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Box Office: Disney's MUSICAL Victorious, Lionsgate Banks with SAW V
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 10-26-2008)
We knew High School Musical 3: Senior Year would win this box office weekend due to pre-sales and the teen-focused hype machine coming out of Disney so the film launching into theaters with $42.0 million isn’t surprising. In fact, a lot of p... Halloween Box Office is Hot for Horror! (Tue 11-02-1999)
Warner Brothers` scary remake, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, exceeded weekend box office estimates, climbing to $15.9-million for the Halloween weekend. Meanwhile, both USA Films` BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and Miramax`s PRINCESS MONONOKE made strong bows in exclusive...Box Office: PAYNE Takes Down the Chihuahua
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 10-19-2008)
So, could Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua do it again for a third weekend in a row? Well, judging by the tickets the film was selling on Saturday in some theaters, it looked possible for the house that Mickey built. Unfortunately for those ... 
Box Office: Disney's MUSICAL Beats Smith's PORNO
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 11-02-2008)
On Halloween, Saw V jumped ahead of everyone for the weekend by grabbing $3.1 million. But once everyone was done trick and treating, Disney’s singing teenagers took over once again for Saturday and Sunday making High School Musical 3: Senio... Final Box Office for October 25-27
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 10-29-2002)
As expected yesterday, the feature adaptation of MTV's popular series, JACKASS, won the box office crown. With Halloween looming around the corner, horror flicks THE RING and GHOST SHIP came in second and third, respectively. Here's how the box office ro... Box Office: Scott's Lies, Quarantine Defeated by Disney's CHIHUAHUA
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 10-12-2008)
I honestly didn’t expect to be talking about a Beverly Hills Chihuahua again in this weekend’s box office report. Not with the highly marketed horror Quarantine and definitely not with Ridley Scott’s thriller Body of Lies hitting... Weekend Box Office Report: Saw Scares
by Karl Schneider (Mon 10-30-2006)
Once again proving that it doesn't take a budget north of $100 million to make a lot of money at theaters, the hottest horror franchise easily grabbed the top spot for the weekend managing a healthy $34 million in it's opening weekend. With a budget esti... Box Office Update: KNIGHT Captures Box Office History for WB
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 07-21-2008)
Update: The previous estimates were actually low in comparison to the final numbers. The highly anticipated sequel took in more then its previously mentioned $155.4 mil. Check out below for the full report.Original: The Dark Knight being one of the highes... Early Returns: Preliminary Box Office for October 18-20
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 10-21-2002)
With Halloween just around the corner, moviegoing audiences opted for theatrical scares and THE RING provided the perfect outlet. Surprisingly, SWEET HOME ALABAMA maintained second place, while RED DRAGON slipped to third. GREEK WEDDING is still celebrati... Box Office: Fans Drive TWILIGHT To Box Office Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 11-23-2008)
It seems the early polls were correct for fan anticipation playing a factor for the adaptation of Twilight, which is based on Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire novels. When asked for “The Most Anticipated Film of the Fall” a... Box Office: Families Give Box Office Thanks to FOUR CHRISTMASES
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 11-30-2008)
With Thanksgiving being the holiday celebrated for a lot of people, it was a week where most families gather together to eat some turkey, try to find digestive room for even more tasty pie and then pass out before they have to think about survivin... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (Oct.26-28)
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 10-29-2001)
Kevin Spacey's spacey new age alien film, K-PAX, took the top spot on the last weekend prior to Halloween, despite holiday geared films like 13 GHOSTS, FROM HELL and BONES. K-PAX took in an estimated $17.5M.13 GHOSTS took the second slot pulling in $15.7M... HALLOWEEN Slashes Labor Day Record
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 09-02-2007)
Most insiders consider this a 4-day holiday box office weekend but I’ll turn in the 3-day weekend numbers now. The three day numbers have Rob Zombie’s Halloween taking the top spot this weekend and breaking the Labor Day Record. The remake/re-... DVD Shopping Bag: Halloween Box Set
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-14-2008)
Last October I headed over to mall to pick up Halloween on DVD. After sitting through Rob Zombie’s awful rendition of John Carpenter’s classic film I knew it was time to pick up the original. I still had my 1998 VHS Limited Edition 2 t... Halloween Horrors Fail to Scare Away Competition
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 10-31-2000)
The Halloween weekend gave very little boost to movies tied in to the theme of the season. A comedy (Meet the Parents) remained in #1, while Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 had to settle for 2nd place. The horror movie sequel earned $13.22-million, just a ... Prepare for Box Office Glory!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 03-18-2007)
Just one memorable quote from Gerard Butler’s character is of course “Give them nothing! But take from them everything!”. It seems that 300 continue to enact that motto all way to the bank for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. The ... Waiting for Halloween
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 10-10-2000)
Meet the Parents and Remember the Titans were way out front at the box office this weekend, followed by Get Carter in a distant third. The top genre film was 4th ranked The Exorcist, which added $4.44-million to its $23.94-million re-release gross. It wil... Box Office Report: Hogs rolls in the money.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 03-04-2007)
Disney’s Wild Hogs overtook the other biker this weekend and continued down that open road to box office success. The comedy shot into first with a very nice 38.0 mil opening debut. Wild Hogs (starring John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tim Allen... Weekend Box Office Report: February 23-25
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-25-2007)
