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Beowulf Slays the Box Office
To absolutely no one’s surprise, “Beowulf” continued its strong Friday showing by taking the 3-day weekend box office with a combined $28, enough to give it king of the hill status. Other first weekend...
Read More »Beowulf Big at the Box Office
He … is … Beowulf! And he’s taken the Friday box office, clearing $9.7 million after opening wide in 3,153 theaters across the country. The film, which stars motion-captured animated versions of Angelina Jolie,...
Read More »Bee Movie Stings Box Office in Second Week
Talk about something that never happens at the box office — a movie that opened last week at #2 (Jerry Seinfeld’s animated “Bee Movie”) has taken the box office crown in its second week...
Read More »American Gangsters Rule the Box Office
I don’t think it’s a surprise that the Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe crime team-up “American Gangster” took over the box office this weekend, but I think it is surprising that it was so dominant, taking...
Read More »Saw 4 Guts the B.O. Competition with $32.1 Million
In super “Duh” news, the fourth installment of the “Saw” franchise gutted the competition at the box office over the weekend and left their intestines dangling from the screen. Of course the film didn’t...
Read More »Vampires Slay Ben Affleck and Reese Witherspoon at the Box Office
Although it only took in $16 million, a modest take for a $30 million dollar movie, David Slade’s vampire movie “30 Days of Night” still managed to climb to the top of the box...
Read More »Tyler Perry and his Bad Marriage Takes Box Office
I’ve been told that Tyler Perry, the black comedian/actor/director who likes to dress up in drags, has a major following, but damn, I had no idea it was this major. Perry’s latest, the drama/comedy...
Read More »The Rock is Stout at the Box Office, The Seeker Finds Squat
You can’t knock a good Rock down, as the old saying goes. For the second straight week, The Rock’s kiddie comedy “The Game Plan” took the top spot at a very weak box office...
Read More »The Game Plan Takes the Box Office
To absolutely no one’s surprised, the Rock’s stab at kiddie comedy, “The Game Plan” took the box office in its opening weekend with $22 million. If you didn’t think this would happen, you haven’t...
Read More »Zombies Rule the Box Office
Who would have thunk it? Zombies have finally made a return to the top of the box office, with “Resident Evil: Extinction”, the third entry in the videogame-turned-movie franchise taking the top spot with...
Read More »Jodie Foster is Number One at the Box Office with a Bullet
Jodie Foster’s “The Brave One” opened in first place at the box office over the weekend, taking in $14 million and dropping last week’s Western, “3:10 to Yuma” to second place with $9 million...
Read More »3:10 to Yuma Barely Corrals the Box Office
The American moviegoing public likes Westerns — or at least, they like it enough to make the Christian Bale/Russell Crowe Western “3:10 to Yuma” #1 at the box office over the weekend, but they...
Read More »Rob Zombie’s Halloween Sets Labor Day Record
It appears people WERE ready for Rob Zombie to remake John Carpenter’s seminal slasher movie “Halloween” after all, if the remake’s box office take over the Labor Day weekend is any indication. According to...
Read More »Superbad is Good at the Box Office … Again
You can’t keep horny kids down is the lesson of the day — or make that, the last two weeks, as the Judd Apatow-produced “Superbad”, a High School comedy about three horny best friends,...
Read More »Superbad is Good at the Box Office
To no one’s surprise, the Judd Apatow-produced high school sex comedy “Superbad” took the top spot at the U.S. box office over the weekend. The film, about three geeky friends who conspires to get...
Read More »Rush Hour 3 Runs Over the Box Office
In not really surprising news, America was bonkers for the cliched comedy and predictable chuckles of “Rush Hour 3″. The third installment in the never-say-die franchise starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan as diametrically...
Read More »Donnie Yen’s Flash Point Scores Big in China
Mainland China can’t handle Chris Tucker’s big mouth and Jackie Chan’s, um, aging action comedian via “Rush Hour 3″, but they have plenty of room for Donnie Yen and his latest crime actioner, “Flash...
Read More »The Bourne Ultimatum Assassinates the Competition
Holy mother of God. “The Bourne Ultimatum” didn’t just take the top spot at the U.S. box office over the weekend, but it ASSASSINATED its closest competition by taking in a whopping $70.2 million...
Read More »D-War is a Hit at the Korean Box Office
Well call me Aunt Sally and slap me silly. Looks like my anticipated bombing of Hyung-rae Shim’s much-anticipated, long-delayed, and high-priced “D-War” (or as it’ll become known in the States, “Dragon Wars”) has proven...
Read More »Yellow Simpsons Collect Green Bucks at the Box Office
Well color me yellow with shock! The first weekend of “The Simpsons” opened to rave reviews (88% positive at Rotten Tomatoes) and did likewise at the box office, pulling in a very impressive $71...
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