Box Office

November 16th, 2009 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

“New Moon” Breaks Advance Ticket Sale Record

Do you have your ticket yet?
ComingSoon says that “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has broken online ticket seller Fandango’s record for advance sales. Whoever bought a ticket around 8:00 on Saturday night (no word on whether that was am or pm) pushed the movie over the top, so congratulations, anonymous ticket buyer. Oh, and ”New Moon” still has […]

November 16th, 2009 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Weekend Box Office: Disaster Strikes! Audiences Flock to “2012″

The many peoples of the world are united in their love of CGI destruction. 
And the numbers (thank you BoxOfficeMojo):
1. 2012 $65,000,000
2. A Christmas Carol $22,325,000
3. The Men Who Stare At Goats $6,200,000
4. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire $6,090,000
5. This Is It $5,100,000
I didn’t need to wait for the box office results to […]

November 9th, 2009 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Weekend Box Office: We Need A Little “Christmas”

I think we can all agree with Scrooge that early November is no time for Christmas movies. 
And the numbers (courtesy of Variety):
1. Disney’s A Christmas Carol $31,000,000
2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It $14,000,000
3. The Men Who Stare At Goats $13,309,000
4. The Fourth Kind $12,521,285
5. Paranormal Activity $8,600,000
You know, Variety says that “A Christmas Carol,” though it won […]

November 2nd, 2009 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Weekend Box Office: Audiences Agree “This Is It” Is It

US audiences liked “This Is It,” but worldwide audiences loooooooooved it. 
And the numbers (courtesy of Variety):
1. This Is It $21,300,000
2. Paranormal Activity $16,540,000
3. Law-Abiding Citizen $7,303,000
4. Couples Retreat $6,097,390
5. Saw VI $5,560,000
“This Is It” finished a solid number one in the US, but worldwide it took in a more impressive $101 million. Unsurprisingly, Sony is extending […]

August 10th, 2009 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Weekend Box Office: “GI Joe” Destroys Enemy Critics

“Critics? We don’t need no stinkin’ critics!” 
First, the numbers (courtesy of Variety):

GI Joe $56,200,000
Julie & Julia $20,100,000
G-Force $9,804,000
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince $8,880,000
Funny People $7,865,920

“GI Joe’s” producers win the “Know Your Audience” award, Part A, for understanding that screening the movie for critics wouldn’t have any benefit for the film; to be honest, a raft of bad reviews […]

May 9th, 2009 - Written by Dave Parrack

‘Star Trek’ Opening Day Box Office

To suggest the new Star Trek movie is make-or-break for the franchise probably isn’t too far-fetched. With no television series to fall back on, it seems clear to me that if the J.J. Abrams-reboot had failed to set the world alight, the franchise may truly have been dead and buried. Thankfully, that seems not to […]

November 23rd, 2008 - Written by Dave Parrack

‘Twilight’ Reviews and Opening Day

Anyone not currently living under a rock would have been well aware of a certain movie being released this weekend. Twilight, a movie based on the first book in a series by Stephenie Meyer has debuted in America, much to the relief and joy of teenage girls everywhere.
The books are huge, with many millions of […]

July 30th, 2008 - Written by Dave Parrack

Can ‘The Dark Knight’ Overtake ‘Titanic’ As Biggest Box Office Movie?

Titanic is currently the biggest grossing film of all time at the US box office. After a fabulously long run of being in the cinema for nine months, with 15 weeks at number one, the James Cameron directed film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio made $600.8 million.
Now we have The Dark Knight, the new […]

January 28th, 2008 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Weekend Box Office: Brains Take a Holiday

Look who’s right behind you, Spartans…
Okay. December was filled with all those thoughtful, deep-thinking, awards grubbing type movies. Then there were big, expensive, star-powered action adventure movies like I Am Legend and National Treasure 2. You can’t go anywhere without being assaulted by some kind of presidential campaign news. The economy’s tanking. And this was […]

January 14th, 2008 - Written by Kirsten Anderson

Desperate Audiences: Bucket List Tops Weekend Box Office

Freeman and Nicholson do their odd couple on one last party thing.
Now that everyone’s seen National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets and I Am Legend, audiences were left with The Bucket List as one of the weekend’s few new offerings.
The oh-those-crazy-seniors comedy appeared to have edged First Sunday for the number 1 slot, taking in […]

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