In another photo-finish weekend, Think Like A Man Too narrowly edged out another sequel, 22 Jump Street for the win. Finishing in first place is another impressive accomplishment for comedian Kevin Hart, after the success of Ride Along earlier this year. Think Like A Man Too pulled in $30 million in its first weekend in theaters. […]
Box Office Report – Maleficent Puts the Competition to Sleep
Maleficent took the number one spot over the past weekend garnering an estimated $70 million dollar in its opening weekend. It knocked last weekend’s champ, X-Men: Days of the Future Past into second place with about $32.6 million in it’s second week of release. This is a huge drop from the first weekend of over […]
Box Office Report – The Future is Now for X-Men
X-Men: Days of Future Past is a success with fans, critics and now at the box office. The sequel which has reinvigorated the franchise, pulled in over $90 million dollars in its first weekend in theaters (and an estimated $111 million including Memorial Day). The new debut seemed to hurt Godzilla’s second week in theaters. […]
Box Office Report – ‘The Other Woman’ Scares Off ‘Captain America: TWS’
Well, all good things come to an end. The long time nemesis, and logical counter-programming option, the romantic genre, took the mighty superhero genre off the top of the charts. The Other Woman took control of the #1 spot at the box office with over $24 million. Captain America: The Winter Solider slid to […]
Box Office Report – Captain America Can’t Be Beat
In an age where movies are only big until the next weekend comes around, Captain America: The Winter Solider has found a way to dominate the month of April. In what was seen as a somewhat risky move, Marvel Studios released their movie in April, a month earlier than blockbuster films are typically shown. It […]
Box Office Report – ‘Captain America: TWS’ Holds Down The Fort For Marvel
Captain America: The Winter Solider is a success both critically and financially. For the second weekend in a row the Marvel Studios film took the #1 spot this time bringing in an estimated $41 million dollars. In its first week of release the animated sequel Rio 2 came in narrowly at second with about $39 […]
Box Office Report – ‘Captain America: The Winter Solider’ Signals the Summer Movie Season is Already Here
Marvel Studios continues their streak of box office dominance with their latest release Captain America: The Winter Solider. Buoyed by stellar reviews, the sequel pulled in over $96 million dollars in its opening weekend. The film opened internationally a couple of weeks ago and has pulled in over $300 million worldwide to date. […]
Box Office Report – ‘Noah’ Drowns its Competition
Darren Aronofsky’s biblical re-imagining Noah, not surprisingly dominated ticket sales over the weekend. Despite criticism from some religious groups over the fantastical nature of the retelling, the film still attracted floods of people to the theaters. Noah in many regards is the original disaster epic and those have always been a big draw in ticket sales. The film had an estimated $44 […]
Box Office Report – ‘Divergent’ is ‘Most Wanted’
Divergent reigned supreme at the box office this past weekend. The movie based on first time novelist Veronica Roth’s book of the same name, dominated the weekend by pulling in an estimated $56 million dollars. This is a good sign for the movie business, considering most think the real start of the “summer movie season” […]
Box Office Report – ‘3oo: Rise of the Empire’ Beats the tag team of ‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’
Warner Bros.’ sequel to their 2007 smash hit 300 was released this weekend, and it took the #1 spot at the box-office. 300: Rise of the Empire was another success despite director Zach Snyder (300, Watchmen) moving over to a producing capacity this time around. He is off building the sequel to Man of Steel […]