Box Office

Alice in Wonderland Breaks Box Office Records

Published on: 8th March, 2010

Tim Burton’s 3D re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland reached new dimensions, shattering the box office records for the month of March, IMAX openings, and a 3D debut.
The PG quasi-sequel posted $116.1 million over the weekend, the sixth largest in history.  (It’s the largest non-sequel ever if you don’t consider it a follow-up.)
$11.9 million from 180 [...]

‘Shutter Island’ Repeats at the Box Office

Published on: 28th February, 2010

Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island took its second consecutive weekend at the domestic box office, drawing an estimated $22.2 million in ticket sales.  Presumably strong word of mouth helped the R-rated Paramount release to a $75.1 million total over competition from a new Kevin Smith film and Overture’s genre flick.
Smith’s Cop Out was absolutely destroyed by [...]

‘Shutter Island’ Takes Weekend Box Office

Published on: 21st February, 2010

Shutter Island, the fourth collaboration of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, easily won the weekend box office with $40.2 million.
As the only wide opener, the psychological thriller had its run of theaters to become the biggest opening for both Scorsese and DiCaprio whose previous best debuts were The Departed and Catch Me If You Can respectively.
The [...]

‘Valentine’s Day’ Sets Holiday Record

Published on: 16th February, 2010

Valentine’s Day may be as forced as its titular holiday, but the star-studded romantic comedy set a new record for President’s Day and V-Day weekends with an estimated $66.9 million over four days.
Producer Toby Emmerich found a hit with last year’s ensemble drama He’s Just Not That Into You, so New Line/Warner Bros followed that [...]

‘Dear John’ Dethrones ‘Avatar’ at Box Office

Published on: 9th February, 2010

Avatar’s reign over the box office is over.  In a surprise upset, storybook romance film Dear John ended the streak during the sci-fi epic’s eighth weekend.
The Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried drama made $30.5 million in its debut, doubling the opening take of the five other adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels.  The most successful one [...]

‘Avatar’ Passes $600M, ‘Titanic’ U.S. Record

Published on: 3rd February, 2010

Yesterday in a post about Rupert Murdoch “pushing for” an Avatar 2, I mentioned James Cameron’s original 3D epic was just shy of topping Titanic at the domestic box office.
It’s official now.  The numbers are in and with a $2.7 million Tuesday, Avatar became the undisputed highest-grossing film of all-time in just 47 days, both [...]

‘Avatar’ Takes 7th Straight, First to $2 Billion

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Mel Gibson’s return to acting in Edge of Darkness didn’t stand a chance against the highest grossing film of all-time.
James Cameron’s Avatar won its seventh straight weekend with an estimated $30 million, which puts it within striking distance of the last major record.  The expensive science fiction adventure is $6.3 million from passing Cameron’s Titanic to hold [...]

‘Avatar’ is World’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever

Published on: 27th January, 2010

This weekend Avatar inched within striking distance of Cameron’s own Titanic at the worldwide box office.  Monday numbers confirmed the 20th Century Fox release officially took the box office crown, earning $1.859 billion in 39 days.
For comparison, December 1997 through September 1998 Titanic made $1.843 billion after 41 weekends in theaters.  Obviously the global rankings are [...]

Avatar Passes Dark Knight in 6th Straight Win

Published on: 24th January, 2010

James Cameron’s science fiction epic Avatar earned another $36 million and passed The Dark Knight this weekend in its six consecutive round at the top of the box office.  The big budget blockbuster now holds the title of the second largest domestic gross of all time.  But not for long.
At $552.7 million, Avatar is only $48 [...]

Avatar Takes 5th Straight, Passes $500 Million

Published on: 18th January, 2010

The day after Avatar won “Best Motion Picture” (drama) at the Golden Globes, the science fiction epic crossed the $500 million domestic mark.  James Cameron, who picked up an award for “Best Director” last night, is also celebrating the fastest film to the rare box office threshold (only 32 days) and a pace set to [...]

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