Box Office

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]