Weekend Box Office

Weekend Box-Office: June 1-3, 2012

Posted 14 years ago

Snow White is the fairest! Sometimes fairy tales do come true, so if Kristen Stewart wished for a success beyond the TWILIGHT series, it seems she got it with SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Commercial director Rupert Sanders’ grim vision...

Weekend Box-Office: May 25-28, 2012

Posted 14 years ago

Men in Black are (modestly) back! (NOTE: Box office estimates are for 4-day holiday weekend) After a decade since their last planet-saving mission, eerily ageless megastar Will Smith and a seemingly unenthusiastic Tommy Lee Jones reunited for MEN IN BLACK...

Weekend Box-Office: May 18-20, 2012

Posted 14 years ago

Battleship behind Avengers! As the SHIELD helicarrier again takes Marvel’s heroes (including Scarlett’s backside there) from the ocean into the clouds, the costly new board game adaptation BATTLESHIP is taking on water. For the third week in a row, THE...

Weekend Box-Office: April 6-8, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

Still got the Hunger for cash! As many Americans celebrate Easter by consuming chocolate objects, marshmallow critters and cooked animal parts, Katniss Everdeen spent the weekend slaughtering her way to the top of the box office for the third week...

Weekend Box-Office: March 30-April 1, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

Everyone’s watching the Games! For the second week, Panem’s telegenic post-apocalyptic survivor Katniss Everdeen is the deathmatch winner as THE HUNGER GAMES tops the chart with another $61.1 million! That might be an almost 60% drop from its gargantuan $152M...

Weekend Box-Office: March 23-25, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

The Hunger Games has a feast! And the winner of the games and current box office champ — from District 12, the Girl on Fire, Katniss Everdeen! There was certainly an expectation that THE HUNGER GAMES could be the next...

Weekend Box-Office: March 16-18, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

Everybody jumps for 21 Jump Street! Updates of 80s material don’t always turn out for the best (witness the recent $25M summer opening for THE A-TEAM movie), and swapping out Johnny Depp with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum for a...

Weekend Box-Office: March 9-11, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

Sorry Mr. Carter, the Lorax still has it! An orange creature held more appeal than a red planet this weekend as Dr. Seuss’ tree-lover THE LORAX took the top prize with $39.1 million, holding Disney’s colossal sci-fi epic JOHN CARTER...

Weekend Box-Office: January 27-29, 2012

Posted 15 years ago

The Grey gets the green! A movie about people stranded in freezing weather may not seem like appealing escapism during the chilly month of January, but a chance to watch Liam Neeson battle voracious wolves in the Alaskan wilds was...

Weekend Box-Office: January 20-22, 2012

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Underworld: Awakening kills the competition! Kate Beckinsale was back in body-hugging leather this weekend, and she was packing enough ammo to slaughter all comers as UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING opened at the top of the box office. The fourth in the vampires-vs.-werewolves...

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