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Hop is #1 at the box-office

Matt Keith — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:32:01 +0000

Easter may still be twenty days away, but that didn’t stop Universal’s Hop from taking the number 1 spot at the box-office. The Easter-themed film starring James Marden, Kaley Cuoco, and the voice of Russel Brand took in $38,118,000 during it’s first weekend. Summit Entertainment’s Source Code debuted in second with $15,053,000. The other film that opened this weekend was Film District’s Insidious, which came in third place with $13,496,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Hop ($38.1 Mil)

2. Source Code ($15 Mil)

3. Insidious ($13.4 Mil)

4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules ($10.2 Mil)

5. Limitless ($9.4 Mil)

6. The Lincoln Lawyer ($7 Mil)

7. Sucker Punch ($6 Mil)

8. Rango ($4.5 Mil)

9. Paul ($4.3 Mil)

10. Battle Los Angeles ($3.5 Mil)

Opening this weekend will be Rio (April 15th), Scream 4 (April 15th), The Conspirator (Limited), The Double Hour (Limited), Footprints (Limited), and The Princess of Montpensier (Limited).

Sucker Punch gets sucker-punched by a Wimpy Kid at the Box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:31:51 +0000

While Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch took Friday’s number 1 spot at the box-office, David Bowers’ Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules took the spot over the weekend. The film took in $24,400,000 total, with Sucker Punch falling not too fare behind with $19,000,000. Last week’s previous number 1 film, Limitless, fell to 3rd place with $15,225,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Collider:

1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules ($24.4 mil)

2. Sucker Punch ($19 mil)

3. Limitless ($15.2 mil)

4. The Lincoln Lawyer ($11 mil)

5. Rango ($9.8 mil)

6. Battle: Los Angeles ($7.6 mil)

7. Paul ($7.5 mil)

8. Red Riding Hood ($4.3 mil)

9. The Adjustment Bureau ($4.2 mil)

10. Mars Needs Moms ($2.1 mil)

Opening next week is Hop (April 1st), Source Code (April 1st), Cat Run (Limited), In A Better World (Limited), Insidious (Limited), The Last Godfather (Limited), Super (Limited), and Trust (Limited).

The Rite takes over the Box-office

Matt Keith — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:09:08 +0000

WB’s The Rite literally took possession of the box-office this weekend. The film starring Anthony Hopkins debuted at number 1 on Friday, and went on to claim the spot for the weekend with $15,005,000. This knocked Paramount’s comedy No Strings Attached down to second place taking in $13,650,000. CBS Films’ The Mechanic took the third spot with $11,500,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. The Rite ($15 mil)

2. No Strings Attached ($13.6 mil)

3. The Mechanic ($11.5 mil)

4. The Green Hornet ($11.5 mil)

5. The King’s Speech ($11.1 mil)

6. True Grit ($7.6 mil)

7. The Dilemma ($5.4 mil)

8. Black Swan ($5.1 mil)

9. The Fighter ($4 mil)

10. Yogi Bear ($3.1 mil)

Opening next week will be The Roommate (February 4), Sanctum (February 4), Frankie and Alice (Limited), The Other Woman (Limited), and Waiting For Forever (Limited).

There’s No Strings Attached at the Box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:54:51 +0000

After topping Friday’s box-office, Ivan Reitman’s No Strings Attached went on to conquer the box-office over the weekend. The film was able to gross $20,300,000 total this weekend. Last week’s number 1 film, Green Hornet, was kicked down to second place with $18,100,000. Ron Howard’s The Dilemma was also booted down to third place with $9,727,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. No String’s Attached ($20.3 mil)

2. Green Hornet ($18.1 mil)

3. The Dilemma ($9.7 mil)

4. The King’s Speech ($9.1 mil)

5. True Grit ($8 mil)

6. Black Swan ($6.2 mil)

7. The Fighter ($4.5 mil)

8. Little Fockers ($4.3 mil)

9. Yogi Bear ($4 mil)

10. Tron Legacy ($3.7 mil)

Opening next week will be The Mechanic (January 28), The Rite (January 28), Ip Man 2 (Limited), and From Prada to Nada (Limited).

True Grit is #1

Matt Keith — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:41:01 +0000

It seems that third was the charm for Paramount’s True Grit (2010). For the past two weeks, the film has been competing with Universal’s Little Fockers at the box-office, but True Grit has finally made it to the number 1 spot with $15,000,000. Although, Little Fockers wasn’t too far behind with $13,781,000. Relativity Media’s Season of the Witch debuted in third place with $10,726,000. The other film that opened was Screen Gems’ Country Song taking the sixth spot with $7,300,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. True Grit ($15 mil)

2. Little Fockers ($13.7 mil)

3. Season of the Witch ($10.7 mil)

4. Tron Legacy ($9.8 mil)

5. Black Swan ($8.3 mil)

6. Country Song ($7.3 mil)

7. The Fighter ($7 mil)

8. The King’s Speech ($6.8 mil)

9. Yogi Bear ($6.8 mil)

10. Tangled ($5.2 mil)

Opening next week will be The Dilemma (January 14), The Green Hornet (January 14), Barney’s Version (Limited), and Ong Bak 3 (Limited).

