough to best holdovers Rango and Battle: Los Angeles. The top 12 …
Read More »Battle: Los Angeles Wins Box Office
Sony’s Battle: Los Angeles topped the weekend box office with a strong $36 million opening, but Warner Bros.’ Red Riding Hood and Disney’s Mars Needs Mom weren’t so lucky. Mars Needs Moms and Red Riding Hood failed to meet expectations, limping into their first weekend. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …
Read More »“Rango” Rustles Up Weekend Win
Boosted by a great Saturday, Paramount’s quirky cartoon Rango starring the voice of Johnny Depp, opened to an estimated $38 million from 3,917 theaters. The film fought a sownward spiral at the box office to score the top opening of 2011 for a non-holiday weekend. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures …
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