Category Archives: Box Office

Box Office: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Ties With ‘Smurfs’ For #1 Spot

Posted on August 1, 2011 by The Flickcast

Last weekend, the world was taken by surprise as Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger blew past the final Harry Potter film and made it to the #1 spot in its very first weekend. Since then, the film has grossed … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Captain America’ Pulls the Rug Under Potter & Steals #1 Spot

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Matt Raub

It turns out, after tons of doubt that Captain America: The First Avenger would undertake the final Harry Potter film in the box office on the biggest nerd weekend of the year, San Diego Comic-Con, we were all wrong. In … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Tops All-Time Opening Weekends

Posted on July 18, 2011 by The Flickcast

As if it was much of a surprise to anyone who has seen the films or read the books, or even casually knows of the phenomenon surrounding J.K. Rowling’s characters, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Transformers 3’ Stays Strong in Week 2

Posted on July 11, 2011 by The Flickcast

In a world of constant changing protagonists, there seems to be one winner when it comes to the summer movie blockbuster season. That winner is Michael Bay’s transforming robots known as the Autobots. In its second weekend of release, Transformers … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Transformers 3’ Takes Over The World

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Matt Raub

Movie fans and studio execs alike both know the importance of the Independence Day weekend. It’s the coveted 3 days during which the most amount of money is made for the year. And for almost all 3 films in the … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: ‘Cars 2′ Hits #1 & Opens Bigger than ‘Cars’

Posted on June 27, 2011 by The Flickcast

In what was expected to be one of the smaller opening weekends in this year’s epic summer movie season but Disney and Pixar’s Cars 2 ended up surprising almost everyone with an estimated $68 million take at the domestic box … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Green Lantern’ Shines Bright at #1 Spot

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Joe Gillis

Here we are, less than a month into one of the biggest summer blockbuster seasons we’ve had in years, and not a single big-studio film has failed to live up to the expectations set forward by those studios. It seems … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Super 8′ Opens to a Weak #1 Spot

Posted on June 13, 2011 by The Flickcast

While most analysts thought that the famous team-up of JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg would be box office gold, but it looked like the film failed to draw a massive audience, as Super 8 only opened to an estimated $38 … Continue reading →