Weekend Box Office Feb. 26-28: ‘Shutter Island’ Holds Off ‘Cops’ and ‘Crazies’
March 1, 2010
Another East Coast snow storm, plus the closing weekend attraction of the Vancouver Olympics and a pair of unappealing new movie releases resulted in one of the year’s weakest box office weekends. Neither of the newbies — the Kevin Smith-directed ‘Cop Out’ or the remake of George Romero’s 1973 ‘The Crazies’ — had sufficient interest to outdraw last weekend’s leader, ‘Shutter Island.’ They barely beat ‘Avatar,’ which is chugging along in its 11th week. Read more
Moviegoers Go To Shutter Island Over The Weekend
February 22, 2010
Paramount Pictures’ Shutter Island exceeded expectations, opening with an estimated $40.2 million from 2,991 theaters and averaging $13,440 per site. The opening marks the best ever for director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio. Scorsese’s previous best was $26 million for The Departed in 2006, while DiCaprio’s best was $30 million for Catch Me If You Can in 2002. The psychological thriller, also starring Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson and Max von Sydow, cost about $75 million to make. Read more
‘Valentine’s Day’ tops weekend box office
February 15, 2010
The star-studded comedy “Valentine’s Day” topped the North American box office charts during the long U.S. President’s day weekend, which is poised to land in the record books for ticket sales. The Warner Bros. romance starring Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Taylor Lautner and others on Hollywood’s hot list wooed moviegoers to the tune of $52.4 million by Sunday on a long holiday weekend in the United States. Read more
‘Dear John’ Takes No. 1 Spot Over ‘Avatar’
February 8, 2010
“Dear John” rode a surprisingly strong wave of support from the fickle but fervent teenage girl audience to the highest opening ever for a movie on Super Bowl weekend, knocking “Avatar” out of the top spot in the process. Read more
Avatar No. 1 at box office 7 weeks in a row
February 1, 2010
Entering its seventh frame at the domestic box office, 20th Century Fox’s “Avatar” again proved its staying power, taking in an estimated $30 million. James Cameron’s pic easily surpassed the No. 2 film, Warner Bros.’ Mel Gibson starrer “Edge of Darkness,” which opened with $17.1 million. “Avatar’s” domestic intake has reached $594.5 million, combined with $1.45 billion internationally, for a worldwide cume that has passed the $2 billion mark. Read more
Avatar No. 1 for sixth-straight week
January 25, 2010
James Cameron’s “Avatar” is on a course to sink his very own “Titanic” at the box office.
No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to $552.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Avatar” raised its worldwide total to $1.841 billion. That’s $2 million shy of first place behind Cameron’s last movie, the 1997 shipwreck epic “Titanic,” at $1.843 billion. Read more
Avatar wins box office fifth weekend in a row
January 18, 2010
Denzel Washington’s “The Book of Eli” couldn’t hold its early Friday lead, dropping into second place after Saturday’s box office results filtered in.
Estimates for the weekend put “Avatar” back on top for the fifth week in a row with a 3-day take of $41.3 million, off only 18% from last weekend. The film’s domestic take now stands at $491 million. Read more
Avatar Is No. 1 At Box Office For Fourth-Straight Week
January 11, 2010
James Cameron continued his reign over the box office this weekend with a fourth-straight weekend victory for “Avatar,” the 3-D science fiction epic that has captured moviegoers’ attention — and their hard-earned dollars — since its opening in mid-December. The weekend take of $48.5 million brings the film’s domestic total to $429 million, which combines with the latest foreign gross of $143 million for a worldwide total of $1.34 billion. Read more
Avatar is the No. 2 Movie of All Time
January 7, 2010
That was quick! With Avatar making over $1 billion in just three weeks, we knew it would keep setting records. Currently, Avatar has climbed to the No. 2 movie of all time at the box office.
After passing The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King at the worldwide box office, the next stop is the No. 1 spot. So what movie will Avatar have to beat? Read more
Avatar Makes Over $1 Billion in Three Weeks
January 4, 2010
When “Avatar” opened, its solid but far from stellar results left 20th Century Fox uncertain about whether the $430 million that it and two financing partners had invested to produce and market the 3-D film would pay off. Now, one of the riskiest movies of all times is now officially one of the most successful at the box office.
In less than three weeks director James Cameron’s science-fiction epic became only the fifth movie in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide and, by far, was the fastest to do so. Read more