This is the highly anticipated weekend of the Oscars. It’s the weekend where the industry rewards quality “films” over “movies”. It’s the weekend where actors, directors & distribution studios are hoping to bring ho... Welcome to the NHK Empty Art Box Contest (Sat 11-01-2003)
After converting the bulk of our DVD collection to thinpaks in order to conserve space, we ended up with a huge stack of empty art boxes. Rather than just have them laying around here or being put in storage...Box Office: HELLBOY Edges Past Hancock
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 07-13-2008)
For weeks here in our Mania Box Office reports, we’ve been talking about the overwhelming competition in the month of July, especially in terms of a wide range of demographics from couple movies to fantasies to straight family films. So, entering th... Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are big business. If there were any doubt, the box office grosses of last year`s genre films put it to rest. So the major Hollywood studios, along with the mini-majors and the independents, will be offering up a slew o... UNIVERSAL Has Their Best Box Office Year
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-03-2008)
As I said yesterday here, the studios have out done themselves at the box office for the year of 2007. Universal Pictures has issued the following statement with the acknowledgement that this past year was their best in their nearly 100 years of existence... Weekend Box Office Report for January 26-28
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 01-28-2007)
Finally, the first month of weekend box office reports are concluding with around 2 more months remaining until the true box office season kicks a high gear into overdrive. Sure, we have some highly anticipated movies coming out in February & March bu... FEARnet Rolls Out Their Halloween Programming
by Tim Janson (Thu 10-11-2007)
FEARnet, the world’s premiere horror and thriller website and video on demand service, will celebrate Halloween all October long as it scares up a daily dose of chilling programming every day of the month. The ultimate Halloween destination, FEARnet... King Shrek Rules the Box Office
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-20-2007)
Shrek 3 may not want to be king but he ruled over the box office competition in its opening weekend this year, opening in 4,122 theaters with a running time of 1 hr & 21 minutes. With that kind of running time and amount of screens, it was a sure bet ... Trejo Talks HALLOWEEN & Machete
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 06-22-2007)
Actor Danny Trejo had some interesting things to say to Fangoria over his role in Halloween and his Grindhouse faux trailer, Machete. Obviously, Grindhouse failed at the box office but that's not stopping rumors for future projects relating to the Ta... Box Office: DreamWorks Using KUNG FU on Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-08-2008)
DreamWorks Animation and Paramount joined together to bring a smash hit Shrek the Third to theaters last summer, being one of the top 10 films of 2008 at the box office. It looks like they’re looking to repeat the feat this summer with their latest ... Box Office: Disney's CHIHUAHUA Takes Down the Eagle Eye
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 10-05-2008)
History tends to repeat itself at the box office year after year and this weekend is no different. Last year for our Mania box office report, we were talking about Walt Disney winning its second consecutive weekend in a row with their family film The Game... Weekend Box Office Report for February 16-18
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-18-2007)
Nothing says “I love you” like a cursed soul sporting leather on a decked out roadhog and of course on flames. What? You think I’m wrong?
America while celebrating Valentines Day for the most part seems to agree with it..... Toy Maniac: Retro Halloween Costumes
by Robert T. Trate (Thu 10-30-2008)
I wanted to start this week’s column by wishing a Happy Halloween to all the Maniacs out there. It really is the best time of year. Halloween is the time for all of us that do not participate in Cosplay to dress up for the holiday. There is ... Box Office: INDY Cuts into CITY Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-01-2008)
It was a case of extreme ends in the demographic spectrum this week at the box office and as such, the results show a case of how that translated to cash receipts. The film which took the #1 spot did so because it won by a certain margin on Friday alone w... The SIMPSONS Dominate Box Office
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 07-29-2007)
Homer Simpson can begin pondering the justification of buying a life time supply of doughnuts with the cash rolling in this weekend. Given his dim witted nature over the course of the past 18 odd years, him spending the money on such a... Disney Finds TREASURE At the Box Office
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 12-23-2007)
Updated: International numbers have been added...
The box office cash for this weekend was spread out as expected. With so many new releases this weekend (and this week), audiences chose a bit of everything making for some big moneymakers in the t... Year 2000 Box Office Review
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 01-12-2001)
What a difference a year makes! When 1999 finished up, it was easy for fans of science fiction, horror and fantasy cinema to look back with a feeling of grand satisfaction. Genre entertainment truly ruled at the box office, taking all of the Top Six posit... No More HALLOWEEN or Remakes For Zombie
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-06-2007)
The writers over at Entertainment Weekly had a chance to ask director Rob Zombie about his immediate plans after his recent HALLOWEEN hit the #1 spot at the box office this weekend. While the director saying "No more Halloweens" isn't surpr... Spidey Shows Box Office Spunk
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 09-03-2002)
Spider-Man
led the charge in a record-setting summer box office for Hollywood this year.
Fans know well that the web-spinner shattered all kinds of box office records
and landed in the top 5 all-time grossing films.
An Associated
Press wire report ... 21 Doubles Down at the Box Office.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-06-2008)
The attraction of beating the odds and Vegas wins again for audiences around the country. For the second weekend in a row, the crime thriller 21 has landed in the top spot spoiling the hopes of debuting films Leatherheads, Nim’s Island and The Ruins... Box Office Update: THUNDER Strikes Twice at B.O.
by Associate News Editor and Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 08-25-2008)
TROPIC THUNDER remained at the top of the box office with $16.1 million in ticket sales. It beat out new comer THE HOUSE BUNNY, which brought in $15.1 million.
