November 12th – 14th Weekend Box Office: Aliens and Trains and Morning Talk Shows
DreamWorks’ “Megamind” made another $30.1 million while “Unstoppable” was a repeat start for director Tony Scott at the box office.
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November 5th – 7th Weekend Box Office: Megamind Shows Real Sign of Pushing, Due Date Love-Drunk
“Megamind” won big with “Due Date” and “For Colored Girls”, respectively, trailing it; elsewhere, Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” and Doug Liman’s “Fair Game” at the box office.
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October 29th – 31st Weekend Box Office: Another Halloween of Holes for Saw
“Saw 3D” snuggled nicely into the series’ niche while “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” hit a franchise high at the box office.
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October 22nd – 24th Weekend Box Office: Want Money? Pick a Slow Weekend. Make a Sequel.
“Paranormal Activity 2″ dominated the weekend at the box office.
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Not Such Jackasses After All
$50 million dollars!!! That’s a lot of money. So what made that? The new Tom Cruise movie? Angelina Jolie doing her horrible accent again? Maybe something with one of Will Smith’s kids? Nope. Jackass 3-D. So why did a bunch of idiots doing stupid things to themselves make so much money at the box office? [...]
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October 15th – 17th Weekend Box Office: Jackass Busts Balls, Brings Big Money
Paramount’s “Jackass 3D” exploded with $50 million while “Red” took a quiet second place in comparison at the weekend box office.
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October 8th – 11th Weekend Box Office: Three Geeks and a Baby, Less a Horse
David Fincher’s “The Social Network” barely inched past rom-com “Life as We Know It” over the holiday weekend at the box office.
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October 1st – 3rd Weekend Box Office: Social Networking Not for the Paranormal, But Audiences Dig It
David Fincher’s “The Social Network” kicked off its run at #1 while “Let Me In” and “Case 39″ weren’t so successful at the box office.
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September 24th – 26th Weekend Box Office: Wall Street Wins Weekend (For Once)
Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” took $19 million its debut weekend.
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September 17th – 19th Weekend Box Office: The Town Registers With Locals Nationwide
Ben Affleck’s “The Town” topped the weekend charts while “Easy A” struck a chord with the kids at the box office.
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September 10th – 12th Weekend Box Office: Resident Evil: Afterlife Wins Weekend, Weekend Pretty Crapped Out Itself
Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Resident Evil: Afterlife” won the weekend with ease at the box office.
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September 3rd – 6th Weekend Box Office: The American Out-Americans Machete
George Clooney’s “The American” managed to beat out Danny Trejo’s “Machete” at the box office.
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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.
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August 27th – 29th Weekend Box Office: Last Exorcism, Takers Cap Summer Off Nicely
Daniel Stamm’s “The Last Exorcism” cursed away “Takers” at the box office, but just barely.
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August 20th – 22nd Weekend Box Office: The Expendables Uses Sleeper on Top; Vampires Suck, Piranha 3D Left to Die
“The Expendables” shares more love with crowds while shooing away distant competitors.
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August 13th – 15th Weekend Box Office: ‘80s Bonanza Crash Novel Hipsters
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.
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August 6th – 8th Weekend Box Office: ‘Other Guys’ Overshadow ‘Inception’; ‘Middle Men’ Met Halfway
Adam McKay’s “The Other Guys” knocked “Inception” off its three-week #1 perch.
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July 30th – August 1st Weekend Box Office: ‘Schmucks’ No ‘Inception’
With not much competition, “Inception” burned brightly its third weekend at #1 at the box office.
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The Rise of International 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 [...]
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July 23rd – 25th Weekend Box Office: ‘Inception’ Main Ingredient Among Moviegoers
Even with the release of SALT, Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION stayed hot at the box office.
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July 16th – 18th Weekend Box Office: ‘Inception’ is Lit; ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Burns
Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION is a juggernaut in this weekend’s box office.
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July 9th – 11th Weekend Box Office: ‘Despicable’ Deprecation all Around
DESPICABLE ME topped TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE in only the latter’s second weekend out.
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July 2nd – 4th Weekend Box Office: Just a Couple of Guys Aimed at Girls
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE exploded on the charts in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office score.
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June 25th – 27th Weekend Box Office: ‘Toy Story’ Grows Up
Rather than Grown Ups.
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June 18th – 20th Weekend Box Office: ‘Toy Story 3’ rides like the Wind
Woody and the gang are official rockstars.
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June 11th – 13th Weekend Box Office: Kung Fu Kids Kick Aside Mushroom Clouds
Fearless mercenaries proved no contest to interracial karate kids in Nick Ondras’s weekend box office report.
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June 4th – 6th Weekend Box Office: ‘Shrek’ Makes another Pass; No ‘Hangover’ for ‘Greek’, ‘Splice’
SHREK FOREVER AFTER topped another lazy weekend at the movies in Nick Ondras’s box office report.
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Box Office Disappoints in May 2010
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 [...]
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May 28th – 31st Weekend Box Office: ‘Shrek’ Picks Up ‘Sex’ and ‘Persia’ Sloppy Seconds
SHREK FOREVER AFTER blasted away competition in a sleepy holiday weekend in Nick Ondras’s box office report.
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May 21st-23rd Weekend Box Office: Shrek’s Final Chapter Slips between the Cracks; ‘MacGruber’ Gets Lost
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.
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