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Box Office: Greed is Good Again, Owls Ga’Hoole in 2nd Place
If you’re Oliver Stone, not-so closeted pinko commie wannabe, capitalist greed has been very good indeed. “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, Stone’s sequel to his ’80s hit, topped the box office with an estimated...
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Box Office: Ben Affleck Goes to Town on the Devil, Prostituting Teen
He’s often been derided as an actor, but Ben Affleck the Director seems to have gained a nice footing with his latest feature, the crime flick “The Town”, which blasted away the competition at...
Read More »Box Office: 3D Evil Takes the Weekend
With only Casey Affleck’s faux Joaquin Phoenix documentary “I’m Still Here” opening against it, Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Resident Evil: Afterlife” saw little resistance as the fourth entry in the never-say-die zombie franchise took first...
Read More »Box Office: The American Takes Down the Pissed Off Mexican
He’s mad as hell and he’s not gonna take it anymore. In fact, he’s probably gonna slice you up real good, gringo, but not good enough to take down George Clooney and “The American”,...
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Box Office: Last Exorcism and Takers Battle for First Place
Update: Predicatably, “Takers” overtook (ahem) “The Last Exorcism” by about $200,000 after final numbers were in. —–Original Post Below—– How long before we get “The Last Exorcism 2: We Didn’t Actually Mean The First...
Read More »Toy Story 3 Crosses the $1 Billion Dollar Mark
Because I know you guys just love stories about how movie studios are making even more money, here’s Disney bragging about “Toy Story 3″ finally passing that much-desired $1 billion dollar mark. Two weeks...
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Box Office: The Expendables Hold off Piranhas, Sucky Vampires and Jennifer Aniston Romcom
Despite having five new studio entries opening in the same weekend against it (or perhaps because of it?), Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” proved its mettle for the second straight week by taking the top...
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Box Office: Scott Pilgrim Proves to be Expendable, Julia Roberts Survives
Even Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s adorable-dangerous-approaching-uber-hotness couldn’t save Scott Pilgrim and the boys from getting blown up by the overwhelming testosterone of “The Expendables” and then later, getting squashed by the flood of estrogen from...
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Expendables Poised to Blow up Weekend Box Office
Godawful editing aside, Stallone’s “The Expendables” was nevertheless a pretty damn good time at the theaters. How could you not feel like a school boy in a candy store while watching the film? I...
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Box Office: The Other Guys Top the Inception Guys
Looks like dream time is over for Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”. In its fourth week of release, the dream movie was finally knocked down to second place, making space for Adam McKay’s “The Other Guys”,...
Read More »Box Office: No Schmucks Are Gonna Beat Out Inception for #1
Christopher Nolan continues to prove his box office clout by retaining the top spot at the box office for three straight weeks, just barely nudging out newcomer comedy “Dinner for Schmucks” for #1. The...
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Box Office: Nolan’s Inception Proves Too Salty for Angelina Jolie
Call it the power of word of mouth. In its second week, Christopher Nolan’s mind-blowing “Inception” has retained the top spot at the box office, no doubt thanks to all the positive buzz from...
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Box Office: Nolan’s Inception Dreams Up $60 Million Weekend
Warner Bros. can dream a little easier tonight: Christopher Nolan’s very expensive dabble in dream moviemaking has earned them the top spot at the box office with a $60 million take over the weekend,...
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Box Office: Despicable Twilight Predators do Battle
Never underestimate the power of cute kids and yellow, bean-shaped minions. It’s good to be despicable this week, with Steve Carell’s “Despicable Me” taking the top spot at the box office without much of...
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Box Office: Twilight Eclipses the Last Airbender
No real surprise here: “Eclipse”, David Slade’s contribution to Summit Entertainment’s juggernaut “Twilight” franchise came in first at the box office over the weekend with $69 million, and $161 million since it opened on...
Read More »Box Office: Grown Ups and Their Toy Stories
The critical consensus is that “Grown Ups” was so unfunny, it’s almost criminal to call it a “comedy”. Of course, that didn’t stop the film from doing pretty good business in its opening week....
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Box Office: Toy Story 3 Outdraws Jonah Hex
A shocker at the box office this weekend, as Pixar’s much-hyped “Toy Story 3″ just barely managed to edge out “Jonah Hex” for the weekend crown. Aw, I’m just messin’ with ya. “Toy Story...
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Box Office: The Karate Kid High Kicks The A-Team on Their Ass
In this weekend’s Battle of ’80s Nostalgia, it wasn’t much of a competition — the Karate Kid, as he did with the Cobra Kai three decades earlier, crane kicked the living shit out of...
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Box Office: Shrek Eludes Killers and Bashes Greeks
Say what you will about the big ugly green ogre, but he sure has staying power. Of course, it probably doesn’t hurt that he’s going up against some weak cheese. In its third week...
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Box Office: Shrek Decks Persian Sex
If nothing else, “Sex and the City 2″ proves that as long as you do it under the guise of “grrl power”, you can get away with pretty much anything, even a movie that...
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