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Weekend Box Office: Hardly a Disaster for ‘2012’

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Shannon Hood

Roland Emmerich’s epic disaster flick 2012 easily destroyed the competition this weekend. Since there were no other wide new releases, 2012 handily made over $65 Million, which isn’t really all that impressive, but factor in the international box office take … Continue reading →

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Box Office: An Indie Racks Up Some ‘Precious’ Per Screen Totals

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Shannon Hood

Sure, technically Jim Carrey and company won the weekend with the 3D animated adventure A Christmas Carol, but the real reason everyone’s talking about this weekend’s box office is because of another movie’s totals. Remember a few weeks ago when … Continue reading →

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Watch The Original Ending to ‘Paranormal Activity’

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Matt Raub

There is a lot of speculation on why Paranormal Activity is one of the highest per-screen grossing films of all time. Many people believe that it’s due to the viral marketing campaign that swept the nation overnight, but the fact … Continue reading →

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Box Office Breakdown

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Shannon Hood

For the second week in a row, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs garnered the top spot on the weekend box office with around $24 million. The film only dropped about 19% from last week’s total, which is very good … Continue reading →

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Box Office: 3D Horror Still A Hit?

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Matt Raub

There was a period in time when 3D horror was thought of as a failed gimmick to get butts into theater seats. Using cheap stereoscopic (blue-and-red) technology to make films like 1982’s Parasite or even as far back as the … Continue reading →

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Box Office: Tarantino Finally Gets His Hit

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Sebastian Suchecki

This weekend was a pretty big one for the box office, though only making just over $100 million with the top ten. This marked the biggest opening weekend for one of Hollywood’s most celebrated writer/directors in Quentin Tarantino, as his … Continue reading →

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‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ Beats ‘Transformers 2’ in the Box Office

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Matt Raub

July 4th weekend is said to be the best weekend of the year. It gives studios a whole 5 days of potential profit, as most adults are off work, and kids are usually out of school by then. This is … Continue reading →

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‘Transformers 2’ Already outselling ‘Star Trek’ in Advanced Tickets

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Matt Raub

With July just around the corner, and half of the big summer blockbusters already out in theaters for the year, questions are coming up on what the “next big thing for 2009” will be. According to a press release by … Continue reading →

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