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Weekend Box Office Report: A Three-Way Tie With No Clear Winners

Jacob Hall — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:47 +0000

It's expected that box office numbers go up on Sunday afternoon. By that point, the estimates tend to be pretty accurate and if there is a difference come Monday morning, it's negligible. Not so today. Three new releases are nearly deadlocked as I write this and we won't know until sometime tomorrow who will actually be one top. We shall update accordingly. Anyway, here's where we stand right now.

Weekend Box Office — 'The Hunger Games' Eats the Competition Whole

Shauna Wright — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:47:09 +0000

You could say ‘The Hunger Games’ did well in its debut, but that would be a vast understatement — with $155 million in revenues, the film adaptation of the best-selling novel left the other movies in the dust and moved easily to the top of the charts this weekend.

Weekend Box Office – '21 Jump Street' Leaps Over the Competition

Shauna Wright — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:20:35 +0000

’21 Jump Street,’ the movie version of the 1980s television show that introduced the world to the phenomenon known as Johnny Depp, opened strong with $35 million to easily take the top spot at the box office this weekend.

Weekend Box Office – 'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax' Tops the Charts

Shauna Wright — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:39:26 +0000

Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss — died more than a decade ago, but his legend lives on. Case in point? The movie ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ opened strong with $70.7 million in revenues, topping the box office charts this weekend.

Weekend Box Office – 'Safe House' Proves Dangerous to the Competition

Shauna Wright — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:58:29 +0000

The Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds thriller ‘Safe House’ kept movie-goers on the edge of their seats this holiday weekend, earning $28.4 million to land at the top of the charts in its second week of release. ‘The Vow’ took in $26.6 million for the runner-up spot, barely squeaking past ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,’ which sold [...]

Weekend Box Office – 'The Vow' Keeps a Promise to Be Number One

Shauna Wright — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:59:38 +0000

Screen Gems

‘The Vow’ proved women do go to the movies, as the chick flick romance earned $41.7 million in its box office debut, making it the most popular movie in cineplexes this weekend.

Weekend Box Office – 'Chronicle' Scares Up a First-Place Win

Shauna Wright — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:24 +0000

The supernaturally-powered boys in ‘Chronicle‘ proved they had one more trick up their sleeves: coming in first at the box office. The film sold $22 million in tickets to take the top spot this weekend. Another creepy thriller, ‘The Woman in Black,’ earned $21 million for second place, followed by ‘The Grey,’ which brought in [...]

Weekend Box Office – 'The Grey' Has a Sunny Weekend in First

Shauna Wright — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:43:23 +0000

Liam Neeson’s movie about being hunted by a pack of rogue wolves, ‘The Grey,’ was apparently red meat to movie-goers. It brought in $20 million in its debut to take the top spot at the box office this weekend. ‘Underworld Awakening,’ last week’s champ, raked in $12.5 million for runner-up status, with the movie adaptation [...]

Weekend Box Office – 'Underworld Awakening' Proves Even Non-Sparkly Vampires Sell Tickets

Shauna Wright — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:08:51 +0000

Looks like movie-goers’ affection for vampires isn’t just limited to those in ‘Twilight.’ Kate Beckinsale’s vampire warrioress in ‘Underworld Awakening‘ proved popular as well, earning $25.4 million to take the top spot at the box office this weekend. Another new flick, ‘Red Tails,’ came in second with $19.1 million, while last week’s top movie, ‘Contraband,’ [...]

Weekend Box Office – 'Contraband' Makes a Stealthy First-Place Debut

Shauna Wright — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:43:51 +0000

Proving action movies are still box office catnip, Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Contraband‘ had a $24 million debut, making it the most popular flick at theaters this weekend. Meanwhile, the 3D relaunch of the animated musical classic ‘Beauty and Beast’ came in second with $18.4 million, and ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ held strong in third with [...]

Weekend Box Office — 'The Devil Inside' Has a Frighteningly Good Debut

Shauna Wright — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:38:41 +0000

Exorcism thriller ‘The Devil Inside‘ had a $34.5 million opening this weekend, strong enough to bump ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ out of first place after two weeks at the top. The Tom Cruise action flick fell to second with $20.5 million, followed by ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,’ whose $14 million haul gave [...]

Weekend Box Office — 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' Refuses to Be Ignored

Shauna Wright — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:52:26 +0000

With at least six movies opening in wide release on various days over the past week, it would’ve been easy for any film to get lost in the shuffle.

But since Tom Cruise flicks rarely fade into the background, it’s hardly a surprise that ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ brought in $26.5 million to handily beat all its competitors at the box office this weekend.

Weekend Box Office — 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' Hunts Down First Place

Shauna Wright — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:57:06 +0000

Moviegoers lined up to see Robert Downey, Jr. in ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,’ giving the sleuthing sequel a $40 million showing and the top spot at the box office this weekend. Another sequel, ‘Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,’ came in second with $23.5 million, followed by ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ the latest [...]

Weekend Box Office: 'Puss In Boots' Claws Its Way to Another First Place Finish

Shauna Wright — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:27:04 +0000

In its second week of release, ‘Puss In Boots,’ the Antonio Banderas-voiced swashbuckling feline from the ‘Shrek’ franchise, pulled in $33 million in milk money to again take the top spot at the box office this weekend. The star-studded caper ‘Tower Heist’ premiered at number two with $25 million in revenues, followed by the three-quel [...]

Weekend Box Office: 'Paranormal Activity 3′ Scares Up First Place

Shauna Wright — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:47:23 +0000

‘Paranormal Activity 3,’ the third installment in the horror film franchise, received a warm welcome at the box office this weekend, earning $54 million and a spot at the top of the charts in its first week of release. Hugh Jackman’s ‘Real Steel’ falls to second place, taking in $11.3 million in its third week, [...]

Weekend Box Office: 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Is Top Banana

Shauna Wright — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:19:47 +0000

Two new films — ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘The Change-Up’ — premiered in the top five in this weekend’s best box-office earners, coming in at number one and number four, respectively.

Last weekend’s top films, ‘The Smurfs’ and ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ moved to the second and third-place slots.

Here’s a recap of all five of this weekend’s best box-office earners.

Weekend Box Office: 'Green Lantern' Dims in Theaters

Andy Scott — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:35:12 +0000

As expected, ‘Green Lantern’ was the number one movie at the box office this weekend, taking in a slightly underwhelming $52.7 million, according to weekend estimates.

That number marks the lowest opening for a superhero movie this summer, behind ‘Thor’ ($66 million) ‘X-Men: First Class’ ($56 million).

Weekend Box Office: 'Hangover Part II' Tops 'Kung Fu Panda 2′

KEAN 105.1 Staff — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:41:16 +0000

The 'Hangover' boys were back for another booze-filled adventure this weekend, and as box office estimates showed, audiences were more than willing to go along for the ride.

The sequel to the 2009 smash comedy took in a whopping $105.8 million over four days, helping to make this weekend the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever at the box office.

Even better for 'Part II,' its $86.0 intake between Friday and Sunday was the highest ever for a comedy, and the second-highest for an R-rated movie, behind only 'The Matrix Reloaded.'