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Box Office Report: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Takes Down Iron Man 3

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Star Trek: Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams sci-fi sequel, soared above Iron Man 3 to take the top spot at this weekend’s box office, with $70.6 million in earnings.

Though the film managed to rake in an impressive haul, it fell short of the expected $90 million projection despite being reinforced with several showings at IMAX 3-D theaters.  Abrams’ first Star Trek movie opened in early May of 2009 with an impressive $75.2 million on its first weekend without the benefit of 3-D surcharges. | Full Story

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Box Office Numbers Say ‘The Croods’ Took Down ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

March 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Weekend Box Office Round-up

The box office numbers are in and there was an upset!

Olympus Has Fallen, the only action film out this weekend, was a favorite to take the top spot at the box office.  However, Dreamwork’s animated adventure, The Croods pulled an upset to overcome the the live action movie that was stock piled with heavy hitters such as Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Erin Eckhart and Angela Bassit.

The Croods took first place with an estimated $11.6 million showing in 4,046 theaters nationwide. | Full Story

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Box Office Report: Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ Flunks

December 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Brad Pitt’s Killing Them Softly had a soft opening nationwide this past weekend, earning a reserved F CinemaScore with viewers and landing at number seven on the box office chart. The film becomes only the eighth movie ever to receive the rare failing grade. Wow! Even though the film cost only $15 million to make, it opened to a mediocre $7 million, which is considered a disappointing number.

Killing Them Softly is based on hit-man Jackie Cogan(Pitt), who is paid to investigate a robbery at a mob poker game. | Full Story

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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Expected To Snag $120 Million In Debut

July 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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The Amazing Spiderman On Track To Record Breaking Week

 The Amazing Spider-man shows strength In Midnight Debut!

The Amazing Spider-man is expected to haul in big superhero numbers by the end of this weekend, according to some bullish box-office observers.

The movie earned $7.5 million from midnight showings during it’s U.S. premiere last night, with $1.2 million of it coming from 300 IMAX screens.

Prior to the healthy domestic kick-off  by the Sony superhero tentpole, the studio  projected the film would gross somewhere in the range of $110 to $120 million over the first six days. | Full Story

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‘TED’ Wins Box Office Recipts Over ‘Magic Mike’

June 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Weekend Box Office Round-up

The success of Seth MacFarlan’s directorial debut Ted over the weekend must prove that everyone loves a Teddy bear.  The film grossed $20 million on Friday, which stars Mark Wahlberg as the buddy of a bong smoking stuffed toy bear. The Raunchy comedy is on track to making between $51 to 55 million, on its opening weekend, which would overtake the current record holder rated R comedy, The Hangover

Although Ted came out on top, Steven Soderbergh’s male stripper film Magic Mike was a very close second, earning #19. | Full Story

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‘The Avengers’ Cross $600 Million Mark Domestically

June 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
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It’s no secret that The Avengers is the biggest movie of the year so far. As of yesterday the movie has continued its trend of smashing records.

Yesterday, the super hero movie surpassed the $600 million mark at the domestic box office.

Even more exciting for Disney and Marvel is that the film has yet to open in Japan, which takes place on August 17th.  At this point the total global payout is a colossal $1.438 billion! | Full Story

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‘The Avengers’ Takes Another Weekend; ‘Battleship’, ‘The Dictator’, And ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’ Get No Love’

May 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Weekend Box Office Round-up

Based on Friday’s box office numbers it’s clear that Marvel’s The Avengers is stealing all the attention away from three box office newcomers. Today, it will become the highest grossing domestic release in Disney history.

Battleship is sinking with less than expected numbers, collecting only $9 million on Friday. The Peter Berg directed action film scored a “B” CinemaScore.

Lionsgate’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting didn’t fare any better, coming in 4th place with only $3.8 million, and projecting to make only $11 million for the weekend. | Full Story

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Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ Sets New Domestic Speed Record: $400 Million In 14 Days

May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Marvel’s The Avengers has set a speed record as of Thursday, climbing to $400 million in just 14 days.  This figure doesn’t even include its worldwide accomplishments, passing Toy Story 3 and Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man’s Chest to become the sixth highest-grossing domestic film of all time.

The numbers for The Avengers are staggering, with a cumulative performance of $668.7 million internationally and $402 million domestically. The $1.1 billion in total revenue makes the film the 9th highest-grossing film globally to date. | Full Story

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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘The Lorax’ On Top, ‘John Carter’ Underperforms And Eddie Murphy Bombs!

March 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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With a lot of worry going into this movie weekend about its reported high cost for production, Disney’s movie John Carter was still be able to top Friday’s charts with an estimated $9.8 million.

However it is likely to lose the weekend to Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, which trailed with $9.6 million and has picked up some steam on Saturday. Critics projected that The Lorax would beat out John Carter and after Friday and Saturday’s reports The Lorax did just that. | Full Story

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Academy Award Nominations Stink At The Box Office

February 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Using ticket sales as the judge, the Academy Award nominations for 2012 don’t at all reflect the sentiment of movie goers. The Artist, for example, is on track to becoming the box office’s least-popular Best Picture winner of the last 30+ years.

Paying audiences are saying loud and clear they’re not into the silent movie thing, yet with 10 nominations, The Artist is positioned second only to Hugo, which garnered 11 nominations. | Full Story

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