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Posts Tagged ‘box office’
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant After the record breaking performance of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 last weekend, I thought there might be a slight chance that it would be #1 two weeks in a row. But then I saw CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER and realized what a shame it would be [...]
Tags: box office, Chris Evans, justin timberlake, movie news, Movie Release, New Movie Releases
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Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant The final installment to the Harry Potter series (read our review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2) is now one of the biggest movies of all time. Already claiming the record for highest midnight gross with $43.5 million and then shattering the single day box office record total with [...]
Tags: Best Movies, box office, daniel radcliffe, Good Movies, harry potter, Movie Release, New Movie Releases
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant In true box office fashion, in a weekend that arguably has the two critically worst movies of the summer, we see the overall box office performance actually up from this time last year. CARS 2 is the big winner of the weekend, taking in considerably more than the $50 million or [...]
Tags: 2011 Movies, box office, Cameron Diaz, michael bay, movie news, New Movie Releases
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant There will be much scrutinization over the next few days about the performance of Warner Brothers’ GREEN LANTERN. The film did well in early showings and was even tracking better than most expected, but it lost steam going into Saturday. Some are going to look at the film’s $53 million opening [...]
Tags: box office, Jim Carrey, Martin Campbell, movie news, ryan reynolds
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant You have to love the world of the box office analyst. Last week, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS grossed $54 million at the box office and analysts were calling it a flop. This week, SUPER 8 is due to take in about $37 million and analysts are calling it a huge success. So [...]
Tags: box office, J.J. Abrams, movie news, steven spielberg
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Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivat As much as I enjoyed X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, I was concerned it wasn’t going to do well financially. Let’s face it; the best films don’t always do well at the box office. Not only that, but this X-Men doesn’t have any household names or any superheroes that casual fans love (characters [...]
Tags: box office, J.J. Abrams, James McAvoy, Matthew Fassbender, matthew vaughn, movie news
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant We already knew THE HANGOVER PART II took the biggest Memorial Day weekend box office of all time, but what we didn’t know was just how many records the sequel was going to shatter along the way. For starters, it now has the biggest R-rated midnight showing ever ($10.4m, beating PARANORMAL [...]
Tags: box office, bradley cooper, Ed Helms, movie news, Todd Phillips, Zack Galifianakis
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant If you saw THE HANGOVER PART II over the weekend and you’re disappointed both with the film and the fact it’s on pace to earn nearly $140 million for the five day weekend (starting on Thursday), then keep in mind that the success of the sequel is almost 100% dependent on [...]
Tags: box office, bradley cooper, Ed Helms, movie news, Todd Phillips, Zack Galifianakis
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I refuse to accept that a $90 million opening is in any way disappointing, but analysts are already claiming that PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES opened soft domestically and didn’t meet estimates. But even though it didn’t manage to break the $100 million domestically, that didn’t stop it from [...]
Tags: box office, johnny depp, movie news, penelope cruz
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I don’t want to make too big of a deal about BRIDESMAIDS making nearly $25 million at the box office, but I hope everyone shares in my enjoyment that this all female, raunchy comedy has found success at the box office. True, it wasn’t able to claim the top spot, but [...]
Tags: box office, chris hemsworth, Kristen Wiig, movie news, Paul Bettany
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant As expected, THOR hammered it’s way to the top spot at the box office. Some might say it was God-like in it’s performance over the weekend, or that it took in revenue at a lightning-fast pace. Does that cover all the cheesy puns that people are sure to make in the [...]
