Box Office

‘Fury’ Runs Over ‘Gone Girl’ on the Path to the Top

Despite the fact that October tends to be relatively packed full of horror films, Brad Pitt’s return to the silver screen has been met with an enormous response. Thanks to the $23.5 million that it had made on its opening weekend, Fury has knocked Gone Girl from its chart-topping position. Sales aren’t the only thing going […]

‘Gone Girl’ Successfully Defends Its Top Spot Against ‘Dracula Untold’

Though there is plenty of competition, Gone Girl for the second weekend in a row has come out on top in box office sales. It debuted alongside Annabelle last weekend, and managed to scrape by as the number one debut. Now that we are in the second full week of its release it has had […]

‘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 […]

Denzel Washington Takes Box Office With ‘The Equalizer’

Denzel Washington’s been on a roll with his recent work, and The Equalizer‘s commercial success serves as a testament to that. According to estimates from Sony-Columbia pictures, the action-thriller is set to make $35 million dollars by the end of its debut weekend. The Boxtrolls came into theaters as well, and opened with around $17 […]

‘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 […]

‘Guardians’ Reclaims Box Office Charts

Being the heavy-hitter that it’s proven to be this summer, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has risen to the top of the charts. Although it’s been in theaters for four weeks now, the sci-fi action film has pulled in over $17 million this weekend. If I Stay beat out the pack of new releases that came […]

‘Turtles’ Defend Top Position From ‘The Expendables’

The summer film season is now reaching its conclusion with the arrival of not only a star-packed blockbuster and a silver screen adaption of a YA-fiction novel, but yet another buddy cop comedy. Despite all of that action between the new titles, not one has surpassed last week’s top film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or […]

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 […]

‘Lucy’ Defeats ‘Hercules’ With an Astonishing $44 Mil

Somehow, someway, Scarlett Johansson’s latest lead effort has done the unexpected and acquired a hefty $44 million dollar gross this opening weekend. Clearly, this news wouldn’t be as shocking if its major competitor wasn’t starred by heavyweight Dwayne Johnson, whose action-packed film, Hercules, had only scooped up about $29 million, according to Rentrak. Lucy’s success […]