Universal's DEATH RACE came in third with just $12.3 million and TH... TITANS tops field, but Horror remains strong for Halloween.
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 10-03-2000)
Typically, Tuesday’s final box office figures fell just short of Monday’s studio estimates, but there were no big surprises. Remember the Titans was well out in front with $20.91-million, followed by The Exorcist in 2nd place. The horror classic took in $... Weekend Box Office Report for February 9-11
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-11-2007)
Hello you box office savvy Maniacs. The estimated numbers for this weekend are in and the choice was clearly made by audiences around the nation as to what they wanted to watch and what they could wait to see another time. This weeks openers was a horror ... Disturbia wins but not by much
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-29-2007)
Did you think Disturbia winning 1st place last week with only 13 mil in receipts was something hardly worth talking about? Well, it’s worse this week. The winner, Disturbia, doesn’t even in pull in 10 mil. Yep, you heard me. In a box office... Weekend Box Office Report for January 19-21
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 01-21-2007)
The weekend estimates are in and it looks too close to call. I’ll go ahead and call it anyway though, folks. 1st place goes to Stomp The Yard (pulling in 13.3 mil) while Night of the Museum is only 300,000 dollars behind at 2nd place. Yes, that&rsqu... Box Office: Bond's SOLACE Makes for Best 007 Opening
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 11-16-2008)
Two years ago, Daniel Craig became the new Bond when Casino Royale rolled into theaters with a debut of $40.8 million. With his second effort two years later, MGM has nearly doubled that mark with Quantum of Solace by grabbing the best Bond openin... Superheroes save summer box office (Fri 08-22-2008)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios are nearing the end of their summer of superheroes with domestic box office receipts expected to roughly match last year's record $4.18 billion sum despite lower movie attendance. Led by the blockbuster Batman se...TOYS Worth $100-million at the Box Office
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 12-08-1999)
The Top 8 slots at the box office were all taken by fantasy, science fiction, and horror movies this weekend.With $27.8-million in its sophomore outing, TOY STORY 2 was definitely #1 at the box office. The weekend take put the film`s cume at $116.8-millio... Box Office: HANCOCK Flies into July 4th Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 07-06-2008)
There was only one new wide release this weekend and it was never a question as to who will win. No, the real question was “How much?”. Well, the early estimates are in for this fourth of July edition and Hancock flew into 1st place with decen... Weekend Box Office Report: Christmas at the Museum
by Karl Schneider (Sun 12-24-2006)
The Christmas holiday belongs to Night at the Museum. Taking in approximately $30.8 million, Night at the Museum staked it's claim to the top spot of the holiday box office with a solid gross that should translate to a leggy and impressive box offic... Box Office: KNIGHT Slides Past The Mummy
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 08-03-2008)
The Dark Knight continues to be a phenomenon for Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan. With the film pulling in $351.0 million by Thursday night, the film’s 14th day of theatrical release, there seemed little chance that it would rule the box... Weekend Box Office Report for February 2-4
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-04-2007)
This is the weekend where a large portion of the 18-48+ demographic is out planning their big party and preparing for a big game. Going to the theatres isn’t exactly first and foremost on those individuals’ minds right now. So what does Screen... Weekend Box Office Report
by Karl Schneider (Mon 05-29-2006)
Some estimates of this weekend's box office have trickled in. It looks like despite the HUGE opening day (over $44 million) for X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND, it won't be able to beat SPIDER-MAN for the highest opening weekend of all time.Not to worry, the fil... Box Office: DreamWorks Banks $63 Mil with MADAGASCAR 2
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 11-09-2008)
We knew the winner for this weekend’s report would be DreamWorks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa so there’s no surprise to write about here. Anytime a family friendly animation hits over 4,000 screens and clocks in at only 1 hr and ... Box Office Finals: PITCH BLACK Still Top Genre Film
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 03-07-2000)
Once again, the top genre film at the box office was PITCH BLACK, which narrowly beat out SNOW DAY for 5th place; the film took in $5.07-million. Otherwise, the weekend box office was dominated by non-genre films: the top four titles were THE WHOLE NINE Y... Weekend Box Office Report for January 5-7
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 01-07-2007)
With the beginning of any year, expectations are usually lower in the minds of box office experts primarily because this is the first week of a month & after the holiday season. The average movie goer is recovering from spending all that cash on their... TOP 10: The Box Office Gets SERVED
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 02-01-2004)
The urban youth flick YOU GOT SERVED hip-hopped its way to the top of the box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $16 million in its first week of release. The Screen Gems movie stars Marques Houston and Omari Grandberry as a pair of pals who are ... Box Office: Paramount Finds Memorial Day Treasure with INDY
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-25-2008)
Nineteen years ago, a movie that was believed to be wrapping up a popular franchise was finishing its opening weekend right around this time. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade premiered on 2,327 theaters on May 24, 1989 and tallied up a 29.3 mil ... Box Office BURNS After Viewing
by Associate News Editor (Sun 09-14-2008)
BURN AFTER READING, from the Cohen Brothers, debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated $19.4 million in ticket sales.
