Disney’s The Lion King, one of the most beloved and also one of the most successful animated films of all-time roars again with a massive $29.3 million that exceeded all expectations. The 3-D release put this “King” back at the top of the box...
The fall movie season kicks off with an all-star cast and director Steven Soderbergh at the helm of Warner Bros.’ Contagion which looks to top the chart that has been dominated by “The Help” for almost the past month. The film inoculated the...
Disney’s The Help from Dreamworks makes it three weekends on top as it took on another crop of newcomers wound up with an impressive and much bigger than expected $19 million for the four day period. An unstoppable late summer force since its...
Disney’s late-summer hit The Help tops the box office chart for the second consecutive weekend with $14.3 million and another modest 28% weekend over weekend drop. The film opened three weeks ago in the number two spot, but has reclaimed...
Summer: the most important time frame for the theatrical movie-going sector.
Why? The 18 week period accounts for an average of 40% of the total year’s box office revenue. That's a big chunk of change.
The good news is that we will set a new...
The best roller-coaster ride this summer wasn't in a theme park, it was at the multiplex, as the box office grosses did more bobbing and weaving than the stock market on a bad day.
Superheroes, sequels, special effects extravaganzas, R-rated...
Disney’s acclaimed The Help produced by Dreamworks cleaned up at the box office this weekend with $20.5 million. After debuting in the second spot last weekend the film was number one in the midweek derby as great word-of-mouth continued to...
Twentieth Century Fox’s Rise of The Planet of the Apes last week opened with a much better than expected $54.8 million and with great word-of-mouth and strong mid-week numbers posted a solid second weekend of $27.5 million to hold the top spot. ...
Twentieth Century Fox’s latest re-boot of The Planet of the Apes franchise is neither a sequel nor a prequel but it does have the built in brand recognition from the original series of films spawned from the 1968 sci-fi classic starring Charlton...
The Universal/DreamWorks co-production of Cowboys & Aliens starring James Bond’s Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford was locked in a tie with Sony’s The Smurfs with both films reporting $36,206,250 for the weekend. This box office tie was...
How appropriate that the week of the massive Comic-Con convention in San Diego that a superhero takes the weekend. In a box office battle, newcomer and the latest superhero to enter the Summer Movie Sweepstakes, Paramount’s Captain America: The...
This past weekend was a magical one for moviegoers and longtime fans of Harry Potter as the beloved franchise came to a climactic close with Deathly Hallows Part 2. The film broke a handful of box office records, including biggest opening weekend...
It is nearly impossible to overstate the enormity of the momentous box office achievement that took place this weekend. Starting at midnight Thursday, Warner Bros. unleashed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 on the world. A decade in...
