Why Machete Will Bomb at the Box Office, Why It Could Be a Good Thing and Why You Need to See It

“Machete” won’t go around breaking any financial records, but it’s still worth checking out.

“Machete” won’t go around breaking any financial records, but it’s still worth checking out.

Daniel Stamm’s “The Last Exorcism” cursed away “Takers” at the box office, but just barely.

“The Expendables” shares more love with crowds while shooing away distant competitors.

Sly Stallone’s “The Expendables” and Ryan Murphy’s “Eat Pray Love” win big while Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” finds little affection in this weekend’s box office.

Adam McKay’s “The Other Guys” knocked “Inception” off its three-week #1 perch.

With not much competition, “Inception” burned brightly its third weekend at #1 at the box office.
A decade ago, the international box office barely even registered on the radar of studio executives. Total box office performance came almost entirely from the US box office. To obtain some form of international sales, studios tried to veer audiences toward film plots. Essentially, customers were being lured to products instead of products being tweaked [...]

Even with the release of SALT, Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION stayed hot at the box office.

Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION is a juggernaut in this weekend’s box office.

DESPICABLE ME topped TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE in only the latter’s second weekend out.

TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE exploded on the charts in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office score.

Rather than Grown Ups.

Woody and the gang are official rockstars.

Fearless mercenaries proved no contest to interracial karate kids in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office report.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER topped another lazy weekend at the movies in Nick Ondras’s box office report.

According to Box Office Mojo, “with an estimated 110 million tickets sold, last month was the least-attended May since 2001, and ticket sales were off 19 percent from May 2009 and nearly as much from May 2008 and 2007.” If we look at the big May 2010 film releases we see Iron Man 2, Sex [...]

SHREK FOREVER AFTER blasted away competition in a sleepy holiday weekend in Nick Ondras’s box office report.

Universal’s MACGRUBER failed to barely perform at all, while DreamWorks animated SHREK FOREVER AFTER posted a mediocre opening when closely analyzed in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office report.

Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD sat passenger to Marvel’s epic IRON MAN 2 in Nick Ondras’s box office report.

IRON MAN 2 smashed records while surprising no one in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office report.