Underworld: Awakening Slays Box Office With $25.4M Opening
January 23, 2012
“Underworld: Awakening” and “Red Tails” opened to better-than-expected numbers at the domestic box office this weekend, taking $25.4 million and $19.1, respectively. Read more
The Devil Inside Tops Weekend Box Office
January 9, 2012
Who doesn’t love a good scary movie? People flocked to theaters this weekend to catch the opening of Paramount’s horror pic The Devil Inside. The film opened to $34.5 million. Read more
New Year’s Box Office: “Mission: Impossible” Reigns Again
January 2, 2012
Claiming the pole position for the second straight week, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” finds itself perched in the top spot at the box office to begin the New Year’s weekend of December 30, 2011 – January 1, 2012.
The Tom Cruise and Paula Patton fronted action film pulled in $10.7 million on Friday and $8.7 million on Saturday while expected to bring in a solid total of $28.2 million during its third weekend of release. Read more
“Breaking Dawn” tops holiday weekend box office
November 27, 2011
Vampires feasted at the Thanksgiving weekend box office, bringing the newest “Twilight” movie its second win in a row over a strong comeback for “The Muppets” and other family fare that filled theaters. Read more
Puss in Boots Tops Eddie Murphy’s Tower Heist at Box Office
November 7, 2011
Puss in Boots has pawed its way to the top of the box office for the second week in a row!
The animated kiddie flick, featuring the voices of Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas, raked in $33 million in box office receipts to maintain the top sales spot in its second week in theaters. Read more
‘Shrek’ spinoff ‘Puss in Boots’ tops box office
October 31, 2011
The “Shrek” spinoff “Puss in Boots” landed on all fours, opening with an estimated $34 million to lead the box office.
The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, proved the popular character voiced by Antonio Banderas was a big enough draw outside the “Shrek” franchise.
The PG-rated “Puss in Boots” scored with family audiences on the weekend before Halloween, and also drew a large Hispanic crowd, which made up 35 percent of its audience. Read more
“Real Steel” beats “Footloose” to win box office
October 17, 2011
The boxing robots of “Real Steel” had better footwork at the ticket window than the kids in the remake of the 1980s dance classic “Footloose” and held on to the domestic box-office title for a second straight week. Read more
‘Lion King 3D’ defends crown with $22.1 mil
September 25, 2011
Four new movies were no match for the feline phenom The Lion King 3D, which ruled the box office for the second weekend in a row with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates. The 1994 Disney classic dropped only 27 percent — an incredibly impressive hold considering this is the re-release of a 17-year-old film that’s coming out on Blu-ray/DVD in one week. The 3-D version has now grossed $61.7 million, bringing The Lion King‘s cumulative tally to $390.2 million. Disney says it plans to extend what was originally intended to be just a two-week release, although details are still being ironed out. Read more
‘The Help’ puts in overtime at No. 1 with $19 Million
September 6, 2011
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“The Help” Tops Hurricane Irene Hampered Box Office
August 29, 2011
Cameron Diaz made Bad Teacher a $200 million hit. Kristen Wiig broke big with Bridesmaids. Jennifer Aniston helped Horrible Bosses to a nice run.
But only one actress went to No. 1 this summer—and she went there twice: Emma Stone. Read more