Tags: box office, chris hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, movie news, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant No one should be surprised that FAST FIVE topped the box office this past weekend. There was practically zero competition. But what you probably will be surprised at is just how much dough the film managed to rake in. Early numbers have the fifth film in the series on pace to [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
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Sunday, April 24th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant As predicted, RIO made it two weekends in a row with another strong box office performance. Granted, it didn’t have a whole lot of competition considering both MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS weren’t exactly mainstream films. But they both managed to outperform studio estimates with Madea proving once [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Tyler Perry
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I say it every time a kid’s movie does well, but it’s worth repeating; kid’s movies always do well and it’s only newsworthy when they flop. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that RIO is #1 at the box office his weekend. It had all the makings of a hit animated [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, Robert Pattinson, robert redford, wes craven
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Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant As was correctly predicted last week, HOP managed to hold on to the top spot at the box office for two weekends in a row and wasn’t really even challenged by the three new movies that opened this weekend. ARTHUR, which featured Russell Brand as well, managed to claim the second [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, natalie portman, Russell Brand, Saoirse Ronan
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I wasn’t sure DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES was going to be able to capture the success of the first one, only because the first one didn’t live up to expectations. But as it turns out, it’s actually going to end up with about $24 million, beating the original’s [...]
Tags: box office, Jake Gyllenhaal, movie news, Rssell Brand, Zack Snyder
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Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Even though we had three intriguing movies open up this weekend, the overall box office numbers were kind of soft compared to expectations. I’m assuming that people were either out celebrating St. Patrick’s Day or watching some great NCAA basketball rather than going to the theaters. So although LIMITLESS, PAUL and [...]
Tags: box office, bradley cooper, Matthew McConaughey, movie news, Robert De Niro, Seth Rogen
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant This was actually an exciting weekend when it comes to box office news. BATTLE: LOS ANGELES was number one at the box office, which isn’t a surprise, but the film has a nice history since it was going to get a small release, but tested so well with audiences that Sony [...]
Tags: aaron eckhart, Amanda Seyfried, box office, Catherine Hardwicke, movie news
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Kids movies always do well, so no one should be surprised that RANGO topped the box office this weekend with $37 million. I know it wasn’t your typical animated film and it had a bit of a creepy feel to it, but at the end of the day, it’s a kids [...]
Tags: Alex Pettyfer, box office, Emily Blunt, johnny depp, Matt Damon, movie news
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant HALL PASS will finish the weekend with under $15 million, but will still manage to take the top spot at the box office. That will make it the lowest grossing box office winner in almost two years. True, it’s Oscar weekend, which is traditionally slow, but studios shouldn’t kick back and [...]
Tags: box office, Farrelly Brothers, Jason Sudeikis, movie news, Nicolas Cage, Owen Wilson
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant In my review of I AM NUMBER FOUR, I pointed out in the very beginning that all of this talk about Alex Pettyfer being the next superstar was a bit premature. Now that his first film has debuted to an embarrassingly low box office take, I think the rest of the [...]
Tags: Alex Pettyfer, box office, Diana Agron, Liam Neeson, movie news
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Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant On last night’s Saturday Night Live, they did a skit o THE ROOMMATE, but this time it starred Justin Bieber and Andy Samberg. I have to say, after watching that and watching the real trailer for THE ROOMMATE with Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly, I’d rather watch the SNL version. But [...]
Tags: box office, james cameron, Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, movie news
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant This many years after the SILENCE OF THE LAMBS films, I’m surprised that Anthony Hopkins can still open a horror movie, especially one that was panned as much as THE RITE. But leave it to the 73 year-old Hopkins to surprise everyone once again. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Warner [...]
Tags: Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, box office, james cameron, Jason Statham, Jennifer Aniston, movie news
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Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant It looks like NO STRINGS ATTACHED is going to pull in close to $20 million this weekend and finish in the top spot at the box office and even though there isn’t much competition, I’m surprised. But more than surprised, I’m scared. I’m scared because Hollywood executives are traditionally shortsighted and [...]
Tags: Ashoton Kutcher, box office, movie news, natalie portman, Seth Rogen
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant They’ve been fighting for the past few weekends, but it looks like TRUE GRIT finally managed to overtake LITTLE FOCKERS at the box office. I’m personally surprised that the film has managed to have this much staying power, but I’m glad it has proven to be a stronger film than Fockers. [...]
