Move over, Avengers. The reign of superheroes atop the all-time box office charts may be nearing its end, as a new film from one of the most legendary franchises of all time just rewrote the book on big opening weekends. We knew Jurassic World would be huge, but I doubt anyone could have predicted the […]
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‘Jurassic World’ Just Had The Biggest Opening Weekend Of All Time
June 15th, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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‘Furious 7’ Is Now The Fourth Highest Grossing Film Of All Time
May 3rd, 2015 James Shotwell Now four weeks into its initial release, Furious 7 has surpassed Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to become the fourth highest grossing film of all time worldwide. Yes, the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have proven to be no match for Dominic Toretto and his family as Furious 7‘s global box […]
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‘Age Of Ultron’ Grabs Second Biggest Opening Weekend Ever
May 3rd, 2015 James Shotwell The first domestic box office numbers are in for Avengers: Age Of Ultron, and just as suspected it appears Marvel has another hit film on their hands. According to Deadline, the latest film from Marvel Studios brought in an estimated $187.7 million during its first three days of release. That is just under $20 million […]
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‘Hobbit’ Finale Defeats Competition
December 21st, 2014 Adrian Garza The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has officially arrived, and it’s left quite the impact on this week’s charts. With an estimated weekend total that pushes far past $55 million, the finale to the highly revered Hobbit trilogy has now made over $90 million dollars in the past five days. Though their numbers […]
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Despite Mediocre Turnout, ‘Exodus’ Tops ‘Mockingjay’
December 14th, 2014 Adrian Garza With Christmas (and the swarm of major releases that come with it) looming in the immediate future, cineplexes across the country are collectively experiencing something of a calm before the storm. Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings overcame much more than a 28% rating to win over the weekend box office. After three solid weeks […]
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Success Continues on for ‘Mockingjay’
December 7th, 2014 Adrian Garza For the third consecutive week, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, otherwise known as Mockingjay for short, has topped the charts. Partly in thanks to a quiet and sluggish post-Thanksgiving weekend, the film made an estimated $21.6 million dollars over the past three days. This would move the film’s domestic total up to $257 million, thus surpassing […]
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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ Continues To Dominate The Box Office
November 30th, 2014 Kriston McConnell It should be a surprise to no one that the top grossing movie this week is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. The first of two installments for the final chapter of the trilogy has killed its competition two weeks in a row now. Last weekend it opened with an impressive $121,000,000 debut. This weekend […]
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November 23rd, 2014 Adrian Garza 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 […]
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‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Dominate the Weekend
November 16th, 2014 Adrian Garza 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 […]
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‘Interstellar’ Falls Behind ‘Big Hero 6’
November 9th, 2014 Adrian Garza 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 […]
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Sluggish Halloween Weekend Yields Favorable Results for ‘Nightcrawler’
November 2nd, 2014 Adrian Garza 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 […]
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‘Ouija’ Scores $20 Million Weekend
October 26th, 2014 Adrian Garza It’s no secret that there’s a definite hit and miss game to releasing micro-horror films. When a production tanks, more often than not, flukes are forgotten and never remembered again, but sometimes, the returns can be massive. This was exactly the case with Blumhouse Productions’ Ouija, which topped this weekend’s box office charts with a shocking $20 […]
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