‘Inglorious Basterds’ Takes Over Weekend Box Office
Quentin Tarantino scored his biggest release every over the weekend with his WWII action film, Inglorious Basterds. The film took domestically an estimated $37.6 million beating his previous best Kill Bill Vol. 2 which had an opening of $25.1. Inglorious Basterds did well over the expectations for it’s weekend opening, which most pundits set at […]
District 9 Has Impressive Weekend
Weekend Box Office showed an improvement over last year in the same time frame jumping almost 15% led by the impressive weekend from the sci-fi thriller District 9. District 9 which flew into theaters this weekend did sizeable business for a low budget sci-fi thriller. The film had an estimated gross of $37 million over […]
Funny People tops Weekend Box Office
Well no surprises here, Judd Apatow’s new comedy Funny People topped the weekend box office charts with an estimated gross of $23.4 million. The R-rated comedy finished within expectations of the studio, but at the low end of most advance estimates. While it is the top picture of the weekend, things aren’t perfect. This marks […]
“Transformers” Beats “Ice Age” at the Weekend Box Office Showdown
The highest grossing film of 2009, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” came out victorious at the box office this past 4th of July weekend. The action packed robot thrill-ride from Michael Bay earned $42.3 million dollars in the US, according to Box Office Mojo. It just barely beat out “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” […]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Earns Big At Box Office
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has lead the box office as expected, since it’s Wednesday release last week. The movie came in at the #2 spot for the highest five day opening of all time, second only to “The Dark Knight.” Transformers: ROTF came in at $200.1 million in the US from Wednesday to Sunday, […]
Terminator Make over $13 million on Thursday
Opening on the same Thursday as “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” one year ago, TERMINATOR SALVATION brought in over $13 million dollars going into the holiday weekend. The third movie in the franchise, “Terminator: Rise of the Machines” made only $44 million on it’s opening weekend, so this film is guaranteed […]
Star Trek Sets Phasers to Kill at the Box Office
This was a great opening weekend for Star Trek at the box office. The long awaited film opened at $72.5 million it’s first weekend in theaters, according to Box Office Mojo. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman, dropped down from $85 million to $27 million during it’s second weekend in theaters. Last but not least, […]
“Fast and Furious” Weekend at the Box Office
This weekend at the box office was definitely “Fast and Furious” with the new Vin Diesel / Paul Walker movie bringing in $72.5 million dollars across 3,461 theaters. International theaters brought in $30.1 million dollars across 3,158 theaters. The movie crossed the finish line long before the defending champ “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which brought in […]
