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Box Office Check-in – Oscar Movies Making Bank
Now that Sully is out of the race, the box office champ is also the frontrunner to win top Oscars and that's La La Land. A movie musical about chasing dreams and lost love. Hidden Figures is just behind it, but the other films are doing…
Hidden Figures Earns the Rare A+ on Cinemascore, Beats Rogue One’s Friday Box Office
I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes but Fox's Hidden Figures just beat Rogue One for Friday night box office after scoring the rare A+ on Cinemascore. This is very exciting news that should not be taken for granted…
The Martian Set to Top Gladiator as Ridley Scott’s Highest Grossing film
It's impressive to see The Martian bounce back to the number one spot at the box office, bringing its domestic take to $166 million. Gladiator is still Ridley Scott's highest grosser to date, at $187 million, but The Martian will likely…
With a $60M weekend, Straight Outta Compton vaults to Academy attention
As promising as the gloss critics had already given Straight Outta Compton, the multi-faceted bio-pic of rap group N.W.A. achieved something else this weekend that can only add to its sheen. Exceeding Universal's best expectations, the…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Jurassic World’s Massive Success
"To a canary, the cat is the monster. We're just used to being the cat."
If all goes as expected, Jurassic World's domestic box office is going to make it one of the top three highest grossing films of all time. We're probably more in…
Pixar’s Inside Out Nearly Wipes out Jurassic World, Dope hits Top Five
Pixar's Inside Out was in fewer theaters than Jurassic World but had almost the same per theater average, which means that if the movie had been in more theaters it very likely would have beaten the dino movie. Another surprise for the…
Women are More Powerful at the Box Office Than Hollywood Gives them Credit For
The headlines lately have ranged from shock to surprise to hope to despair about the films directed by women, films about women, and films aimed at women topping the box office. As we speak, Divergent, Cinderella and Fifty Shades of Grey…
Oscar Contending Pics, Documentaries Thrive in Limited Release
Birdman did exceedingly well in limited release, with a $28,721 per theater average playing in just 50 locations. Whiplash needs a bit more word of mouth which it will get once the awards start rolling in. But with no major stars like…
Gone Girl to become Fincher’s Highest Grossing Film, Women in Hollywood Get a Major Boost
David Fincher's Gone Girl is about to make in 4 weeks what Benjamin Button made in 18. Argo totaled out at $136 million, and didn't get where Gone Girl has gotten until about 18 weeks. Gone Girl will likely hit $150 million before it…
David Fincher’s Gone Girl slays with $38M debut
Gone Girl vaults to the top of David Fincher's box-office chart with the best opening weekend of his career. $38 million; that's 4.5 million tickets. Panic Room made $30 million selling 5.1 million tickets 12 years ago (in 2002, when…
Monday Box Office – If You Brand it, They Will Come
Our teenagers today should be happy that they have become so heavily branded they no longer have much of a choice over how they spend their money. If it is built, they will come. They want to have a good time and they don't particularly…
Boyhood Offers Some Hope in Box Office News
Boyhood has already made a cool $7 mil at the box office and Oscar season hasn't even started yet in earnest. It is somewhat heartening to know that a movie like that can still make enough money to justify its existence. We are living the…
Remember when ‘experts’ said Disney would lose money on Maleficent?
Who's smiling a wicked smile now? Just 3 months ago, financial experts were predicting doom and gloom for Disney's Maleficent. On April 1, Wall Street analyst Marci Ryvicker wrote that Maleficent "is maybe too dark and scary to be…
Box Office Check-In – Women Represent
Jennifer Lawrence has to be one of the biggest stars in the world right now. $158 million for the opening of Catching Fire. You can say it's the franchise if you want. At the end of the day, does it really matter? Isn't that just…
Lee Daniels’ The Butler Takes Number One for Third Consecutive Weekend
Only three Best Picture nominees have ever been number one for 3 consecutive weeks, and no black writer/director is among them. This film should hit $100 million without blinking. Here is how dominance at the box office has helped a…
The Butler opens at Number One
All of the good word of mouth (sans some critics) has helped The Butler take the number one spot at the box office, very likely dragging people out who don't go to the movies. There's Oprah in the best performance she's ever given (doesn't…
Pacific Rim Lands at Number 3, Sequels Continue Reign
Pacific Rim is a lot better than the box office results of the weekend would have you believe. Articles keep popping up about how fanboys had no impact and Twitter buzz meant nothing because at the end of the weekend, the vile Grownups…
Top Twenty at the Box Office for 2013
How has the year been shaking down in terms of box office numbers? For the big movies, at the mid-year point, it looks like this (from Box Office Mojo):
1
Iron Man 3
$405,929,319
4,253
2
Man of Steel
$263,691,000
4,207…
Box Office – Hope Among the Ruins
I was surprised to see how well Mud has been doing at the box office. Amid the tent-pole productions, the smaller films aren't doing badly. They're doing good enough, I think, to keep hope alive. Studios have cracked the code - give the…
$51M for Gatsby
Talk about top-heavy box-office. The Great Gatsby has collected $51 million on its opening weekend, coming in 2nd after Iron Man 3 with $72M. On virtually the same number of screens (3500 vs 3300) Gatsby earned 10x more than the closest…