Industry News
Weekend Box Office: “Hobbit” an expected victor
Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” flooded megaplexes this weekend in a bevy of formats, from 2-D to 3-D to High Frame Rate 3-D...
Weekend Box Office: “Skyfall” reclaims lead
Another calm weekend at the box office before the Christmas madness sets in. “Skyfall” took back the top slot from “The Twilight Saga: Breaking...
Weekend Box Office: Pitt and Dominik’s “Killing” opens softly
It wasn’t entirely unexpected that “Killing Them Softly” with Brad Pitt opened poorly at the box office (I predicted the gross within a half a...
Weekend Box Office: “Twilight,” “Skyfall,” “Lincoln” beat openers
The “five-day weekend” over Thanksgiving has become a less popular time for Hollywood studios to release hot new movies than it used to be. As a result,...
Weeekend Box Office: “Twilight” closes well
Just as I predicted in this weekend’s Box Office Beat column, the final installment of the “Twilight Saga” franchise, “Breaking Dawn –...
Weekend Box Office: “Skyfall” soars
As I predicted in this week’s edition of Box Office Beat, “Skyfall” ended up earning the biggest opening weekend of any James Bond film to date,...
Weekend Box Office: Sandy no match for “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Flight”
Going into the weekend, there was a general feeling that the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy would depress grosses, especially with about 300 theaters along the Eastern...
Weekend Box Office: “Argo” bests all openers in down frame
In its third weekend of release, Ben Affleck’s period crowd-pleaser “Argo” showed no signs of slowing down at the box office, dropping just 24.9...
Weekend Box Office: “Paranormal Activity 4″ tops unremarkable frame
As expected, “Paranormal Activity 4″ earned the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend, but it did so without grossing anywhere near as much...
Weekend Box Office: “Taken 2″ fends off flurry of new competitors
“Taken 2,” the ‘Liam Neeson is still a badass, in case you were wondering’-billed sequel, once again topped the North American box office...