List of posts with the tag: Box Office

Even with most people distracted by the Giants or Patriots or whatever elaborate gameday dish they’ve been working on, this weekend still marked the first time in history that two movies opened above $20 million against the Super Bowl. Based on studio estimates, Chronicle held off The Woman in Black to take the top spot…

Produced for less than $1 million and distributed by Paramount’s Insurge label, The Devil Inside scared up $33.7 million from 2,285 locations. That’s the third-highest January opening ever behind Cloverfield ($40.1 million) and the Star Wars (Special Edition) re-release ($35.9 million). It was also the fifth-best debut ever for a supernatural horror movie behind the…

The fourth Mission: Impossible movie added $38.2 million for the four-day weekend, which brought its total to $141.2 million through Monday. That exceeds Mission: Impossible III’s $134 million total, and the movie now seems poised to at least come close to passing the original Mission: Impossible’s $181 million. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: The…

Another weekend, another win for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. The latest Twilight movie claimed the top spot at the box office for the third-straight weekend thanks to an average hold and a comparatively poor second-weekend performance from its biggest competitor, The Muppets. Breaking Dawn dropped 60 percent to $16.5 million. That tally…

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 easily repeated in first place at the box office over Thanksgiving weekend, while The Muppets revived the long-dormant franchise with a strong second place debut. Arthur Christmas and Hugo weren’t quite as fortunate, though the true measure of their success will be determined over the next month. Breaking…

While it wasn’t quite able to reach the series high mark, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’s outstanding $138.1 million opening indicated that the emo teen vampires are as popular as ever. What does appear to have lost some of its appeal, however, is dancing penguins: Happy Feet Two struggled to even open to…

New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Puss in Boots [Animation, 1 hr. 30 min.] Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris. In Time: [Sci-Fi Thriller, 1 hr. 49 min.] Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Johnny Galecki, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer. The Rum Diary: [Adventure, 2 hr. 00 min.]…

Paranormal Activity 3 proved there’s interest in the franchise by opening to $52.6 million this weekend. It presents significant improvement over Paranormal Activity 2’s $40.7 million. Distributor Paramount Pictures reports that the audience was 54 percent female and 53 percent under 25 years old. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Paranormal Activity 3 [Horror, 1…

Four newcomers weren’t quite strong enough to unseat The Lion King (in 3D), which held the top spot for the second weekend in a row. The Lion King in 3D achieved $21.9 million this weekend, bringing the re-release’s 10-day total to $61.5 million. When added to previous Lion King grosses, the movie has now made…

It was a box-office bloodbath for Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night among others over the weekend. On the bright side, The Help climbed to the top spot, due to a combination of a strong hold and those weak new releases, while Rise of the Planet of the Apes took second. It marked the first…

Descending 49 percent, Rise of the Planet of the Apes packed $27.8 million. Though steep, the sci-fi thriller’s second weekend slide was less severe than Planet of the Apes (2001), I, Robot, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and X-Men: First Class, among comparable titles. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: The Help [Drama, 2…

Rise of the Planet of the Apes climbed to the top with $54.8 million on approximately 5,400 screens at 3,648 locations, which ranked as the fourth highest-grossing August opening ever. Among comparable movies, the franchise reboot’s launch was superior to District 9‘s $37.4 million and Terminator Salvation‘s $42.6 million and close to G.I. Joe: The…