Pin ItemailprintThe makers of “Paranormal Activity 3″ are screaming with delight today as the new horror flick took in $54 million over the weekend, the biggest opening ever for a horror movie. The third film in the franchise landed the top spot at the box office and broke the $40.7 million previous record set one [...]
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It was a busy weekend in the entertainment world. It’s been revealed that, before her death, Amy Winehouse may have been in the process of adopting a 10-year old child. According to media reports, Winehouse was planning to adopt a girl from the island of St. Lucia. Winehouse’s camp has yet to confirm that rumor, [...]
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″, the final chapter in the epic Harry Potter saga, stole the weekend box office. The film took in $168.5 million, setting a new all-time record for the highest-grossing opening weekend. The previous record was held by “The Dark Knight”. The movie has also made $307 million overseas, [...]
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It’s official, “Jonah Hex” is a waste of the very film on which it was printed, at least if the latest box office figures are any indication. Surely, the movie wasn’t going to beat “Toy Story 3″, but many figured it would at least crack the top five. Guess again. “Jonah Hex” came in 8th [...]
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“Avatar” has taken the world by storm, grossing over $1 billion in just four weeks on the big screen. The movie takes place on a planet called Pandora in the year 2154, where humans have started a mining colony that is environmentally UN-friendly. Still, the Roman Catholic Church is not a fan. The Vatican has [...]
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That’s right, Sandra Bullock. Not George Clooney. Not Megan Fox. Not Denzel Washington. Sandra Bullock was Hollywood’s top star at the box office in 2009. Quigley Publishing Co. released its annual list on Thursday of top money-making stars based on a survey of hundreds of theater execs – and Bullock came out on top based [...]
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2009 was an interesting year in cinema. We had monsters fighting aliens, the third installment of the “Ice Age” franchise hit the big screen, there was a new “Harry Potter”, vampires, and even a “Star Trek” reboot. But which movie took in the most bling in 2009? Surprisingly, it wasn’t the world’s most poplar boy [...]
James Cameron‘s “Avatar” dominated the global box office during its opening weekend, despite a blizzard that slammed the East Coast of the U.S. The movie took in about $232.2 million from North America and 106 foreign markets, according to 20th Century Fox. If these figures verify,this would make for the ninth-biggest opening of all time. [...]
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“The Princess and the Frog” took the top spot at reigned supreme at movie theaters this weekend. The fairy tale from Disney did $25 million, according to initial estimates. That was about $10 million more than the closest competitor. It also represents the best debut for an animated film released during the month of December, [...]
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Harry Potter just got pwned. Summit Entertainment says “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” did over $26 million in midnight ticket sales on Thursday night, smashing the record set over the summer by “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” On top of that, the original “Twilight,” which was re-released in movie theaters on Thursday night, did [...]
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The doomsday movie 2012 raked in $65 million during its opening weekend in the U.S. and pulled in $225 million worldwide, according to estimates from box office tracking company Nielsen EDI. The debut was about $5 million more than experts predicted and rounded out a disastrous trilogy for director Roland Emmerich, who also directed Independence [...]
