Well, how do you like that? After an impressive showing on opening day, it looks like Les Miserables isn't the powerhouse that was expected. That's not to say it did bad business, but it may have peaked on Christmas. And Django Unchained proved exceptionally strong considering that it's three hours long and has been at the center of some...
The numbers this weekend were pathetic, and if Django Unchained and Les Miserables don't click with audiences, the year will go out with a whimper. There were four wide releases, and none could take The Hobbit, which is no surprise, but a couple couldn't do more business than Rise of the Guardians, which has been in...
There are two ways of looking at the record breaking opening weekend of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it's worth examining both sides of it's victory. Because it's the only thing worth talking about this weekend.
As we're between both holidays and event films, no one took this weekend to launch a big title, so we're going to have a logjam of films released December 21-25, and then next week is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. But right now it's quiet so James Bond trumped with his Skyfall.
The big question this weekend wasn't if there was going to be a huge surprise out of nowhere success taking the top slot, but what would fall harder: Breaking Dawn Part 2 or Skyfall? Turns out that though Twlight 5 fell harder, it had just enough juice left to stay in the top slot. Take a look.
With a five day opening for the new pictures, and with a holiday weekend for the rest, it seems like Thanksgiving in America (at least this year) meant going to the movies. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 still won, but there are good things to say about most of the new pictures and their numbers. Mostly.
As the Twilight franchise comes to an end the final movie, Breaking Dawn - Part 2, made a crap-ton of money this weekend, but not enough to set any records (it isn't even the highest opening weekend for a Twilight film). Oh well, the makers are going to have to settle for a crap-ton of money.
Bond is back so hard you guys. Skyfall ended up making $90 Million in America over the last couple days, which puts it on track to make more unadjusted money than any previous Bond movie. Quantum of Solace, the current record-holder, topped out at $168, and that sounds pretty doable. In fact, it may be close to that next weekend....
In what must amount to a pleasant surprise, the box office roared back to life this weekend after many theaters were closed because of Hurricane Sandy. Wreck-It Ralph did nearly $50 Million, while Flight performed stronger than expected. People wanted to go to the movies this weekend.
It was obvious that Cloud Atlas was not going to be an easy sell. But with the names attached it was thought to be something of a sell. It turns out that the answer to that was nope. Also big news: Argo, in it's third week of release, topped the box office. But it would be impressive if it had to fight off any competition This...
Paranormal Activity 4 had the lowest grossing opening weekend of any Paranormal sequel, which means that the franchise may yet get a fifth entry, but is either wearing out its welcome, or this entry wasn't marketed as well as its predecessors. Perhaps there's just nowhere left to go. Alex Cross didn't open, so who...
There was an exciting moment there on Saturday, when Sinister managed to be the number one picture for Friday, but when the weekend numbers were added up, that wasn't enough to take the top spot or second place. Those were held by Taken 2 and by Argo. Regardless of the horse race aspects of who came out on top, it...
It's no surprise that Taken 2 opened big, but doing fifty million was well above expectations. People loved the first film, and this looked to deliver more of the same. And unless the film collapses after opening weekend, it should do over a hundred million domestic. Also: poor, poor Frankenweenie.
After a month of films that could take the top slot with little or no effort, this week saw two new wide releases come out and deliver more than was expected, and a film in limited release that exceeded expectations as well. Hotel Transylvania, Looper and Pitch Perfect were all big winners this weekend. Check out the...
Jennifer Lawrence in a tank top is enough. Enough to win a weak weekend, at least for right now. The horror movie House at the End of the Street had enough interest to tie with End of Watch, beat back Trouble with the Curve and decimate Dredd. Full numbers ahoy.
It's hard to say if it's that The Lion King is more beloved, or if it was because it was the newer experience, but Disney has not been able to match The Lion King's success with any of its 3D reissues of their more recent "classic" animated films, including this week's Finding Nemo. And that's why Resident...
The Possession stayed on top for the second weekend in a row for one good reason: There was little competition. With only The Words to face, Possession dropped less than 50%, which - for a horror film - is a miracle. Things should heat up next weekend, but right now it's snoresville. This is the lowest grossing...
So it's Labor Day weekend, which is often one of the more sluggish box office weekends of the year. Give teens a horror movie, and it can work like catnip. And so we see The Possession dominate.
You wouldn't know it from the weather, or practically anything else, but summer is over. At least for movies, where we're getting second and third stringers in the theater. And that's why only one film cracked ten million this weekend, and that's why The Expendables 2 stays on top. It's a weak week.
With the last month of cinema dominated by the likes of Batman, Colin Ferrell, and Jeremy Renner, that may be enough to explain why The Expendables 2 opened a little soft. Here's where I should really make a Viagra joke. Okay, the film opened hard for four hours, but then had to call a doctor? That good?
