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Universal Will Probably Lose $150 Million on Battleship
Taylor Kitsch’s stab at leading man glory is not exactly going as planned. After the actor’s “John Carter” flopped big-time, costing studio Disney about $200 million in losses, it looks like Kitsch’s other big-screen...
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Avengers Sinks Battleship and The Dictator
Three weeks later, and no one has been able to sink Marvel’s “The Avengers” yet. The combined might of Joss Whedon’s superheroes once again led the box office for the third straight week, adding...
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The Avengers Easily Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
In just two weeks (and change) of release, Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” is poised to bust into the prestigious Top 10 in box office earnings. Did I say “bust?” I meant bash their heads...
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The Avengers Actually Made MORE Than we Thought
Well, this is a rare exception. Usually when the studios estimate how much their movie made over the weekend, it’s for the most part less than they thought, since they are usually just taking...
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The Avengers Shatter Box Office Records with $200 Weekend
There was every indication that it would do good business. The type of business that would make even a narcissistic God like Loki proud. Turns out, all the indications were right: in its first...
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The Avengers Opens to $80 Milliion on Friday
If, for some unfathomable reason you were concern that Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” would not meet expectations when it opens this week, you can, uh, stop now. The superhero movie grossed a whopping $80.5...
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The Avengers Cruises to $178 Million Overseas in 5 Days
The Avengers are assembling overseas, and Marvel/Disney are probably smiling big grins right about now. The superhero team-up, the first of its kind on the big screen, has already grossed $178 million in just...
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Hunger Games Feasts for 4th Straight Week
For the fourth straight week, Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games” took the top spot at the domestic box office, adding an extra $21.5 million to its coffers and giving it $337 million so far in...
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Battleship Storms to #1 Overseas
Whatever happens to Peter Berg’s “Battleship” at home, it seems the alien invasion actioner will do just fine overseas. Not a big surprise, as big-budget Hollywood action movies always do better overseas than at...
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Box Office: Hunger Games Easily Holds off American Reunion, Titanic 3D
Apparently there wasn’t all that big of an anticipation for the long-awaited reunion of the “American Pie” kids, now adults, whose reunion on the big screen after 2003′s “American Wedding” gave the film a...
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Hunger Games Easily Holds onto #1 in Week 2
Despite everyone who wanted to see it probably having already seen it during its opening week, Gary Ross’ “The Hunger Games” still took the top spot at the box office in its second week,...
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The Hunger Games Kills with $155 Million
I guess Gary Ross and the boys and girls over at “The Hunger Games” aren’t going hungry anytime soon. The film opened to the tune of a studio estimated $155 million, good enough for...
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Hunger Games on Track for $140-$150 Million Weekend
After a nearly $20 million take in midnight showings alone, and an outstanding $68 million on Friday, Gary Ross’ “The Hunger Games” looks to pull in somewhere around $140 to $150 million for its...
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John Carter Can’t Leap Over The Lorax
Despite a prodigious budget and heavy (and at times all-encompassing) advertising, Disney’s “John Carter” (formerly “of Mars”) couldn’t unseat last week’s #1, the CG animated “The Lorax”. Unfortunately for the Andrew Stanton-directed film, this...
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Kate Beckinsale Whups Gina Carano’s Ass at the Box Office
If you were wondering who would win in a match of tough girls at the box office this weekend (Kate Beckinsale’s vampire versus Gina Carano’s covert operator), you can stop wondering now. Beckinsale won...
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The Devil Gets Inside the Box Office
Apparently there were a lot of little devils at the box office on Friday (and likely, over the weekend as well), with this shocking news that the low-budget horror movie “The Devil Inside” grossed...
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Fast Five Tops List of 2011′s Most Pirated Films
Yet more proof that just cause you know how to illegally download movies on the Interwebs, it doesn’t necessarily mean your taste in movies is any better. Also, just cause kids are downloading movies,...
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2011′s Biggest Box Office Flops
The boys at THR has a list of 2011′s biggest box office flops. Some are pretty obvious (“Mars Needs Mom”, “Sucker Punch”), but others look like they broke even, but when you factor in...
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No Time for In Time or Rum at the Box Office
I don’t do Sunday box office round-ups anymore, mostly because our readers don’t seem to care too much, and it gets a little tedious after a while always talking about business and money and...
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The Three Musketeers Flops, Milla Jovovich is NOT Happy
If approached with the right mindset, Paul W.S. Anderson’s take on Alexandre Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers” can be a fun action-adventure, swashbuckling type of film. It’s certainly goofy enough, with some of the most...
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