Will Ferrell’s new comedy The Other Guys won the box office this weekend, but a bunch of other choices for teens also appeared in the top ten. Step Up 3D opened in third place this weekend with $15 million. That’s pretty good, although it is the lowest of the series so far; the first Step Up [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 18, 2010
This past Thursday, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse surpassed $250 million at the U.S. box office, and by the end of the weekend its worldwide total will be over $500 million. That’s half of a billion dollars. That’s about on a par with what The Twilight Saga: New Moon had done at this point; New Moon ultimately [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 9, 2010
Just a reminder: Despicable Me, the new animated comedy featuring the voices of Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Carell, opened today. It got overwhelmingly good reviews — nearly 80%, according to Rotten Tomatoes. So will it beat Eclipse for the weekend? Short answer: it might. New Moon dropped quite a lot from its first weekend to its second, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 6, 2010
While The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was deservedly dominating headlines this weekend, the weekend’s other new movie, The Last Airbender, has quietly made a ton of money on its own. From Thursday to Monday, Airbender has made about $70 million, which is much better than anyone was expecting, especially considering the competition it faced from Eclipse. The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 5, 2010
For the full six-day opening period from Tuesday at midnight through Monday, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made an estimated $175 million. That didn’t beat, but is essentially on par with, New Moon’s $179 million over Thanksgiving weekend, and Spider-Man 2’s all-time July 4th record of $180 million. Outside the U.S., the movie has already made $100 million, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made another $23.9 million on Saturday. According to Deadline, it will make $69 million for the three-day weekend, and an insane $161 million since its opening. If it makes $20 million on Monday, which many people will have off for the Fourth of July holiday, it’ll beat Spider-Man 2’s six-day July 4th [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 3, 2010
With no signs of stopping, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made an estimated $28.6 million yesterday, up from $24 million on Thursday, for a three-day total now of $121 million. And that’s all before Saturday. The Last Airbender is also doing surprisingly well; according to Entertainment Weekly, it could make $60-70 million by the end of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
The numbers are in, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made $68.5 million in its first twenty-four hours of release (including the $30 million overnight screenings) — the biggest Wednesday opening ever, beating the $62 million made in 2009 by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. New Moon, which opened on a Friday, still holds the overall biggest-day [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 25, 2010
On both MovieTickets.com and Fandango, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is by far the biggest advance ticket seller of the year, with a week still to go. Deadline Hollywood reports that at this point, 52% of all daily ticket sales are for Eclipse, and insiders are predicting a gross anywhere from “$150-$179 million” in its first [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
The remake of The Karate Kid turned out to be one of the biggest hits of the summer so far this weekend, making over $50 million. That’s significantly better than other wannabes like Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, and The A-Team have done in their opening weekends lately. The movie stars Jaden Smith, Will Smith’s son, and [...]
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