Taken Abducts the Box Office

It’s Liam Neeson in a movie you wouldn’t necessarily expect the long, angular Irishman to be fronting: an action-thriller about an ex-CIA spy who must come out of retirement when white slavers abduct his teenage daughter while she’s in Paris with a slutty friend. Neeson hops on a plan...

February 2nd, 2009 | Read More

Box Office: America Loves Their Fatties

If there’s one thing American moviegoers love, it’s fat jokes, which may explain why “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” has taken the top spot two weeks in a role. Sure, the Kevin James comedy barely beat out the debut of the third “Underworld” movie over the weekend, but a beating...

January 26th, 2009 | Read More

Bond Has no Need of Solace at the Box Office

The bad guys sure didn’t like Bond when he was pissed off in “Quantum of Solace”, but moviegoers sure did. A lot. They flooded the theaters this weekend, making Bond’s latest outing “Quantum of Solace” the highest opening for a Bond movie of all time with $70.4 million,...

November 17th, 2008 | Read More

Box Office Still Dark and Knighty

Four weeks later, and no one has managed to knock “The Dark Knight” off its #1 perch. The Christopher Nolan comic book movie retained the top spot for the fourth consecutive week with an estimated $26 million dollar take, for a 4-week total of $442 million domestically. Of course, the fact...

August 10th, 2008 | Read More

Box Office: Moviegoers Still Believe in The Dark Knight, Not so Much X-Files

There are good news and bad news for Warner Bros. regarding their movie, the Christopher Nolan film “The Dark Knight”. The bad news is that the film dropped over 52% in its second week of release; the good news is that, after making north of $150 million in its first week, a 52% drop still...

July 27th, 2008 | Read More

Box Office: The Dark Knight Weekend Take $155.3 million

Okay, so $155.3 million is about $45 million less than my grand prediction of $200 million or more, but it’s still a lot. It easily makes “The Dark Knight” the biggest opener in 2008, easily beating out “Iron Man’s” $100 million and change debut. The weekend tally...

July 20th, 2008 | Read More

Weekend Box Office: WALL-E First, Jolie Close

As expected by pretty much everyone who has heard of the name Pixar before, the animated company’s “WALL-E” met and exceeded expectations in its debut weekend, taking in an estimated $62.5 million, good enough for the story about a junk robot who meets a more high-tech version on a...

June 29th, 2008 | Read More

Dr. Seuss and Tyler Perry Tops at Box Office

You can’t keep a good CGI elephant down. For the second straight week, the Jim Carrey-voiced “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who” was tops at the U.S. box office, taking in $25 million in its second week of release, for a total of $86 million in just two weeks. And proving that Tyler...

March 23rd, 2008 | Read More

Hannah Montana Juggernaut Dominates the Box Office

Holy Mother of God. I’ve actually seen the Hannah Montana TV show because my nieces and nephews can’t get enough of it, but I didn’t know it had such wide appeal with the rest of America’s children. But apparently it does, because with just a measly 683 screens to work with, the...

February 4th, 2008 | Read More

National Treasure 2 Dominates Christmas Box Office

For the second straight week, the Nicolas Cage sequel “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” reign supreme over the U.S. box office, pulling in an additional $35 million in its second week for a total take of $124 million in two weeks of release. The other big surprise is “Alvin and...

January 1st, 2008 | Read More

Top 10 Hollywood Box Office Hits of 2007

Yahoo! Movies has a list of the top ten movies that made major bank at the U.S. box office in the year 2007. To no one’s surprise, “Spider-Man 3″ nailed the #1 spot with a $336 million dollar take, followed closely by “Shrek 3″ with $321 million. My personal favorite movie...

December 26th, 2007 | Read More

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 openers performed reasonably well, with the Natalie Portman children’s movie...

November 18th, 2007 | 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, Ray Wise, and Robin Wright Penn, is scheduled to do pretty well over its...

November 18th, 2007 | 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 of release, beating out “American Gangster”, which had taken the top spot when...

November 11th, 2007 | 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 in a whopping $46.3 million in its weekend debut. Coming in second place...

November 4th, 2007 | 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 have any real competition this weekend, with only the Steve Carrel dramedy...

October 28th, 2007 | 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 office over the weekend, leaving behind the vanquished corpses of Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone”,...

October 21st, 2007 | 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 “Why Did I Get Married?”, took the box office in its debut week with an impressive...

October 14th, 2007 | 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 (I guess people just didn’t feel like going to the movies this weekend), claiming $16 million for...

October 7th, 2007 | 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 been paying attention. In Hollywood, putting an actor known for his tough...

September 30th, 2007 | Read More