Box Office Report: ‘Oz’ Opening Weekend Both Great and Powerful
Sam Raimi sure knows how to make a successful crowd pleaser, his prequel to the most famous movie ever came out with the first blockbuster opening weekend of 2013. Raking in over $80 Million in its...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘Oz’ Continues to Impress as ‘Wonderstone’ Bombs
Coming as a surprise to no one, Oz: The Great and Powerful has come in first in the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row. The film is performing strong as the first blockbuster of the year,...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘The Croods’ Smashes Into First Place For Another Big...
There used to be a rule in feature animation. PIXAR was the king of quality and they had a perfect record, Dreamworks had Shrek and a whole train load of Disney and PIXAR knockoffs with star-studded...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘GI: Joe’ Comes Out Swinging Over Easter Weekend
The current trend in sequel box office returns is tied to perception. Gone are the days of diminishing returns as a rule, these are the golden times for franchises. How the general public feels about...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘Evil Dead’ Conjures Up A Bloody Strong Debut
This weekend had the distinct feel of a throwback celebration with a Reboot-make, a re-release and a sequel to an 80′s iconic franchise inhabiting three of the top four positions. Coming in at number...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ’42′ Gets Earns a Win, ‘Scary Movie 5′ Commits All of the...
If you get the clumsy baseball references in the title than you get that this weekend was won by 42. The Jackie Robinson biopic earned an estimated $27+ Million, giving the film one of the strongest...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘Fast & Furious 6′ Has Just Enough Fuel To Take Number 1...
The Fast and Furious franchise is among the most curious in cinema history. Over a decade ago, when the first film came out, no one could have foreseen half a dozen films and hundreds of millions in...
View ArticleBox Office Report: Monsters and Zombies Dominate the Multiplex
One was a slam dunk, the other was a blockbuster to be that came into the weekend stinking of behind the scenes drama. Yet in the end both hit theaters this week and obliterated expectations. Monsters...
View ArticleBox Office Report: ‘Despicable Me 2′ Dominates America’s Birthday Weekend
Animated sequels in recent history are hardly a slam dunk at the box office, for every Toy Story 3 there are three Happy Feet 2. Thankfully for all of the principles involved, Despicable Me 2 was every...
View ArticleBox Office Report: You Failed!
We had a pretty neat opportunity over the weekend film going audience. Pacific Rim, a phenomenal summer block buster that didn’t rely on existing IP, was going up against the scourge of cinemadom,...
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