In second place was TYLER PERRY'S FAMILY THAT PREYS with $18 million, followed by RIGHTEOUS KILL with ... MONSTER Eats Up Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 05-16-2005)
MONSTER-IN-LAW took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a take of $24 million. Will Ferrell's KICKING AND SCREAMING took the number two spot with $20.9 million worth of ticket sales.Jet Li's UNLEASHED came in at number three with a tak... EPISODE II slashing through box office
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 05-17-2002)
Though no one is expecting the same confluence of events which produced SPIDER-MAN's the $114 million opening weekend to repeat only two weeks later for STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, the initial word from movie houses around the world is CLO... Box Office Finals: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Dominate the Market
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 07-25-2000)
Although figures fell slightly short of Monday’s estimates, it was still a good weekend at the box office for science fiction, horror and fantasy films. As predicted, What Lies Beneath was on top, with $29.70-million, about $400,000 shy of expectations. X... Box Office Finals: MI2 Barely Edges out BIG MOMMA for 2nd Place.
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 06-13-2000)
The weekend of June 9 to 11 earned a total of $99.1-million, down 5% from the previous weekend and down 18% from the same weekend last year. There was no change to the order of the Top 10 listing once the final tallies were in, but the race for 2nd place ... Box Office Finals: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Falls Behind Action and Comedy
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 06-20-2000)
With action and comedy films in the top three slots, it was a relatively slow weekend for science fiction, horror and fantasy films. Mission Impossible II fell just behind Big Mama’s House, winding up in 4th place. Titan A.E. made its debut in 5th with $9... Weekend Box Office: Mel is WHAT WOMEN WANT: EMPEROR Grooves in 4th
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 12-19-2000)
The genre’s two big nationwide releases, Paramount’s What Women Want and Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove saw widely divergent results during their debut weekend. The fantasy comedy starring Mel Gibson as a male chauvinist pig who suddenly finds himself ... Box Office Report: CASPIAN Scores Victory for Disney
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-18-2008)
Last summer’s box office season kicked off with a wild beginning as Spider-Man 3 entered the fray in 4,252 theaters and hauled 151.1 mil in tickets for a nice debut. It would go onward to win the second weekend in release by earning another 58.1 mil... Box Office: DARK KNIGHT Takes Down The Pineapple
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 08-10-2008)
Even though there were two new wide releases this weekend for audiences everywhere, the champion of all continues to be the one who toppled the previous two new wide releases from the weekends before. Yes, The Dark Knight has won the report for its ... FANTASTIC FOUR Fires up Box Office
by News Editor (Sun 07-10-2005)
Even with all the bad reviews 20th Century Fox's FANTASTIC FOUR still managed to claim the number one spot at the box office this weekend by early estimates. WAR OF THE WORLDS slipped to the number two spot with a take of $31.3 million, while BATMAN BEGIN... TOY STORY 2 Is Still #1 at Box Office
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 12-15-1999)
It`s getting to be an old story. Two studios, each vying for the coveted top spot at the box office, hold off on announcing estimates for their films` weekend grosses. Then, when one studio finally announces a figure for its film, the other studio announc... Box Office: THUNDER Wins a Slow Labor Weekend
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 08-31-2008)
What a slow weekend at the box office. The estimated winner of this report has $11.5 million dollars. That should say it all or at least, indicate just why late August and September are sometimes referred to as the month where studios insert movies to die... RINGS continues its hold at the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 01-04-2004)
THE RETURN OF THE KING remains top at the box office for the third straight week, falling just 39% from its performance last weekend. With $291 million domestically gathered so far, the film is now just $50 M short of the box office total that THE TWO TOW... Box Office: 'Dark Knight' puts KA-POW on 'Pineapple' (Mon 08-11-2008)
'The Dark Knight' cleaned up again, ranking #1 at the box office against the relatively weak competition, according to estimates published by Box Office Mojo. The Bat-film, now in its fourth week of release, rang up another $26million, claiming the top r...1999 Domestic Box Office Review
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 01-07-2000)
1999 was a year in which science fiction, fantasy, and horror films dominated the domestic box office like never before: eight of the Top Ten positions were occupied by genre efforts, including all of the Top Five; of those Top Five, four broke the magic ... 1999 Domestic Box Office Review
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-06-2000)
1999 was a year in which science fiction, fantasy, and horror films dominated the domestic box office like never before: eight of the Top Ten positions were occupied by genre efforts, including all of the Top Five; of those Top Five, four broke the magic ... Mortadelo Tops Spanish Box Office
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 02-11-2003)
A comic book
movie that we've never reported on before is apparently burning up the box
office according to a write-up in today's Variety.
