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Transformers Sequel Tops the 2009 Box Office
Everyone has their favorites and disappointments, but when all is said and done, which film topped the charts for 2009, and which didn’t? Domestically, Michael Bay’s transforming robot sequel “Revenge of the Fallen” was...
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Box Office: Avatar Holds Off Sherlock Holmes, Meryl Streep, and Chipmunk Abominations
James Cameron’s “Avatar” is still king of the box office — though just barely. According to studio estimates, the sci-fi actioner that would change the way filmmaking is made for years to come (not...
Read More »Box Office: Avatar is King of the World wth $73 Million Opening
That’s it? Just $73 million? How much did “Titanic” make again? Just kidding. Compared to his last film, any number would have seemed inadequate. “Avatar”, the self-proclaimed king of the world’s first feature-length movie...
Read More »Box Office: Disney’s Frog Princess Reigns Over Weekend
In its third week of release (but first week in wide release), Disney’s first hand-drawn animated movie in five years, “The Princess and the Frog” took the top spot at the box office, knocking...
Read More »Box Office: Sandra Bullock Blind Sides New Moon, Industry Types
Oh stop yer lyin’. Admit it, like the rest of the Hollywood industry types who actually do this for a living, you had no idea Sandra Bullock’s “The Blind Side” would do as well...
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Box Office: New Moon Still High, Bullock Blind Sides Ninja Assassin
Apparently Twilighters aren’t one-trick box office ponies after all. A week after making “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” the third best 3-day opening film of all time (behind only “The Dark Knight” and “Spider-Man...
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Twilight New Moon Shatters Single-Day Record with $72.7 Million
I’d like to say I’m surprised by this, but honestly, I’m not. Not after my niece told me she had bought two tickets to see “Twilight: New Moon” on Friday in back-to-back screenings. Let...
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Twilight New Moon Will be the Biggest Movie in the History of Movies. Nay, in the History of History.
Or perhaps, just the biggest movie of 2009. Either/or. According to the folks at online movie ticket vendor Fandango, advance ticket sales numbers for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has easily beat out every...
Read More »Box Office: Disaster Porn Rules the Planet
Who says there’s no profit in blowing up the world a billion times over? Don’t tell Roland Emmerich that. The German director has blown up, imperiled, or invaded the Planet Earth at least a...
Read More »Box Office: Christmas Tops the Men and Their Precious Fourth Box
Who says you can’t have Christmas in November? Not Jim Carrey and director Robert Zemeckis. The duo’s CG take on the timeless “A Christmas Carol” took the top spot at the box office in...
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Box Office: Michael Jackson Is Sorta It, Boondock Sequel Not so Much
In a week without any other major studio competition, the Michael Jackson concert (rehearsal) movie “This is It” opened with $101 million worldwide, including $32 million in domestic ticket sales over a 5-day period,...
Read More »Box Office: Low-Budget Activity Favored Over Neverending Redundant Sequel
It used to be you could just toss a script together and call it “Saw”, release it on Halloween, and the kids would flock to see it. Well that’s still sort of true, though...
Read More »Box Office: Wild Things Beat Back Citizen, Paranormal Activity Juggernaut Rolls On
Who says it’s all about the kids? The weekend box office proves that adult moviegoers still have some clout, as they flocked to see Spike Jonze’s adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are” to...
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Box Office: Moviegoers Prefer to do it Couples Style
Sure, the trailers looked predictable and you could see the jokes coming a half million miles away, but thanks to the absence of any competition from major studio releases, the Universal Pictures comedy “Couples...
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Box Office: Zombies Whip The Invention of Lying
Chick flick? Romantic comedy? Whatever, it’s all about the zombies. Ruben Fleischer’s “Zombieland” took its end of the world zombie apocalypse to the big screen and it paid off handsomely. The horror-comedy starring Woody...
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Box Office: Everyone Still Loves Meatballs
Never underestimate the power of a family-friendly film. That’s the lesson Hollywood should be learning just about now, as the CG animated movie “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” continues its hold on the...
Read More »Box Office: Moviegoers Prefer Meatballs over the Jennifers, Damon
Maybe it’s the fact that it’s the only kid-friendly film released in the week, but the CG animated movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” rained cash at the box office, taking the top...
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Box Office: More Proof Tyler Perry Can Sell Swampland in Florida
Barely dressed skanky sorority girls, Kate Beckinsale, and post-apocalyptic puppet saviors have nothing on Tyler Perry. The man is so prolific, he has twenty TV shows running at the same time, and as I...
Read More »Box Office: Game off for Gamer, No Extraction for Extract
I feel for the boys Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Their films are almost always unique in style and content, but they rarely get a lot of mainstream love from the moviegoers. Their latest,...
Read More »Box Office: Final Word for Destination, H2 at #3
Who says the audience have had enough of stupid teens getting killed in awesomely groovy ways on the big screen? If that was the case, then “The Final Destination”, the fourth part in the...
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