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 an impressive $24 in its weekend debut. So what did everyone else who didn’t want...

September 23rd, 2007 | 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 in its second week, for a total of $28 million in two weeks. Still very weak...

September 17th, 2007 | 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 didn’t love it enough to send it to the top spot with more than $14.1 million. Lionsgate...

September 9th, 2007 | 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 Variety, “Halloween” debuted with an impressive $26.5 million...

September 3rd, 2007 | 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, took the top spot at the box office for the second straight week. In their second outing, the...

August 26th, 2007 | 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 laid in their final year of high school, took in $31.2 million in its opening week, knocking...

August 19th, 2007 | 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 opposed cops (he’s tough and serious, the other guy has a...

August 13th, 2007 | 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 Point”. The Wilson Yip-directed cops-and-triad flick (wait,...

August 8th, 2007 | 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 in its first week of release. Now if you told me “Ultimatum” would do that...

August 6th, 2007 | 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 false, as the film is cleaning up the box office...

August 6th, 2007 | 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 million in its first weekend, over $30 million more than was anticipated by industry experts....

July 29th, 2007 | Read More

America Loves Faux Gay Comedies, Harry Potter

Despite just brutal reviews from the mainstream press, Adam Sandler and Kevin James’ “I Now Pronounced You Chuck and Larry” took #1 at the box office over the weekend, scamming $34.8 million from the movie going populace. The film, about two straight firefighters who try to scam insurance...

July 23rd, 2007 | Read More

In Not Really Unexpected News: Harry Spellbounds the Box Office

To no one’s surprised, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, the fifth installment in the seven installment series, took an impressive $77.4 million in its debut to lead the weekend box office. Add $190.3 million in box office from 44 other countries, and Harry is looking pretty...

July 15th, 2007 | Read More

Transformers Crushes Competition with $67 Million

Another week, another group of feckless movies gets crushed under the heels of the mighty transformin’ robots. Industry estimates has Michael Bay’s “Transformers” (read our review here) raking in $67 million over the weekend, for a total take (so far) of $152.6 million. That was...

July 8th, 2007 | Read More

Transformers Clean Up in First Full Day of Release

To absolutely no one’s surprise, especially geeks like myself, The Bay’s “Transformers” cleaned up in its first full day of release (Tuesday) with an estimated $27.4 million in box office receipts. Add in the $8.8 million from late-night/midnight screenings on Monday, and “Transformers”...

July 5th, 2007 | Read More

Evan Almighty Tops Weak U.S. Box Office

I’m really not sure why everyone expected so much from the Steve Carrell comedy “Evan Almighty”, the sorta sequel to the Jim Carrey laugher “Bruce Almighty”, about an Everyman who is given Godlike powers by a (black) God played by Morgan Freeman (in both films). For the...

June 25th, 2007 | Read More

Fantastic Four 2 Surfs to Top of Box Office

The most interesting thing about news that the “Fantastic Four” sequel topped the weekend box office isn’t that it did so, but how many variations people can write the headline saying so, and NOT use the word “surf” in it. At last count? NONE. In any case, “Fantastic...

June 18th, 2007 | Read More

In Not Really Unexpected News: Pirates 3 Takes the Box office

If you didn’t expect this to happen, you really shouldn’t be allowed to drive a car, because your decision making ability is horribly impaired. To no one’s surprise, “Pirates at the Caribbean: At World’s End” took the box office over the weekend with $112.5 million...

May 27th, 2007 | Read More