Little Fockers remains at #1

Matt Keith — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:22:47 +0000

It may have be a new year, but it was nothing new at the box-office. Paramount’s True Grit (2010) managed to knock Universal’s Little Fockers from the number 1 spot, but it didn’t last long. Little Fockers came back over to weekend to reclaim the number 1 spot for a second consecutive weekend with $26,300,000. True Grit once again settled for second place with $24,500,000.

You can check out the rest of the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Little Fockers ($26.3 mil)

2. True Grit ($24.5 mil)

3. Tron: Legacy ($18.3 mil)

4. Yogi Bear ($13 mil)

5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($10.5 mil)

6. Tangles ($10 mil)

7. The Fighters ($10 mil)

8. Gulliver’s Travels ($9.1 mil)

9. Black Swan ($8.4 mil)

10. The King’s Speech ($7.6 mil)

Opening next week will be Country Song (January 7) and Season of the Witch (January 7).

Some Little Fockers take over the Box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:11:15 +0000

Christmas is over, and the numbers are in with Universal’s Little Fockers taking the number 1 spot. The film was able to bring in $34,046,000 over the Christmas weekend. The second spot was taken by True Grit, Paramount’s remake to the 1969 Western, taking in $26,600,000. The other film that opened was Twentieth Century Fox’s Gulliver’s Travels, which debuted at number 7 with $7,200,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Little Fockers ($34 mil)

2. True Grit ($26.6 mil)

3. Tron: Legacy ($20.1 mil)

4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($10.8 mil)

5. Yogi Bear ($8.8 mil)

6. The Fighter ($8.5 mil)

7. Gulliver’s Travel ($7.2 mil)

8. Black Swan ($6.6 mil)

9. Tangled ($6.5 mil)

10. The Tourist ($5.7 mil)

Opening next week is Another Year (Limited), Biutiful (Limited), Blue Valentine (Limited), and The Way Back (Limited).

Tron: Legacy is #1 at the Box-Office

Matt Keith — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:03:32 +0000

To no real surprise, Walt Disney’s Tron: Legacy owned the box-office this weekend. The film earned a total of $43,600,000. WB’s Yogi Bear took the second spot with $16,705,000. The other film that opened was Sony’s How Do You Know, and took the eight spot with $7,600,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Tron: Legacy ($43.6 mil)

2. Yogi Bear ($16.7)

3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($12.4 mil)

4. The Fighter ($12.2 mil)

5. The Tourist ($8.7 mil)

6. Tangled ($8.6 mil)

7. Black Swan ($8.3 mil)

8. How Do You Know ($7.6 mil)

9. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part I ($4.8 mil)

10. Unstoppable ($1.8 mil)

Opening next week will be Little Focker (December 22), True Grit (December 22), Gulliver’s Travel (December 25), Country Song (Limited), Somewhere (Limited), and The Illusionist (Limited).

Harry Potter gets Tangled at the Box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:18:17 +0000

After remaining in the number 1 spot for two consecutive weeks, WB’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was dethroned by Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled. The film managed to take in $21,500,00 over the weekend, knocking Harry Potter down to second place with $16,735,000. Sngmoo Lee’s The Warrior’s Way debuted all the way down in ninth with $3,051,000. Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan didn’t manage to rank in the top-ten, and settled for thirteenth with $1,394,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Tangled ($21.5 mil)

2. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I ($16.7 mil)

3. Burlesque ($6.1 mil)

4. Unstoppable ($6.1 mil)

5. Love and Other Drugs ($5.7 mil)

6. Megamind ($5 mil)

7. Due Date ($4.2 mil)

8. Faster ($3.8 mil)

9. The Warrior’s Way ($3 mil)

10. The Next Three Days ($2.6 mil)

Opening next week will be The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (December 10), The Tourist (December 10), The Fighter (Limited), The Tempest (Limited), Hemingway’s Garden of Eden (Limited), and You Won’t Miss Me (Limited).

Harry Potter remains on top at the Box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:35:39 +0000

To no surprise, WB’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows remained number 1 at the box-office this weekend with $50,345,000. Although, Disney’ Tangled did come very close to taking that spot from Harry Potter with $49,100,000 since opening on Wednesday. Screen Gems’ Burlesque danced its way to the fourth spot with $$11,800,000. The other films that opened were Twentieth Century Fox’s Love and Other Drugs taking the sixth spot with $9,850,000, and CBS’ Faster in Seventh with $8,708,000.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows ($50.3 mil)

2. Tangled ($49.1 mil)

3. Megamind ($12.8 mil)

4. Burlesque (11.8 mil)

5. Unstoppable ($11.7 mil)

6. Love and Other Drugs ($9.8 mil)

7. Faster ($8.7 mil)

8. Due Date ($7.3 mil)

9. The Next Three Days ($4.8 mil)

10. Morning Glory ($4 mil)

Opening this week will be Black Swan (December 1), The Warrior’s Way (December 3), All Good Things (Limited), Dead Awake (Limited), I Love You Phillip Morris (Limited), Meskada (Limited), and Night Catches Us (Limited).

