‘Machete’ beats ‘American’ by a sliver Friday
Posted On 04 Sep 2010 By Happiness.
Fox's crime actioner "Machete" grabbed early Labor Day weekend bragging rights, carving out an estimated $3.9 million in domestic boxoffice on Friday, its first day of release.
But Focus Features' George Clooney starrer "The American" was close behind at the start of the holiday-stretched weekend – the summer box office season's ... Read More
“Karate Kid” crunches “A-Team” at box office
Posted On 14 Jun 2010 By Happiness.
The actor's 11-year-old son, Jaden, kicked his way to the top of the North American box office on Sunday in a remake of "The Karate Kid," one of two new films cashing in on 1980s nostalgia.
Columbia Pictures' "The Karate Kid" earned an estimated $56 million during its first three days, ... Read More
“Alice” to Cross $1 Billion at Global Box Office
Posted On 26 May 2010 By Happiness.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Alice in Wonderland" on Thursday will become the sixth movie to cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
Tim Burton's adventure fantasy, which recently came out on home video but continues to play in theaters, has rung up more than $332 million domestically and $667 ... Read More
’2012′ Breaks Chinese Box Office Record
Posted On 28 Dec 2009 By Happiness.
BEIJING -- Disaster pic "2012" has shot past "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" to become the top movie hit of all time in China as the country's B.O. looks set to record growth of 40% this year.
By Thursday, "2012" had taken 460 million yuan ($67.3 million), the state film body ... Read More
‘New Moon’ narrowly misses ‘Blind Side’ hit
Posted On 30 Nov 2009 By Happiness.
Asssociate Press - Vampires and werewolves continued to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
Summit Entertainment’s “Twilight” sequel remained No. 1 over what proved a record Thanksgiving weekend for Hollywood. But “New Moon” was nearly blind-sided for the top spot by ... Read More
New Moon Slides to #2… Then Back up to #1 This Weekend!
Posted On 28 Nov 2009 By Happiness.
Audiences looking for a feel-good family movie this Thanksgiving flocked to see Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, which jumped to the number one spot with $9.5 million, according to Variety.
That was enough to push Twilight: New Moon to second place, where it made $9.2 million for the day. But ... Read More
‘New Moon’ Smashes Box Office
Posted On 23 Nov 2009 By Lucy Caczan.
If Summit Entertainment was a person, this person would be grinning from ear to ear about New Moon's box office this past weekend.
The second installment of The Twilight Saga posted the third-largest opening in dosmetic box-office history: US$140.7 million worth of tickets in the US and Canada from Friday, November ... Read More
Top 5 at the Box Office
Posted On 18 Feb 2009 By Lucy Caczan.
The week started with some horror at the top. Take a look:
1. Friday the 13th – US$43,6M over the weekend. See trailer here.
2 . He’s Just Not That Into You dropped to second – US$22,3M over the weekend. See trailer here.
3. Taken - US$21,8M over the weekend. See trailer ... Read More
Top 5 at the Box Office
Posted On 09 Feb 2009 By Lucy Caczan.
This Week, He's Just Not That Into You, starring Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, among others, tops the box office:
He's Just Not That Into You - US$27,5M over the weekend. See trailer here.
Taken - US$20,3M over the weekend. See trailer here.
Coraline - US$16,3M over the weekend. See trailer here.
The Pink Panther ... Read More
Mall Cop Crushes Gangster & Dirty Harry!
Posted On 18 Jan 2009 By Happiness.
Only in the box office numbers would "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" ever take over the #1 spot from last weeks "Gran Torino" starring the original bad ass cop Clint Eastwood and gangster biopic Notorious about the life of Biggie Smalls... Here are the official numbers by imdb.com
USA Weekend Box-Office Summary
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