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Box Office: The Help Cleans Up For Third Straight Week
People love Emma Stone. Either that, or chicks love feel-good movies, and they like to tel their friends all about it. Whatever the reason, Dreamworks’ “The Help” has maintained its hold over another lackluster...
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Box Office: The Help Fends Off Colombiana’s Dark but Idiotic Brother
Who knew period drama “The Help” would have such strong legs? Even Hurricane Irene couldn’t keep the supposedly “inspiration” chick flick from taking top spot at the box office once again. If anyone tells...
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Box Office: The Help Slays Conan, Vampires, Apes, and Spy Kids
It is, indeed, the summer of Emma Stone. You’d be hardpressed to know who the little lady was a few years ago, then “Zomibeland” hit, followed by another surprise hit, “Easy A” (a film...
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Box Office: The Apes Continue to Rise. Just Barely.
You can’t stop the rising of the apes. That’s right, Emma Stone, even your period, inspirational drama “The Help” featuring your cute, adorable self couldn’t unseat Caesar and his brood of revolutionary primates. In...
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Box Office: It’s The Apes’ Planet, We Just Live In It
The apes rose over the weekend, and lots of people paid for the privilege of seeing mankind take its first fall down the evolutionary ladder, with Rupert Wyatt’s “Rise of the Planet of the...
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Transformers 3, Harry Potter 8, and Pirates 4 Crosses the $1 Billion Mark
Sequels, sequels, sequels. What are they good for? Oh right, crossing the $1 billion dollar mark, that’s what. In 2011 alone, three films — all sequels — have joined the once-exclusive $1 billion dollar...
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Box Office: Holy Smurf! Cowboys and Aliens Got Smurfed This Weekend
Hate to say it, but I kind of saw this coming. Jon Favreau is an excellent director, and in theory the genre mashup that is “Cowboys and Aliens” should be a great idea, but...
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Box Office: Captain America Saves the World with $65 Milion
It’s good to represent Old Glory. Marvel’s second film of 2011 didn’t let the company down, as “Captain America: The First Avenger” topped Matthew Vaughn’s $55 million opening and, depending on the film’s final...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Has the Biggest Opening of All Time
So I guess this means you kids are really, really, REALLY going to miss Harry Potter and the gang after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ wraps up its run in theaters...
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Box Office: Transformers Second Weekend Not so Horrible
It’s downright great, in fact. In its second week, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” remains king of the box office, earning another stellar $47 million according to studio estimates, easily besting new releases “Horrible...
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Box Office: Transformers Moons The World for $372 Million
Don’t tell Michael Bay and Paramount that audiences are not feeling “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”. In just its first week of release, the third installment in the transforming robot franchise has collected a...
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Box Office: Cars 2 and Bad Teacher Take Top Spots
There’s no doubt about it — bad reviews did Martin Campbell’s “Green Lantern” in. Now in its second week, the big-budget superhero movie has only taken in $118 million worldwide, and $89 million domestic....
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Box Office: Green Lantern #1, Rivals Not Green with Envy
Go figure. Apparently bad reviews really can damage a Summer movie’s prospects. With an ouch-worthy 25% freshness rating over at Rotten Tomatoes (from 170 reviews), Warner Bros.’ “Green Lantern” looks like it’s going to...
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Box Office: Super 8 Does Pretty Super Numbers
Hey, Hollywood, guess what? Not giving away the kitchen sink in the trailers actually works! Or at least, that’s the lesson we’ve learned this weekend after J.J. Abrams’ secretive sci-fi movie “Super 8″ took...
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Box Office: X-Men First Class Gets Passing Grade, But Doesn’t Excel
Despite arriving in theaters with a tidal wave of positive press and geek reviews, Matthew Vaughn’s “X-Men: First Class” barely beat Bryan Singer’s 2000 “X-Men”, the very first in the franchise, in terms of...
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Box Office: Pirates 4 Finds Booty. Lots and Lots of Booty.
Hear that? That’s the sound of Disney backing up a Brink truck to Johnny Depp’s house to beg him to do another (or two or three) “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. According to studio...
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Thor Continues Reign Over Box Office for 2nd Straight Week
Being the God of Thunder has its privileges. For the second straight week, Marvel Studios’ “Thor” continues its assault on the box office, grabbing another estimated $34.5 million in its second week, giving it...
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Thor is God of the Box Office with $66 Million Opening Weekend
Can you say, “Thor 2″? Films don’t open with an estimated $66 million take in its debut weekend and not get the smarty pants at the studios immediately wagging their tongues about a sequel...
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Fast Five Zooms to the Very Top of the Box Office with $80+ Million Opening Weekend
Final numbers will come out on Monday, but I think it’s safe to say that Justin Lin’s “Fast Five”, the fifth entry in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, will easily take the top spot...
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Insidious Lives up to Its Name, Crosses $50 Million in Total Box Office … For Now
I’ve heard nothing but really good things about James Wan’s “Insidious”, and it was always my intention to catch it in theaters as soon as I could, but for various reasons (laziness, an inability...
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