Harry Potter and the #1 spot at the box-office

Matt Keith — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:59:19 +0000

It was Potter-mania at the box-office this weekend (and read Marcella’s review here). The first part in David Yates’ Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows opened on Friday bringing in $61.2 million, easily knocking Dreamworks’ Megamind to second place with $16,175,000. That opening was the highest for the Harry Potter franchise, and it finished out the weekend with $125,120,000. The other film that opened this week was Lionsgate’s The Next Three Days that debuted in 5th with $6,750,000.

Here’s the top-ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part I ($125.1 mil)

2. Megamind ($16.1 mil)

3. Unstoppable ($13.1 mil)

4. Due Date ($9.1 mil)

5. The Next Three Days ($6.7 mil)

6. Morning Glory ($5.2 mil)

7. Skyline ($3.4 mil)

8. Red ($2.46 mil)

9. For Colored Girls ($2.4 mil)

10. Fair Game ($1.4 mil).

Opening this week will be 127 Hours (November 24), Burlesque (November 24), Love & Other Drugs (November 24), Faster (November 24), Tangled (November 24), The Legend of Pale Male (Limited), and The Nutcracker in 3D (Limited).

Megamind remains on top of the box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:17:29 +0000

DreamWorks’ Megamind retakes the number 1 spot at the box-office. The film was bumped to second by Tony Scott’s Unstoppableon Friday, but managed to retake its place over the weekend. Universal’s Skyline debuted in 4th with $11,678,00. The other film that opened was Paramount’s Morning Glory taking 5th place with $9,625,000.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Megamind ($30 mil)

2. Unstoppable ($23. 5 mil)

3. Due Date ($15.5 mil)

4. Skyline ($11.6 mil)

5. Morning Glory ($9.6 mil)

6. For Colored Girls ($6.7 mil)

7. Red ($5.1 mil)

8. Paranormal Activity 2 ($3 mil)

9. Saw 3D ($2.7 mil)

10. Jackass 3D ($2.3 mil)

Opening next weekend will be Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part I (November 19) and The Next Three Days (November 19). Reviews of the weekend’s top 10 are online now.

Paranormal Activity 2 scares up big box-office numbers

Matt Keith — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:43:53 +0000

Tod Willaims’ Paranormal Activity 2 brought horror back to the box-office. Both Matt Reeves’ Let Me In and Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take both tanked at the box-office, but Paranormal Activity 2 brought the genre back earning $41,500,000 over the weekend. The other film that opened was Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter debuting in 4th.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Paranormal Activity 2 ($41.5 mil)

2. Jackass 3D ($21.6 mil)

3. Red ($15 mil)

4. Hearafter ($12 mil)

5. The Social Network ($7.3)

6. Secretariat ($6.9)

7. Life As We Know It ($6.1 mil)

8. Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole ($3.1 mil)

9. The Town ($2.7 mil)

10. Easy A ($1.7 mil)

Opening next weekend will be Saw 3D (October 29), The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Limited), Inspector Bellamy (Limited), Monsters (Limited), and Wild Target (Limited).

The Social Network adds more friends at the box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:04:56 +0000

David Fincher’s The Social Network remains the number 1 in this weekend’s box-office report. The film brought in $15.5 million this weekend, and was a 30% drop since last week. Greg Berlanti’s Life As We Know It debuted in the number 1 spot on Friday, but fell to second place with $14.6 million. Randall Wallace’s Secretariat came in at third with $12.6 million. Wes Craven’s My Soul To Take ranked in at 5th, and It’s Kind of a Funny Story didn’t manage to make the top ten, but settled for the 12th spot.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. The Social Network ($15.5 mil)

2. Life As We Know It ($14.6 mil)

3. Secretariat ($12.6 mil)

4. Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole ($7 mil)

5. My Soul To Take ($6.9 mil)

6. The Town (6.3 mil)

7. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ($4.6 mil)

8. Easy A ($4.2 mil)

9. Case 39 ($2.6 mil)

10. You Again ($2.4 mil)

Opening this week will be Conviction (October 15), Jackass 3D (October 15), Red (October 15), and Carlos (Limited).

Money Never Sleeps at the box-office

Matt Keith — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:48:44 +0000

Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps took the number #1 spot in this weekends box-office report. The film brought in $19 million beating out Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, which brought in a little more than $16 million. The other film that opened was Andy Fickman’s You Again debuting in 5th with little over $8 million.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ($19 mil)

2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole ($16.3 mil)

3. The Town ($16 mil)

4. Easy A ($10.7 mil)

5. You Again ($8.3 mil)

6. Devil ($6.4 mil)

7. Resident Evil: Afterlife ($4.9 mil)

8. Alpha and Omega ($4.7 mil)

9. Takers ($1.7 mil)

10. Inception ($1.2 mil)

Opening this week will be The Social Network (October 1), Let Me In (October 1), Case 39 (October 1), Barry Munday (Limited), Chain Letter (Limited), Freakonomics (Limited), and Hatchet II (Limited).