Like Spider-Man
last year, the comic-based Mortadelo & Filemon (The Big Adventure)
is shattering box-office r... Weekend Box Office Report: Will Smith is Happy
by Karl Schneider (Mon 12-18-2006)
I had a discussion with a few readers via comments about a month or so ago regarding the question: Who is the biggest box office draw? That question was essentially put to rest over the weekend. Will Smith's latest film, Pursuit of Happyness... Final Weekend Box Office (Feb. 22-24)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 02-26-2002)
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED still rested atop the box office throne when all the final nickels and pennies were counted at the weekend box office. Aaliyah's final film took in almost $15 million, more than enough to push off JOHN Q from the top spot. Kevin ... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (Mar 8-10)
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 03-11-2002)
Reaching across space and time, the DreamWorks and Warner Bros. time-travel adventure, THE TIME MACHINE, earned the top spot at the box office this weekend, raking in over $22.5 million during its first weekend. Last week's number one, WE WERE SOLDIERS, f... Final weekend box office (August 23-25)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 08-27-2002)
SIGNS stood tall again, regaining the top spot at the box office after weeks of being released. The feat is almost unheard of in an era where movies open on top -- if they get to the top at all -- then fade away. The fact SIGNS topped the box office was a... Final Box Office for November 8-10
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 11-12-2002)
As expected, Eminem's feature film debut 8 MILE won the box office crown over the weekend, earning twice as much as last week's number one film, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2. THE RING is still going strong after four weeks, coming in third. I SPY and JACKASS: THE M... SIXTH SENSE Reach #11 in All-Time Box Office
by Michael O'Connel and Steve Biodrowski (Fri 03-10-2000)
Score another one for the sleeper success story of 1999, THE SIXTH SENSE. With a total of $285.9 million earned at the box office, writer-director M. Night Shymalan`s horror film has become the 11th highest grossing film ever in North America. (Former #11... Preliminary weekend box office (August 23-25)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 08-26-2002)
This week saw another high profile genre pic crash and burn at the same time another genre hit, SIGNS, regains the top spot at the box office. The synthetic actor dramedy SIMONE, starring Al Pacino, opened in ninth place despite a huge ad campaign and glo... Spider-Man 3 Tops Box Office (Sun 05-13-2007)
Spider-Man 3 continued to dominate the box office on Friday, pulling in an estimated $17.8 million. With a domestic total of $199.8 million after Friday, Spider-Man 3 passed the $200-million mark on Saturday. With nearly $14 million more than runn...Final Box Office for November 22-24
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 11-26-2002)
The James Bond franchise struck box office gold with DIE ANOTHER DAY, garnering the largest opening in its 40-year history. HARRY POTTER was bumped to second, but still had enough magic to draw in considerable sales. Ice Cube's sequel, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT d... Box Office: HULK Flies into Top Spot
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-15-2008)
The next adaptation of Bruce Banner has beat the competition at the box office in its debut this weekend as expected. Still, that doesn’t make the other debuting film M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening a real loser though. His latest thriller ... Box Office: BANGKOK Wins Another Slow Weekend
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 09-07-2008)
What exciting box office news do we have to talk about this weekend? I thought an $11.5 mil winner was pretty bad last weekend but this weekend’s winner takes the cake for pathetic top performers. A whopping $7.8 estimated million for Bangkok Danger... Box Office: Spidey Hits $400m
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 07-09-2002)
Brandon Gray of Box
Office Mojo offers some additional analysis of the weekend box office.
The bad news for
Spider-Man is that it fell short of setting one last record, which
would have been becoming the movie to gross $400 million domestically in t... Box Office: 'Hancock' rocks, comics rule (Mon 07-07-2008)
The weekend box office is crowded with superheroes with an amazing four pictures in the current top 12 and two more comic based films on the way. 'Hancock' while not based on a comic book provides a skewed view of the 'Superman' story, recasting th...'Spidey 3', 'Transformers' bolster record box office year
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 01-02-2008)
It's been a roller coaster ride for the 2007 box office, with a gangbuster Summer followed by a weak Fall and then rescued by a magical Holiday season. All in all the year proved to be the best since 2004, according to analysis provided by <a href=&quo... Box Office Pikachu
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 11-15-1999)
Well, we all knew kids loved it, but no one quite knew how much until the weekend box office estimates came in. POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE, which opened on Wednesday, November 10, earned $52.1-million in its first five days--breaking the record for a Novemb... MIIB, Road: Box Office Actuals
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 07-17-2002)
Box
Office Mojo reports that actual numbers for the weekend box office for Men
In Black II were slightly lower than the estimates announced on Sunday.
The comic sequel took in less than $24.5 million in it's second weekend, falling
off 53%.
The oth... 'Legend' continues to bank legendary box office
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 12-24-2007)
In its second week of release 'I Am Legend' dropped to the #2 but still took in legendary bank according to weekend box office charts published by BoxOfficeMojo.com.
The film, which is rich with comics tie-ins, earned another $34.2 million this week, bri... Box Office: 'Dark Knight' sets more records
by Jim Harvey (Mon 07-28-2008)
'The Dark Knight' continues its amazing box office run this week. 'Hancock', 'Hellboy II' and 'Wanted' remain in the top 10.
The Batman sequel was #1 for a second week in a row, fending off comedic contender 'Step brothers' which debuted at #2, according... Box Office: 'Stardust' bows at #4, 'Transformers' tops $300 million
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 08-13-2007)
According to weekend sales estimates published by Box Office Mojo, 'Stardust', the film based on the illustrated novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, debuted this week at #4 on the charts.
The movie took in about $9 million against its estimated budg... Box Office: 'Dark Knight' tops half-billion mark (Mon 09-01-2008)
'The Dark Knight' passed the half-billion dollar mark this weekend and made a rare upward move in spite of three new films opening. The bat-sequel went up from #4 to #3 this week, hopping over 'The House Bunny' and 'Death Race', but giving up a spot to t...LEGEND Worthy Box Office Take Overseas
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 12-31-2007)
Studios banked at the international box office in the same way as they did here in the states for this past holiday week. For a second consecutive week, I AM LEGEND continued in 1st place with 46.1 mil in receipts from 25 markets. 21.8 million of that cam... Disturbia Wins Back to Back
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-22-2007)
While it can be said that Disturbia wins this weekend, it should be noted first and foremost that the last 3 days, it’s clear the audiences of America were not going to the theaters. First place, Disturbia, gets only 13.4 mil in its top ranking s... Box Office: Catwoman sinks, Spidey swims
by Rob M. Worley (Sun 08-08-2004)
'Catwoman' hung on by a whisker to a spot in the top 10 domestic box office. The DC Comics-based movie fell to the #10 spot in its third week, bringing it's total domestic gross to just over $37/3 million. 'Spider-Man 2' continues to show its legs (all ei... Box Office: 'Iron Man' still flying, 'Speed' stays in top 10
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 06-02-2008)
'Iron Man' continued its impressive performance at the box office this weekend.
