Box Office News

Apr
20 2012
Author Nicholas Sparks' latest bestselling book, The Lucky One, is set to hit theaters this weekend. And just like with some of his previous film adaptations, it will star a young Hollywood actor hot enough to make the girls come in droves. (Ryan...
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Apr
20 2012
The Hunger Games may have been rated highly in its pre-release training, but no one expected it to be taking out the competition the way it has been since entering the arena. Last weekend, the young adult fiction adaptation snatched up a fourth...
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Apr
16 2012
The Avengers isn't due to open until next month, but prerelease tracking is already predicting big numbers for the highly anticipated superhero flick. In the past, Marvel Studios' films have produced big box office numbers, but the Joss Whedon...
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Apr
16 2012
This weekend, The Hunger Games beat out the new release competition for a third straight week, marking the film's fourth number one spot at the box office. With a $21.5 million take this weekend, Hunger Games has grossed a 24 day total of over $337...
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Apr
15 2012
Lionsgate’s "The Hunger Games” has amazingly topped the box office each day since its release and continued its reign through the weekend. This is the blockbuster’s fourth consecutive weekend at the top of the chart with $21.5 million (the...
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Apr
13 2012
Unlike the days when a movie juggernaut like Titanic could sit at the top of the box office for nearly half a year, a cinematic phenomenon holds on for two, maybe three weeks tops. So you can imagine how the folks in District Lions Gate must be...
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Apr
09 2012
The Lion King isn't just Disney's number highest-grossing film of all-time (aside from PIXAR's Toy Story 3), it's also the biggest money maker ever to hit Broadway. The musical based on the 1994 film has earned a cumulative gross of $853,846,062...
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Apr
09 2012
With Hunger Games fever still burning hot in American theaters, box office expectations for American Reunion were reserved. The weekend's final totals hit as predicted: the fourth American Pie movie took home $20 million range — a modest sum, but...
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Apr
08 2012
Easter weekend is another solid one at the nation’s theaters as “The Hunger Games” from Lionsgate continues its amazing run and tops the chart for the third weekend in a row with a gross of $33.5 million. This gives the box office behemoth...
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Apr
06 2012
UPDATE: Hunger Games won the weekend box office battle with $33.5 million, crossing the $300 million mark in just 17 days. It beat American Reunion, which took in a solid $21.47 million and Titanic 3D, which took in $17.35 million. ORIGINAL...
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Apr
03 2012
After the low-budget comedy American Pie snowballed into a blockbuster hit in 1999, Universal quickly boarded the sequel train, churning out American Pie 2 and American Wedding in two year intervals. Whether the formula was no longer profitable or...
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Apr
01 2012
Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games” shattered expectations last weekend and delivered the third best opening weekend of all time (and the best ever opening for a non-sequel) with a mind blowing $152.5 million! With terrific word-of-mouth and...
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Mar
30 2012
Last week, there was no question whether The Hunger Games had the momentum to take the top spot at the box office. Instead, it was a guessing game: how much could the young adult fiction adaptation reap in one weekend? Could it break records...
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