Monday, October 25th, 2010 at 8:53 am
There can be only one #1 film at the weekend box office at it was fear that won fans over with the debut of "Paranormal Activity 2." Paramount Pictures' follow-up to last year's micro-budgeted hit "Paranormal Activity" got a jump on Halloween, as fans packed theaters for another documentary-style thriller about a household plagued by a menacing spirit...
Monday, October 18th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Despite their TV series ending years ago and the last "Jackass" movie being in 2006, the boys still have a brand name and proved it over the weekend by taking the box office with "Jackass 3D." Johnny Knoxville and his "Jackass" gang released their latest big-screen collection of crazy stunts and antics, and opened with a whopping $50 million, soaring past the debuts of their first two movies, and beating out the Bruce Willis action-comedy "Red" ...
Monday, October 11th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Everybody flocked to the theaters to see the story of the start of Facebook, via "The Social Network," making it the top movie for the second weekend in a row, beating out new releases such as Katherine Heigl's "Life as We Know It," the "Secretariat," and "My Soul to Take." The film about Facebook's founders took in $15.5 million to remain the #1 film and raised its 10-day total to $46.1 million...
Monday, October 4th, 2010 at 10:01 am
While the new Facebook movie, "The Social Network," wasn't exactly a blockbuster, it did well enough to win the box office weekend, beating out new horror flicks "Let Me In" and "Case 39". "The Social Network" earned $23 million to take the #1 spot on this weekend's box office. The David Fincher-directed film is an adult drama surrounding the creation of the most popular social network on the planet, Facebook...
Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Movie fans returned to the box office over the weekend to see how Michael Douglas' character, Gordon Gekko, from the original "Wall Street" is 23 years after the 1987 film, and they came in flocks, helping the new version "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" take #1 with $19 million this weekend. Still, the "Wall Street" sequel's performance at this weekend's box office was less than expected, which reunites director Oliver Stone with Douglas...
Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Movie fans returned to the box office over the weekend to see how Michael Douglas' character, Gordon Gekko, from the original "Wall Street" is 23 years after the 1987 film, and they came in flocks, helping the new version "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" take #1 with $19 million this weekend. Still, the "Wall Street" sequel's performance at this weekend's box office was less than expected, which reunites director Oliver Stone with Douglas...
Monday, September 20th, 2010 at 9:24 am
"The Town" was the talk of the box office this weekend, opening in the top spot with $23.8 million above other new releases such as "Easy A", "Devil", and "Alpha and Omega." "Town," the Warner Bros. drama about bank robbers in a section of Boston, stars Ben Affleck who also directed it, alongside Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm and Chris Cooper...
Monday, September 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Being the only major release this weekend, the horror action flick "Resident Evil: Afterlife" led the weekend box office easily beating out previously released films "Takers" and last week's top film "The American." The 3D "Resident Evil" film earned $27.7 million this weekend, exceeding expectations, according to the Associated Press. Its the fourth film in the "Resident Evil" franchise, all films starring Milla Jovovich...
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Over the long Labor Day weekend, it was George Clooney's new hitman tale, "The American," that beat all new releases include Robert Rodriguez's new "Machete" film, and Drew Barrymore's romantic comedy "Going The Distance." "The American" pulled in $16.4 million over the long weekend, but since opening on Wednesday (September 1), its earned $19.5 million...
Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables" has been the #1 flick at the box office for two weekends, but that streak ended this weekend when the new fright flick "The Last Exorcism" dethroned the action flick to take the #1 slot. The Lionsgate horror film edged out Sony's heist thriller "Takers," pulling in $21.3 million during his debut weekend. "Takers" was right behind it, in at #2...