The Marvel film held on the #4 postion, according to estimates published by Box Office Mojo. The movie took in another $14 million in its fifth week, surpassing the performan... TOP 10: More DATES for the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 02-22-2004)
50 FIRST DATES kept its hold on the number one spot at the box office this weekend, earning another $21 million dollars for Sony Pictures. That's a drop of 47% from last week's $40 M opening and cause for celebration for Adam Sandler's agent and represent... RELOADED claims top spot at box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-19-2003)
The bills are still being counted but the estimates guarantee that the record books will have to be rewritten. Over the weekend THE MATRIX RELOADED claimed pole position at the box office, surprising no one really, and grossed an estimated $93.3 million ... Weekend Box Office Report: INVINCIBLE proves invincible
by Karl Schneider (Mon 08-28-2006)
Sorry I wasn't able to write last weekend's box office report. I am sure I was sorely missed, but I am back and ready for this week!The Summer box office is coming to a close, but that didn't stop the sports drama INVINCIBLE from opening to a very solid ... Weekend Box Office Report: The Feet remain Happy!
by Karl Schneider (Mon 12-04-2006)
The happy seem to be getting happier. The animated film Happy Feet was able to remain atop the box office for yet another weekend despite cries that it is nothing more than global warming propaganda. Taking in another $17 million, Happy Feet is wel... Box Office: Paramount Has An EAGLE EYE for Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 09-28-2008)
Well, it looks like the last weekend of September is the only one worth talking about in terms of box office numbers. After weeks of very slow performances from this month’s releases, D.J. Caruso’s Eagle Eye turned out well for an early fall d... Final Box Office for December 20-22
by Mike Whybark (Tue 12-24-2002)
BOX OFFICE GURU reports that THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS utterly dominated the box office this weekend with final results putting weekend-only revenues at $62 million, bringing the film's 5-day total to $102 million. STAR TREK: NEMESIS' deeply l... 'Fantastic Four 2' burns up the box office
by Christian Koch (Sun 06-17-2007)
With an estimated box office result of $57,400,000 the Tim Story directed Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer easily takes over this weekend's box office and also sails beyond the opening weekend result of its predecessor. Box Office: LAKEVIEW Debuts Victorious Against Burn
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 09-21-2008)
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Sony Screen Gems find themselves taking the top spot with their debuting thriller Lakeview Terrace. The film, which features Sam as a neighbor gone wrong, opened up in 2,464 theaters this weekend and wound up grossing... Box Office: TROPIC THUNDER Knocks Down the Batman
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 08-17-2008)
For five weeks now, The Dark Knight has ruled the box office reports. Many thought that perhaps the latest installment of The Mummy or Seth Rogen’s Pineapple Express may take it down but they were wrong. The caped crusader continued its victory flig... Dark Knight Box Office Update (Mon 08-25-2008)
'The Dark Knight' slips two notches in this weekend's top 10 box office derby. According to estimates published by Box Office Mojo, the Batman sequel took in about $10 million this weekend, falling behind the reigning champ 'Tropic Thunder' as well as th...Box Office: 'The Dark Knight' reigns over all!
by Jim Harvey (Mon 07-21-2008)
'The Dark Knight' is the #1 movie in the country and has broken all kinds of box office records. 'Hancock', 'Hellboy II' and 'Wanted' remain draws.
According to weekend estimates published by Box Office Mojo, the bat sequel took in over $155 million with... Bowl Weekend is No Box Office Supernova
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 02-01-2000)
It was a slow weekend at the box office for the genre, with no new science fiction, fantasy, or horror films opening. That should change this weekend, with the debut of SCREAM 3 from Dimension (the genre division of Miramax). In the meantime, fans had to ... Musical Chairs at the Box Office
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 01-11-2000)
Most of the estimates for this weekend`s box office were overly optimistic, with some films off by as much as $500,000. In one case, two films even switched positions in the weekly ranking when one came up short of expectations. Meanwhile, Disney`s FANTAS... TOP 10: FAHRENHEIT 9/11 heats the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 06-27-2004)
Filmmaker Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 9/11, his controversial documentary about the terrorists attacks of 2001 and the Bush Administration, rose to the top of the box office even though the film is showing on less than one thousand screens. Playing on just... Post Holiday Box Office Blues
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 12-29-1999)
When the final tally was in for the Friday-to-Sunday Christmas weekend, several films fell well short of studio estimates. Of course, because Christmas Day fell on Saturday, many potential viewers had Monday off, so there is a chance that many films will ... EIGHT BELOW Heats up Box Office
by News Editor (Tue 02-21-2006)
Disney's EIGHT BELOW bit down on the number one spot at the box office over the four-day holiday weekend with $25 million in ticket sales.DATE MOVIE opened in second place with $22.3 million. THE PINK PANTHER slipped to third place with $21 million in box... Box Office Bondage
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 11-24-1999)
James Bond fell slightly short of estimates for its opening weekend box office take. MGM`s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH took in $35.5-million in its first three days, easily taking the Number 1 spot. The weekend`s other wide debut, Paramount`s SLEEPY HOLLOW, r... Box Office Finals: MI2 Beats BIG MAMA
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 06-06-2000)
There were few surprises when the final box office results were tallied. Three genre films retained slots in the Top 10, while BATTLEFIELD EARTH continued its precipitous plunge down the chart. As expected, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE edged out BIG MAMA`S HOUSE fo... Early Returns: Preliminary Box Office November 22-24
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 11-25-2002)
Audiences had franchise fever this weekend, as the top four movies are all based on bonafide box office gold. As expected, James Bond's 20th film, DIE ANOTHER DAY came out on top, generating enough sales to become the largest Bond opening ever. HARRY POTT... Box Office: 'Wanted' kills, 'Hulk' coasts, 'Iron Man' lands (Mon 06-30-2008)
It's a wild week at the box office for comic-based movies as 'Wanted' bows to impressive numbers, 'Incredible Hulk' marches on, but still can't catch its predecsessor, and 'Iron Man' finally exits the top 10. The indie-comic adaptation 'Wanted' could not...Weekend Box Office Report: "Borat" Surprises
by Karl Schneider (Mon 11-06-2006)
When I first heard the news that Fox planned to release Borat in only 837 theaters I thought to myself, 'whoever made that decision should be fired.' Well, with a per theater average over $30,000 and over $26 million in box office receipts ... I don... Box Office Finals: M2M Blasts into 1st; NINTH GATE opens in 2nd.
