Maleficent has been a big winner overseas, where it has made 482M. It’s been a big hit in China, where it has raked in 47M, Mexico at 45M, and the UK at 30M. Transformers 4 is also a big winner … Continue reading How Are This Summer’s Movie Fairing Overseas?
Lucy took the top spot at the weekend, overperforming by a lot. With a rumored budget of 40M, Lucy will be turning profit. However, audiences are divided, and the film received a low C+ cinemascore. Next weekend will belong to … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Lucy’ Assassinates ‘Hercules’
These are just projected numbers. Even if they hold, it means Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy outgrossed Angelina Jolie’s Salt. It is by far her biggest opener outside of a Marvel movie. For Dwayne Johnson, it’s his biggest non-franchise solo opener ever. … Continue reading Friday Box Office: ‘Lucy’ Overperforms, ‘Hercules’ Does Too… Kinda
Lucy opened to 2.7M last night in late night grosses, and Hercules opened to 2.1M. This is putting Lucy on track for a low 30’s opening, and Hercules on track for a high 20’s opening. Continue reading ‘Lucy’ Defeats ‘Hercules’ In Midnight Grosses
1) Lucy- 32M Weekend, 32M Total Lucy is hoping to replicate the opening weekend of Salt, which opened to 36M in 2010. Angelina Jolie is more bankable than Scarlett Johansson is, this really being a true test of her star … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Lucy’ vs ‘Hercules’ for the #1 spot
Well… kinda. Let’s face it. When we’re in July, and the #1 grossing film of the year opened in April, we’ve got some problems. Slumps are difficult to define, because going down from the previous year (which happens a lot) … Continue reading Is There A Summer Box Office Slump?
As we know, Animation is hard. So many attempts at creating Animated works have failed. Most notably, Food Fight. But, if you peruse your Netflix Instant… you might find yourself asking… where did all these movies come from? They don’t … Continue reading What’s Up With All The Random Animated Movies On Netflix?
1) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes- 36M Weekend, 138.9M Total The Apes lead again, easily winning, and dipping only 50% from last weekend. It’s not a bad drop considering how high it opened, and how most big films … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Apes’ Still Rule, ‘Sex Tape’ Falls Apart
1) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes- 34M Weekend, 137M Total Dawn is still very much on track to win the weekend, being largely unchallenged by everything except The Purge (which will still fall short). 2) The Purge: Anarchy- … Continue reading Friday Box Office: ‘Apes’ and ‘Purge’ doing well, ‘Sex’ and ‘Planes’ not so much
As expected, The Purge: Anarchy led last nights openers, grossing 2.6M with late shows starting at 8PM. It beat out Sex Tape, which pulled in 1.1M starting at 7PM. It did not, however, beat the original Purge, which made 3.4M … Continue reading ‘Anarchy’ Leads Midnight Openers
20 Years Ago today was the opening weekend for True Lies. James Cameron teamed up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis for the action classic. It has a fairly good Rotten Tomatoes score of 72%, a 63 on Metacritic, … Continue reading Anniversary Weekend: ‘True Lies’, ‘Angels’, and more
1) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes- 33M Weekend, 143M Total Even with a harsh 55% drop, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is a sure-fire winner this weekend. I don’t think any of the new trio can … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Three New Releases Can’t Beat ‘Apes’
1) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes- 73M Weekend, 73M Total Opening considerably higher than Rise, and even higher than my 60M prediction, Dawn became a true bonafide summer smash, drawing an 18K per screen average and dominating all … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Dawn’ Is Strong
1) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes- 65M Weekend, 65M Total Dawn opened to 4.1 in late showings last night, off to a solid start. The first film was well received, and the second film is getting terrific reviews … Continue reading Box Office Predictons: ‘Apes’ Are Gonna Take It All
1) Transformers 4- 36.4M Weekend, 174.7M Total Down 63% from the previous weekend, Transfromers 4 took advantage of a weak weekend to continue to hold first place. That won’t happen next weekend, as Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes … Continue reading Weekend Estimates: A Whole Lotta Shaking Up Going On
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