List of posts with the tag: Box Office

For the third weekend, The Dark Knight Rises claimed the top spot at the US box office. Meanwhile, both new openers struggled: the Total Recall remake is the latest big-budget, heavily-marketed sci-fi movie to notch an underwhelming debut, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days fell way short of its predecessors. The Dark Knight…

The Dark Knight Rises couldn’t steal the opening weekend record away from The Avengers, which established an insanely high bar when it debuted to $207.4 million in May. On the other hand, Nolan’s first installment, Batman Begins, opened slowly but went on to earn a very respectable $205.3 million. Three years later, sequel The Dark…

The fourth installment in the Ice Age series debuted to an estimated $46 million this weekend. That’s noticeably off from 2012’s previous animated efforts The Lorax ($70.2 million), Brave ($66.3 million) and Madagascar 3 ($60.3 million). It is at least on par with the first Ice Age ($46.3 million), though it’s much lower than 2006’s…

Ted on Friday took first place with an estimated $20.2 million, which is the highest opening day ever for an original R-rated comedy ahead of the first Hangover’s $16.7 million. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Ted: [Comedy, 1 hr. 46 min.] Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane (Voice). Magic Mike [Comedy Drama, 1 hr….

A zebra clothed like a clown with a multicolor wig won Ridley Scott’s most ambition project. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted handily defeated Prometheus over the three-day weekend. That being said, even if it didn’t quite reach the astronomical levels some had been expecting, director Ridley Scott’s return to sci-fi still had one of the…

Snow White and the Huntsman attracted strong interest on opening day, and wound up earning more than the next six movies combined. Meanwhile, Men in Black 3 had a decent hold in second place, while The Avengers passed two major milestones. The Avengers eased 42 percent to $5.65 million. That was enough to push the…

The Avengers in its third week keeps on the first place, Battleship couldn’t battle it in the box office. Battleship is the third Hasbro product to get the big-budget, big-screen treatment in the past five years following Transformers and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Battleship [Action, 2 hrs. 11…

With Dark Shadows (Tim Burton) giving a weak competition, The Avengers had no trouble at all being at the first place for its second week. It fell 50% to $103.1 million, which is by-far the best second weekend ever ahead of Avatar‘s $75.6 million. It also topped The Dark Knight for best second weekend hold…

It’s been clear for a while that The Avengers would be a box office success, though few people could have foreseen this opening. The superhero team-up got off to an unprecedented $207.4 million start this weekend in the United States, which obliterates the previous all-time weekend record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows…

Despite the entrance of two competitive titles to the marketplace over Easter Weekend, box office phenomenon The Hunger Games had little difficulty taking the top spot for the third-straight frame. American Reunion opened in second place, though its debut doesn’t compare favorably to earlier series entries, while Titanic 3D wound up on the low-end among…

After months upon months of box office speculation, John Carter finally opened and as expected was a huge disappointment. The mega-budget sci-fi epic wasn’t even able to unseat The Lorax, which held first place for the second-straight weekend. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: John Carter: [Sci-Fi Action, 2 hrs. 12 min.] Taylor Kitsch, Lynn…

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax opened to $70.7 million, which is by far the best opening of the year. It’s also the sixth-highest debut ever for an animated movie and second-best for a non-sequel behind The Simpsons Movie ($74.04 million). New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax: [Animation, 1 hr. 35 min.] Danny…