The Beekeeper is claiming victory over Mean Girls at the weekend box office with an estimated $7.4 million from 3,337 theaters, but Mean Girls was hot on its tail. Both films are in their third weekend, and their domination underscores the worrisome situation facing cinema operators as the production pipeline slows to a trickle because …
Read More »‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Revs To Top Box Office
Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw sped to the top of the North American box office chart with $60.8 million while opening to a far more muscular $120 million overseas for a worldwide launch of $180.8 million. The Fast & Furious spinoff, teaming Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, came in on the modest end of expectations …
Read More »The Box Office Proves To Be Expendable
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 …
Read More »Clive Owen Joins The Killer Elite
Clive Owen has just joined Jason Statham to star in the action thriller The Killer Elite, according to Variety. The film follows a group of former British SAS members that are being hunted by a team of assassins led by Statham’s character, an ex-Navy Seal. Owen’s character is a senior …
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