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‘Mockingjay’ Crushes Weekend Competition

Should we really expect anything less from the global behemoth that The Hunger Games franchise has now become? The third installment of the series, Mockingjay — Part 1, premiered this weekend to $123 million dollars. They may be high, but in comparison to the $152+ million opening supplied by the 2012 Hunger Games film, these […]

‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Dominate the Weekend

Who needs a marketing budget when you have nostalgia? This weekend saw the return of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels from a twenty year absence of working together to reprise the roles of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in Dumb and Dumber To. Though the film might be the subject of some lofty jabs in […]

‘Interstellar’ Falls Behind ‘Big Hero 6’

Temperatures across the country may be taking a plunge, but things sure are heating up at the box office, now that Oscar season is among us. In a battle of epic proportions, Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar faced off this weekend, with the former emerging on top, boasting an estimated $56 million […]

Sluggish Halloween Weekend Yields Favorable Results for ‘Nightcrawler’

Things were neck and neck this weekend between Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler and Ouija, but when all was said and done, the newcomer emerged victorious, according to box office estimates. The box office win was earned by a hair, in this case, there were only about $10k separating the film from last week’s top dog. While there […]

‘Gone Girl’ and ‘Annabelle’ Have Killer Box Office Weekend

Cineplexes across the nation have been packed out this weekend thanks to the highly-anticipated arrival of Gone Girl and Annabelle. By a very narrow margin of one million dollars, the former of the two topped the charts with $38 million in weekend sales, according to studio estimates. These two films that have breaking well above […]

‘No Good Deed’ Intruded into Theaters and Made $24.5 Million

No Good Deed didn’t need a stacked budget or flashy effects to knock Guardians of the Galaxy from the top of the weekend charts. Which goes to show that sometimes, what the box office really needs to get revived is a good old-fashioned scare from a home invasion thriller. The Screen Gems film made an […]

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Scoops Up Yet Another Box Office Win

This is the fourth time in the past six weeks that we’ve referenced Guardians of the Galaxy in the headline of these box office weekend posts, and that’s all for a good reason; the film still continues to crush in an incredibly stale time of the year. An estimated $10 million had been earned by […]

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Continues its Box Office Romp this Three-Day Weekend

It’s official, Guardians of the Galaxy will be known as THE movie of the summer. If not for the hilarious one-liners, stellar soundtrack, and headline-worthy unofficial merchandise, then for its dominance as this quarter’s top film, with $274 thousand dollars made domestically since its August 1 release date. This weekend, the Marvel Studios film topped […]

TURTLE POWER: ‘TMNT’ Earns $65 Million, Paramount Announces Sequel

It shouldn’t come as a surprise since every past addition to the franchise has always opened at the top of the charts, but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has cleaned out the box office for over $65 million dollars this weekend. Paramount Pictures have decided to strike while the iron is still hot by commencing production […]

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Dominates the Charts, Breaks Box Office Record

As different as Guardians of the Galaxy may be from Marvel Studios’ recent releases, this sci-fi/adventure sure did leave quite a dent in this weekend’s box office charts by making an estimated $94 million. While closely following up to the success of Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s $95 million opening weekend pull from this past […]

‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Conquers the Box Office

Fox’s iconic franchise about our favorite bunch of gun-toting apes has dominated the box office this weekend. The summer blockbuster is poised to make an expected $73 million dollars, far surpassing Rentrak’s projected $60 million dollar pull. Transformers: Age of Extinction has been released for nearly 2 and a half weeks now and is still performing […]

‘Transformers’ Continues Explosive Success This Fourth of July Weekend

Although this year’s Fourth of July weekend felt rather lackluster in comparison to last year’s, Transformers: Age Of Extinction has maintained its leading position on the charts for a consecutive week. Come tonight, the Michael Bay-produced action film will pull an estimated $36.4 million dollars. Tammy came out on top of this week’s slew of […]