Tags: ben stiller, box office, Jeff Bridges, movie news, Nicolas Cage
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant In a race that’s almost too close to call, it looks like LITTLE FOCKERS will narrowly beat TRUE GRIT to be #1 at the box office this weekend. It’s very possible that they will flip-flop spots once the final numbers are released on Monday, but right now it seems Fockers is [...]
Tags: ben stiller, box office, Jeff Bridges, movie news, the coen brothers
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Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’d like to say that there should be some sort of lesson learned somewhere in this weekend’s box office results, but pointing out that a tired sequel and a half-hearted comedy can’t perform to expectations while a clever, well made Western surprises is not going to be heard by anyone in [...]
Tags: ben stiller, box office, Jack Black, Jeff Bridges, movie news, Robert De Niro
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I don’t think anyone really knew what to expect from TRON: LEGACY, considering it’s opening 28 years after the first TRON came out. But it turns out that the fan base is still there as the sequel has brought in just under $50 million to give it the top spot for [...]
Tags: box office, Jack Nicholson, movie news, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant It seems like Hollywood executives are surprised that THE TOURIST and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER underperformed at the box office, but I think the films performed right on track to most fans expectations. The first Narnia film was new and exciting, but each subsequent film [...]
Tags: angelina jolie, box office, johnny depp, movie news
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Sunday, December 5th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant The weekend after Thanksgiving is traditionally the calm before the Oscar storm so to speak. Rarely does a big film open up on this weekend and traditionally, whatever wins the Turkey Day weekend ends up winning the next weekend as well. In this case, the battle is still brewing between HARRY [...]
Tags: angelina jolie, box office, daniel radcliffe, David Yates, emma watson, johnny depp, movie review, rupert grint
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I think the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was a case of too many movies opening up at once. As far as new movies, we had FASTER, TANGLED, BURLESQUE and LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS. Some of those are films that have shared audiences (mainly BURLESQUE and LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS) and probably ended [...]
Tags: Anne Hathaway, box office, daniel radcliffe, David Yates, emma watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, movie review, rupert grint
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant It’s still early, of course, but it looks like HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 will easily take the Thanksgiving weekend box office with an estimated $90 million, despite some promising new films opening up. Disney’s TANGLED is the strongest of the bunch, which makes sense given that only [...]
Tags: Anne Hathaway, box office, daniel radcliffe, David Yates, emma watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, movie review, rupert grint
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant The question was never if HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 was going to be #1 at the box office, but the question was whether or not it would break the all time records. For those of you hoping HP would beat out the TWILIGHT films for the the [...]
Tags: Anne Hathaway, box office, harry potter, Jake Gyllenhaal, movie news, twilight
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant It’s no surprise that HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 is on course to break opening weekend box office records. What is surprising is that it opens today…and it’s already made over $35 million dollars in advanced ticket sells. That’s crazy! This means that right now HP7:P1 is on [...]
Tags: box office, harry potter, movie news, twilight
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Sunday, November 7th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant You can’t be surprised any time an animated movie does well at the box office. Even though MEGAMIND was ill-received by critics, the fact remains there’s no competition on the animated front this weekend and so all the little kids out there made a trek to the theater to check it [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, robert downey jr., Todd Phillips, Zach Galifianakis
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Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’m not surprised at all that SAW 3D was number one at the box office this weekend, but I am a little surprised that the franchise still has some die-hard fans out there to the tune of $22.5 million. I like that the filmmakers billed this one as the “final installment”, [...]
Tags: box office, movie news, robert downey jr., Zach Galifianakis
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Last week I questioned whether Johnny Knoxville and company could bring in an audience with another round of stupid Jackass stunts and this weekend I got my answer. Somehow, the answer is a resounding “yes” because JACKASS 3D (watch the trailer) managed to bring in almost $50 million over the past [...]
