Box Office News

Mar
19 2001

B.O. FORECAST: Jim Carrey. 'Nuff Said.

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
Jim Carrey is back. Not the serious, Oscar-coveting, dramatic Jim Carrey of "The Truman Show" or "Man on the Moon," but the funny-faced goofball guy -- and theater owners can rejoice. "Me, Myself & Irene," the first full-blown Carrey...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR JUNE 23-25,2000

By: Martin Grove
11:50am EST
The weekend's biggest gross went to Jim Carrey's gross-out comedy "Me, Myself & Irene." 20th Century Fox's opening of the R-rated "Irene" easily captured first place with a high-speed ESTIMATED $24.16 million at 3,016 theaters ($8,012...
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Mar
19 2001

B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Gone' Gets the 'Shaft'

By: Martin Grove
11:50am EST
"Shaft" was the man this weekend, easily stealing first place at the box office from "Gone in 60 Seconds." Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake kicked off to a muscular estimated $21.1 million at 2,337 theaters ($9,029 per theater)...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE: Back for 'Seconds'

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
Ho, hum. Another weekend, another big-budget summer blockbuster. As expected, "Gone in 60 Seconds" ran over the competition, posting a healthy $25.5 million during its first box office weekend, per studio estimates released today. Otherwise...
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Mar
19 2001

B.O. FORECAST: 'Gone' Arrives

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
HOLLYWOOD, June 8, 2000 – Forget "Gladiator." This weekend it's the Clash of the Titans, as Nic Cage jumps into the ring and tests Tom Cruise's box-office legs. Cage and Oscar winner Angelina Jolie topline "Gone In 60 Seconds," a very...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR JUNE 2-4, 2000

By: Martin Grove
11:50am EST
Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2" took a predictably big second weekend drop, but held on to first place despite big competition from Fox's "Big Momma's House." "M:I-2" escaped with an ESTIMATED $27 million (-53%) at 3,653 theaters...
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Mar
19 2001

B.O. FORECAST: 'Momma' Is in the House

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
How do you follow up the biggest movie weekend of the year, a weekend where Tom Cruise conquered the action crowd and dinosaurs wowed the kids? How about a Martin Lawrence movie? Better yet, Martin Lawrence playing a big, fat lady? "Big...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE: Tom Cruises Again

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
Really now, does anyone seriously think that the public would prefer watching Martin Lawrence in drag to Tom Cruise in leather? To the surprise of no one, the obscenely lucrative "M:I-2" -- which opened to $70 million-plus dollars over the...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 24-29, 2000

By: Martin Grove
11:50am EST
Moviegoers accepted the mission of seeing Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2" over Memorial Day weekend. "M:I-2's four-day gross of an ESTIMATED $71.8 million at 3,653 theaters ($19,655 per theater) is 26.4% bigger than the first...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE: Tom Cruises

By: Joal Ryan
11:50am EST
Mission accomplished for Tom Cruise. The megastar's new megamovie "M:I-2" made megabucks, grossing $71.8 million for the four-day holiday weekend, per estimates released today. According to box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, the...
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Mar
19 2001

B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Mission' Memorial

By: Martin Grove
11:50am EST
Most moviegoers' mission Memorial Day weekend will be to see Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2." The PG-13-rated action adventure sequel -- known for short as "M:I-2" -- got off to a flying start with its Wednesday opening to $12.5 million...
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Mar
19 2001

B.O. FORECAST: 'Impossible' To Beat

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
HOLLYWOOD, May 25, 2000 – No matter what the movie, Tom Cruise almost always plays the best. The best race car driver, the best pool player, the best sports agent, the best philandering doctor. Now, he may be the best in real life, too...
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Mar
19 2001

BOX OFFICE: 'Dinosaur' Eats Competition

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
It was a big weekend at the box office, with Disney's big prehistoric reptiles vanquishing the big Roman Empire, and two small comedies posting surprisingly big numbers. As everybody expected, "Dinosaur" trampled everything else in its...
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