Category Archives: Box Office

Monday Picks: ‘The Road Warrior’

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is The Road Warrior (a.k.a. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) (1981). Mel Gibson dons his black leather uniform once again in this second installment of the franchise. The Road Warrior begins with a narration sequence with … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: Mark Wahlberg Beats Disney 3D Re-Release and Tom Cruise

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

The first holiday weekend of the year has come and the big winner was the tender stare of an underwear model. The new Mark Wahlberg actioner, Contraband, came in at number one this weekend with an estimated Twenty-Four million. The impressive total … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: ‘The Devil Inside’ Scares Up Big January Debut

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Usually January is a wasteland for the box office, dominated by award bait films, studio dump offs and the sputtering remains of the Christmas blockbusters. This week, one new film braved these difficult days and came out with very respectable numbers. The … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: ‘Sherlock Holmes 2’ Opens with a Weak #1 Spot

Posted on December 19, 2011 by The Flickcast

Those of you who follow our weekly Box Office Report may have noticed that we skipped our report last week. It wasn’t for any other reason than it was the saddest and weakest week that the US box office brought … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Seasons greetings! This week’s pick is a comedy holiday classic from the successful National Lampoon’s Vacation series. Chevy Chase stars as Clark W. Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This third installment of the series follows the Griswolds and Clark’s … Continue reading →

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Box Office: Tweens Have Their Way as ‘Breaking Dawn’ Beats Muppets

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Matt Raub

It turns out even decades of laughter through the form of hundreds of felt puppets can’t beat the Kristen Stewart pregnancy movie. After having one of the most intense marketing campaigns that Disney has ever executed for The Muppets, Breaking … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Breaking Dawn Pt. 1’ Has 5th Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Matt Raub

As if it were a surprise. The penultimate film in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, opening in just over 4,000 screens across the nation, managed to pick up just under $140 Million in the domestic box office. It … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Immortals’ Proves What It’s Made Of

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

This is one of those weekends that proves the merit of the American moviegoer. Will people fill theaters to go see Adam Sandler get in a fistfight with himself dressed in drag? Or will they go see a biopic of … Continue reading →

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