Tags: box office, bruce willis, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Knoxville, morgan freeman, movie news
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Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I expected SECRETARIAT to be #1 at the box office this weekend and I promised myself I wouldn’t make any horse racing puns to describe the box office race. However, SECRETARIAT drastically underperformed this Columbus Day weekend, so I don’t have to worry about it. The horse racing flick barely managed [...]
Tags: box office, bruce willis, Katherine Heigl, movie news, wes craven
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant It had the hype, a great director and a great cast, but I was still surprised at just how good THE SOCIAL NETWORK was. Apparently, it was able to convince others as well as it managed to break $20 million on its opening weekend, which was good enough for first place [...]
Tags: box office, chloe moretz, David Fincher, Jesse Eisenberg, Katherine Heigl, Matt Reeves, movie news
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Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant With the star power behind it and a familiar name to piggy back on, it’s no surprise that WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS took the top spot at the box office this weekend. But only pulling in $19 million isn’t anything to brag about, but it is the best opening of [...]
Tags: Ben Affleck, box office, michael douglas, movie news, Oliver Stone, shia labeouf
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I had a debate with a friend of mine earlier in the week about whether or not Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort, THE TOWN, would achieve commercial and/or critical success. We thought that it would come in third or fourth this weekend, but I don’t think anyone predicted it would come [...]
Tags: Ben Affleck, box office, Emma Stone, M. Night Shyamalan, movie news, shia labeouf
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I have to confess that I’ve never seen any of the RESIDENT EVIL movies. Most of them just never seemed appealing to me, but I will say that the new RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D looked like a fun trip, at least from the trailers. So it’s no surprise the film was [...]
Tags: Ali Larter, box office, M. Night Shyamalan, Milla Jovovich, movie news
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant This is one of those weekends where I’m surprised any movie won the weekend. Neither THE AMERICAN nor MACHETE had a broad range of audience appeal and I was kind of expecting both films to fail at the box office. But I guess I’m a little surprised that George Clooney and [...]
Tags: box office, Drew Barrymore, george clooney, movie news, robert rodriguez
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant This past weekend was a bit odd in the sense that it featured two films fighting for the top spot that no one seemed interested in seeing. TAKERS has been completed for a while now, but the studio couldn’t decide what to do with it. After Chris Brown laid the beating [...]
Tags: box office, george clooney, james cameron, movie news, robert rodriguez
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’m surprised that VAMPIRES SUCK even managed to come close to the number one spot at the box office this weekend. I’m also surprised that the surprisingly good THE SWITCH only managed a measly $8 million, which was good enough for the 8th spot. That’s frustrating, and even NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS [...]
Tags: box office, Jennifer Aniston, movie news, sylvester stallone
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Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant With three big movies opening this weekend (THE EXPENDABLES, EAT, PRAY, LOVE, and SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD), we learned a few valuable lessons at the box office. The first lesson we learned is that Julia Roberts can no longer carry her own film. I know that sounds harsh considering her [...]
Tags: box office, Julia Roberts, movie news, sylvester stallone
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant INCEPTION continues to do incredible at the box office, but it was only a matter of time before it lost the #1 spot. It’s not surprising that THE OTHER GUYS had a successful opening, but it’s a little surprising how well it has been received by critics and audiences alike. The [...]
Tags: box office, Julia Roberts, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Cera, movie news, sylvester stallone, will ferrell
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant A kids movie without competition is almost guaranteed to win the box office on any given week. So HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON easily took the top spot this weekend with $43 million. But there were a few surprises, including the film’s only competition in DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, which [...]
Tags: box office, james cameron, Miley Cyrus, movie news, Sam Worthington
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant The often delayed SHUTTER ISLAND turned out to be a hit after all. The Leonardo DiCaprio thriller raked in over $40 million at the box office, giving it a very impressive opening day weekend and more than good enough to beat out last week’s #1, VALENTINE’S DAY. In what should come [...]
Tags: box office, james cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, movie news
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