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 03-14-2000)
The final box office tally held no great surprises, but there were a few departures from studio estimates: most notably, PITCH BLACK wound up in 10th place (not 9th as predicted), with $2.9-million instead of $3.1; the film was edged out by the kids comed... Box Office Finals: Dinos Take Huge Bite of Ticket Sales
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 05-23-2000)
When the final numbers were tallied, it was clearly a slow weekend for science fiction, horror and fantasy at the box office, with only a handful of films earning more than $1-million; or at least, it was a slow weekend if you don’t count Disney’s DINOSAU... MR. & MRS. SMITH Rule Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 06-13-2005)
MR. & MRS. SMITH took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend with a gross of $51.1 million.MADAGASCAR came in second with a take of $17.1 million. REVENGE OF THE SITH took the number three spot with a gross of $14.9 million. And Adam San... TOP 10: When there's no more room at the box office...
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-22-2004)
The remake of George Romero's zombie fest DAWN OF THE DEAD catapulted its way to the top of the box office this past weekend. Made for a cost of about $28 million, the Universal distributed film recouped its cost back and brought the return of R-rated hor... It's WAR at the Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 07-04-2005)
WAR OF THE WORLDS easily took the number one spot at the box office this holiday weekend. The Steven Spielberg directed film has sold $101.7 million worth of tickets in the past five days.WORLDS beat BATMAN BEGINS first five days earnings of $72.9 millio... DOOM Shoots Up Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 10-24-2005)
Universal Pictures' DOOM was the number one movie at the box office over the weekend with ticket sales of $15.4 million.DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY opened in the number two spot with a take of $9.3 million, while WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE W... Cruise and Spielberg Mean Box Office Business
by News Editor (Mon 07-04-2005)
WAR OF THE WORLDS took in $77.6 million over the long 4th of July weekend. The all time record is still held by SPIDER-MAN 2 with a take of $180.1 million during it's 4th of July weekend opening.WORLDS' total domestic box office take to date is $113.3 mi... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (November 23-25)
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 11-26-2001)
Bet you're not surprised to hear that HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE held on to its weekend box office top slot. In addition, taking in the full Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the film set yet another record.In the formal three-day weekend, the film... TOP 10: UNDERWORLD takes a bite out of the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 09-22-2003)
Last week I predicted that UNDERWORLD would take in $30 million at the box office on its opening weekend and it turns out I was off by about $8 M. The Screen Gems genre picture netted an estimated $22 M in its first three days of release, which is better ... THE INCREDIBLES performs incredibly at the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sat 11-06-2004)
Pixar's latest animated movie, THE INCREDIBLES, got off to an incredible start at the box office yesterday. In the film's first day of release it earned an estimated $20.8 million dollars from 3,933 screens, surpassing the company's last record holder in ... Preliminary Extended Weekend Box Office (Feb. 15-18)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 02-19-2002)
Because one box office top ten sometimes isn't enough in one weekend, we're bringing you the extended weekend box office for this President's Day extended holiday. As expected, JOHN Q took in the most, followed by Britney Spear's CROSSROADS and the ... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (January 4-6)
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 01-07-2002)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND may have got loads of hype, but it still wasn't enough to topple THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. In its third weekend of business, FELLOWSHIP pulled in an additional estimated $23M. That amount also served to bring the film... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (December 21-23)
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 12-24-2001)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING took the top spot over the weekend, while setting a box office record for December. In the proper three-day weekend, the film pulled in an estmated $45.2M. Combined with the two previous days of box office buc... Final Weekend Box Office for October 18-20
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 10-22-2002)
As expected, THE RING sent enough chills down audiences spines to take first place at the box office over the weekend. However, ALABAMA, RED DRAGON and WEDDING are still forces to be reckoned with. The final numbers for the weekend broke the ties for THE ... Final Weekend Box Office (Jan. 18-20)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 01-22-2002)
Ridley Scott's BLACK HAWK DOWN ruled all as it and SNOW DOGS overtook THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS at the box office. It seems BLACK HAWK also made $6 million more when the final numbers came in than the preliminary box office number... TOP 10: A desperado sweeps box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 09-14-2003)
Robert Rodriguez's ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO blasted its way to the top of the box office this weekend. The third in the EL MARIACHI series had the highest opening of the trilogy, grossing an estimated $24 million dollars Friday to Sunday. Guess those co... Final weekend box office (August 2-4)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 08-06-2002)
