Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Moviegoers stuffed themselves on a diverse buffet of movies at the Thanksgiving box office, with overall revenues ringing in it at a record $290 million for the Wednesday through Sunday stretch, easily surpassing the $270.5 collected in 2009. “The Twilight Saga: Break Dawn Part II”, “Skyfall”, and “Lincoln” all drew …
Read More »Breaking Dawn Takes Big Bite Out Of Box Office
Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 topped the box office this weekend with $141.3 million domestically from 4,070 theaters and $199.6 million internationally from 61 markets. It’s the franchise’s best global opening, thanks to massive international business. Meanwhile, SkyFall also set a frnachise record, becoming the best-selling Bond film of all …
Read More »Tonner Doll Extends Twilight License
Tonner Doll Company has extended its license with Summit Entertainment for The Twilight Saga in order to create figures from the most recent installment of the movie series, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.” Tonner has produced 2 more dolls to complete their Twilight Saga Collection: Forever Edward …
Read More »‘Hunger Games’ Crushes The Box Ofice
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games opened to an astounding $155 million at the domestic box office, the third-best debut of all time and the best for any film opening outside of summer. Hunger Games — the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’best-selling young-adult novel starring Jennifer Lawrence,Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — also reeled in the biggest opening for a non sequel. …
Read More »The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Breaks $700 Million
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 …
Read More »‘Twilight’ Studio Bought By Lionsgate
Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment today announced that Lionsgate has completed a transaction to acquire Summit for a combination of cash and stock valued at $412.5 million. The transaction unites two leading studios with powerful brands and complementary assets, solidifying Lionsgate’s position as the world’s largest and most diversified independent entertainment company. By …
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 »Die-Hard Fans Dig Their Fangs Into Twilight: Eclipse
Twi-thirsty fans around the world are rushing to get their fangs into the latest Twilight Saga DVD ‘Eclipse’ as pre-order sales rocket online. Hailed by critics as the best Twilight episode ever, this cult film has already sold hundreds of thousands of copies online, almost two months before its release …
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