It was a good weekend to be Jessica Chastain, and a bad one to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Despite mixed reviews, the Guillermo del Toro-produced supernatural thriller "Mama" topped the weekend box-office with a $ 28 million haul, raking in almost double its $ 15 million budget from Friday to Sunday. "Mama" star Jessica Chastain saw her other … [Read more...]
“Chainsaw 3D” Tops Box-Office, Gets Sequel?
January 6, 2013 by
Despite bad reviews, "Texas Chainsaw 3D" over performed in the first U.S. weekend box-office results of 2013. The only new wide release this past Friday, the film took the top spot with $ 23 million in three days. Considering the film was made on a budget of under $ 20 million, it comes as no shock that there's already sequel talk. In fact, … [Read more...]
The Biggest Box-Office Hits Of 2012
January 2, 2013 by
With 2012 now closed, the year's box-office winners have been revealed. Domestically, twenty-six films crossed the $ 100 million mark and eleven made it past the $ 200 million mark. On a global scale, three films crossed the billion dollar mark and twelve made it past the half billion total. The Top 20 of each were: Domestic Box-Office For … [Read more...]
“Guardians” Withers, “Pi” Soars At Box-Office
November 26, 2012 by
It is surprising how vulnerable some of these big companies are when their estimates are off by just a few million. While the overall Thanksgiving box-office broke records ($ 290 million over five days) and proved fruitful for holdovers like "Skyfall" and "Breaking Dawn", for the three expensive newcomers it wasn't as rosy a story. The stock … [Read more...]
“Skyfall,” “Lincoln” Soar At The Box-Office
November 11, 2012 by
James Bond's market appeal within the United States is finally catching up with his huge successes overseas. The latest entry in the series, "Skyfall," debuted to a stellar $ 87.8 million U.S. domestic opening weekend (and that's not including $ 2.2 million from IMAX exclusive Thursday night previews). That's over $ 20 million ahead of the … [Read more...]
“Knight,” “Avengers” Hit Box-Office Heights
September 3, 2012 by
Movie attendance was quiet over the Labor Day weekend with supernatural thriller "The Possession" over performing expectations slightly and topping the U.S. domestic box-office with $ 17.7 million. The most interesting stuff however was quietly happening much further down the list. Chris Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" has now slipped past … [Read more...]
“Spider-Man” Box-Office, Trilogy Plans
July 6, 2012 by
"The Amazing Spider-Man" is so far exceeding Sony's earliest expectations for the reboot at the box-office. Opening on July 3rd, the film scored the biggest Tuesday opening of all time with just over $ 35 million. Then yesterday it pulled in an additional $ 23.4 million, the second-highest daily gross for a film playing on July 4th … [Read more...]
The Box-Office Sunk My “Battleship”
May 20, 2012 by
"Marvel's The Avengers" dominated the American box-office for a third weekend in a row, taking in a whopping $ 55.1 million which brings its domestic coffers to $ 457 million and its global tally to $ 1.18 billion. The real question was how would the new competition fare? The news is not good, all three wide-release films opened to … [Read more...]
“Harry Potter DH Part 2” Box-Office Stats
July 16, 2011 by
It's going to be a fascinating weekend at the box-office with the launch of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" so keep checking back here for updates as they happen. Friday Morning Update: The first domestic figures are in with DH2 pulling in $ 43.5 million from 3,800 locations for Thursday midnight screenings alone, easily topping … [Read more...]
