Box Office News

Jun
05 2011
After a record setting Memorial weekend, movie theaters around the country had yet another super hero franchise to drive customers to the multi-plex.  Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class is the 5th installment of the highly successful...
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May
29 2011
With Memorial Weekend guaranteed to eclipse the $255 million Friday through Monday record set in 2007 with around $280 million plus, the Summer movie season of 2011 is racking up big numbers at a breakneck pace.  Warner Bros.' The Hangover: Part...
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May
28 2011
Warner Bros. Hangover: Part II continues its incredible Memorial weekend run with an impressive $30,010,000 on Friday in 3,615 theaters.  Thursday the film earned $31,610,367 and that puts its running total at $61,620,000 after two days of release...
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May
27 2011
Warner Bros.' Hangover: Part II earned $31.7 million on Thursday which includes record midnight screenings of $10.4 million.  This is the largest single day opening gross for a comedy.  This Hangover is off to a stellar start and is likely to...
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May
26 2011
Warner Bros.' The Hangover: Part II got off to an incredible start raking in the largest midnight haul for any R-rated film with $10.4 million in 2,600 theaters.  This beats the previous record set by Paranormal Activity 2 which earned an...
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May
22 2011
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is one of the most successful of all-time with the first three films earning a global total of $2.7 billion.  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opened in 4,155 theaters earning $90.1 million...
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May
19 2011
The mighty hammer of Thor may have topped the weekend box office for two consecutive weekends, but it’s the bawdy, raunchy R-rated comedy Bridesmaids that has mid-week audiences coming back for more. Topping the chart for Monday with a Thor...
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May
15 2011
The summer movie season enters week 2 with Paramount’s Thor holding on to its box office crown.  With newcomers posing no real threat to the Marvel Comics super hero a modest 48% drop still gave Thor enough box office muscle to top its second...
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May
08 2011
The summer movie season has officially kicked off with the $66 million debut of Paramount’s Thor in 3-D from Marvel Comics.  The first weekend in May is a traditionally strong release date and it was no surprise that a superhero movie landed at...
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May
01 2011
Universal’s Fast Five, the fifth installment of the massively successful Fast and Furious franchise hit the streets with the biggest opening weekend of the year thus far.  An $83.6 million haul gave the film pole position this weekend on the box...
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Apr
29 2011
Universal’s Fast Five, the fifth installment of the massively successful Fast and Furious franchise is about to hit the streets and is poised for the biggest opening weekend of the year thus far.  An expected $70 million plus will easily give...
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Apr
24 2011
This weekend was a massive one for the angry birds with a gross of $26.8 million as kids flocked to theaters with their parents.  With $81.3 million after just 10 days of release, Rio had a truly incredible Easter weekend as it tops the chart...
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Apr
17 2011
Having already topped the international box office charts, Fox’s Rio migrates to North America with a solid and better-than-expected debut of $40 million.  With $50.8 million in 35 overseas markets the film is now conquering America with a...
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