Archive for Box Office
Around-the-World Roundup: ‘Expendables,’ ‘Airbender’ Hold Steady…
While the numbers remain somewhat inconclusive, The Expendables appears to have held off The Last Airbender to retain the number one spot at the foreign box office over the weekend. Inception, Salt and The Karate Kid continued their strong runs, while Toy Story 3 passed $1 billion and Shrek Forever After gained further ground [...]
MPAA Ratings: ‘Let Me In,’ ‘Hereafter’ & More…
The Motion Picture Association of America’s Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly ratings bulletin this morning, which included ratings for Let Me In, Hereafter, Love and Other Drugs and a handful of late-year Sony Pictures Classics movies.
Horror remake Let Me In received an R rating for “strong bloody horror violence, language and [...]
Arthouse Audit: ‘Get Low’ Rises Higher…
After expanding in to a nearly-wide 570 theaters, Get Low easily topped all limited releases for the third straight weekend. Mao’s Last Dancer also added a handful of theaters and cruised in to second, while The Girl Who Played with Fire slowed a bit but maintained a solid pace. The top new release this [...]
‘Takers,’ ‘Last Exorcism’ Possess Top Two Spots
Takers and The Last Exorcism delivered sizable debuts in a near photo finish for the weekend top spot, while Avatar’s Special Edtion relaunch yielded modest numbers. Overall weekend business was off eight percent from the same timeframe last year, when The Final Destination led.
In Sunday’s studio estimates, The Last Exorcism was barely ahead [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Reaches $1 Billion Worldwide, Tops ‘Dark Knight’…
On Friday, Toy Story 3 officially became the seventh movie ever to reach $1 billion at the worldwide box office. By Sunday, the animated sequel’s total rose to $1.012 billion, moving past The Dark Knight to rank sixth on the all-time chart. Domestically, Toy Story 3 ranks ninth with $405.7 million, and, on the [...]
‘Last Exorcism,’ ‘Takers’ Possess Top Two Spots…
The Last Exorcism and Takers delivered sizable debuts in a near photo finish for the weekend top spot, while Avatar’s Special Edtion relaunch yielded modest numbers. Overall weekend business was off eight percent from the same timeframe last year, when The Final Destination led.
Claiming an estimated $21.3 million at 2,874 locations, The Last [...]
‘Last Exorcism,’ ‘Takers’ Possess Top Two Spots
The Last Exorcism and Takers delivered solid debuts in a near photo finish for the weekend top spot, while Avatar’s Special Edtion relaunch yielded modest numbers. Overall weekend business was off eight percent from the same timeframe last year, when The Final Destination led.
Claiming an estimated $21.3 million at 2,874 locations, The Last [...]
Weekend Box Office: August 27-29, 2010
The Last Exorcism tops the box office with an estimated $21.3 million
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Daily Box Office: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Takers tops Sunday’s box office with an estimated $5.8 million
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September Preview
As the summer winds down to a close, a typically slow September appears to be on the horizon. Bearing in mind that the highest-grossing September on record was in 2007 with $555 million and that no single picture has ever made $100 million during the month, the bar is low for this September’s high-profile [...]