The final numbers are in, and SIGNS stood astride the box office peak when the last beans were counted. AUSTIN POWERS newcomer MASTER OF DISGUISE and the concert film MARTIN LAWRENCE LIVE stepped in behind it, but expect the new Mel Gibson film to rule, w... Early returns: Weekend Box Office for October 4 - 6, 2002
by Mike Whybark (Mon 10-07-2002)
RED DRAGON eats 'em all up, bumping Reese down a notch in SWEET HOME ALABAMA just a week after she was crowned box-office queen. Jackie Chan's TUXEDO fared the same, while MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING became the highest grossing indie flick of all time and h... Final Weekend Box Office for October 4-6
by Mike Whybark (Tue 10-08-2002)
Finals for the weekend box office totals today show yesterday's projections a bit optimistic for RED DRAGON, while the film ordering has remained consistent. It's not unusual for estimates to come in a tad high, but in RED DRAGON's case, the estimate was ... Preliminary box office returns (July 19-21)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 07-22-2002)
The little mouse STUART LITTLE 2 was big enough to trounce all other movies in the weekend box office, though the comic book movie ROAD TO PERDITION stayed strong enough to hold the number two spot. It did so even as last week's champ, MEN IN BLACK II, fe... Final box office returns (July 12-14)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-16-2002)
The final numbers are in for this weekend's box office, and here we have them for you. 1. MEN IN BLACK II, $24.4 million this weekend, $132.7 million since opening. 2. ROAD TO PERDITION, $22.1 million this weekend, $22.1 million since opening. 3. REIGN OF... Final Weekend Box Office (May 24-27)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 05-29-2002)
This last weekend was the gold standard when it comes to box office heat. The Memorial Day span saw over $205 million taken in by all the films in release, a massive record for any three day period, ever.What were the planets that aligned to make the reco... Final Weekend Box Office (April 12-14)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-16-2002)
Little changed when the final numbers rolled in for last weekend's box office race. CHANGING LANES, PANIC ROOM, THE SWEETEST THING, ICE AGE and THE ROOKIE were still in their slots in the top 10, as the others shook out down below. Here's the rest of the ... Preliminary Weekend Box Office (April 26-28)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 04-29-2002)
SCORPION KING stood astride the box office of North America for the second week, despite losing half its business. The newest genre release, the two-years in the editing JASON X opened to a lackluster $6.5 million, only enough money to come in fourth ove... Final Weekend Box Office for Oct 11-13
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 10-15-2002)
As anticipated, RED DRAGON is still at the top of the box office with ALABAMA and GREEK WEDDING hanging tough. BROWN SUGAR and TRANSPORTER made solid debuts, while KNOCKAROUND GUYS fought to stay in the top ten its first week in distribution.Here's how th... VIRGIN 's First Time Brings in Box Office
by News Editor (Sun 08-21-2005)
THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a take of $20.6 million. Wes Craven's RED EYE came in second with $16.5 million in its first weekend.FOUR BROTHERS took third place with $13 million. Disney's VALIANT open... Scary ROSE Smells Sweet at Box Office
by News Edtior (Mon 09-12-2005)
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend with a take of $30.2 million.THE 40-YEAR-OLD-VIRGIN held in second place with a take of $7.9 million, while TRANSPORTER 2 slipped to third with $7.2 million.Rounding o... HEAVENly Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 09-19-2005)
The romantic comedy JUST LIKE HEAVEN, took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a take of $16.5 million.THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE slipped into the number two position with $15.3 million, while Nicolas Cage's LORD OF WAR opened with $9.... CHICKEN Flies at Box Office
by News Editor (Mon 11-07-2005)
CHICKEN LITTLE opened this past weekend in the number one spot at the box office with $40.1 million in ticket sales. JARHEAD took second place with $28.8 million.In third, SAW II brought in $17.2 million, while THE LEGEND OF ZORRO and PRIME took the four... Final Weekend Box Office (April 5-7)
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-09-2002)
The difference between the preliminary and the final numbers for this week's box office? A few beans in either direction. That's why PANIC ROOM held on to the top spot, followed by newcomer HIGH CRIMES and, distantly by the frat comedy NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ... REVENGE is Sweet at the Box Office
by News Editor (Fri 05-20-2005)
20th Century Fox's STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH has set a new record with a $50 million first-day domestic gross.SITH topped the previous record held by SHREK 2, which opened with $44.8 million single-day box office last year. TOP 10: MEAN GIRLS, big box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-03-2004)
Teen angst is back! Paramount's MEAN GIRLS clawed its way to the top of the pile this past weekend taking in an estimated $25 million bucks and making Lindsay Lohan's star just a little more brighter. The movie made its budget back ($17 M) plus more, a ni... Early Box Office for December 6-8
by Mike Whybark (Mon 12-09-2002)
DIE ANOTHER DAY appears to have won the battle with HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS for between holiday box-office main draw, with the POTTER film landing at number three for the weekend.Opening at number two is the Billy Crystal Robert De Niro s...