Box Office Weekend
Box Office Weekend: No Good Deed Leads to Good Returns
There might not be much breaking of box office records this weekend (well, except the Guardians of the Galaxy milestone), but returns are better this week than last, led by the critically panned No Good Deed. Starring Idris Elba as a mysterious stranger, the thriller raked in an estimated $24.5 million, already profiting against a $13.2 million budget. In second, Dolphin Tale 2 managed to be a win...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians On Top of Weak Box Office
In a weekend where not even a new release can break into the top ten at the box office (to be fair, The Identical remains universally reviled for all but the most diehard bad movie buffs), Guardians of the Galaxy took the top spot yet again with a mere estimated $10.2 million. With nothing else making over $10 million (even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made only an estimated $6.5 million), this we...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians and Turtles Work Hardest Over Labor Day
With a four-day weekend afoot, things might have seemed a boon at the box office; however, besides low returns, it was a weak time for newcomers. Guardians of the Galaxy led easily with an estimated $22.2 million, remaining king of the summer (and of 2014 in domestic earnings), while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains thoroughly critic-proof with an estimated $15.7 million adding to a strong $16...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Expendables Not Strong Enough
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may not be the most critically well-received film currently in the top ten at the box office, but it is keeping its crowd the best, with a second week in the first-place spot. It earned an estimated $28.4 million, enough to keep back Guardians of the Galaxy, which picked up an estimated $24.7 million. However, Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest domestic earner on t...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Turtles Win Box Office, But Not Critics
Though he’s not the director of the film, the Michael Bay touch is still present in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the film earning the wrath of critics but still proving a strong draw at the box office with an estimated $65 million, making over half of its $120 million costs. Guardians of the Galaxy could not compete against those numbers in week two, with only an estimated $41.5 million, though i...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians Protect Box Office
Marvel continues its 2014 box office hit parade with another big winner: Guardians of the Galaxy took the top spot for the comic book movie studio with an estimated $94 million and rave reviews. And while it is still a ways off domestically from its $170 million production costs, it nearly made that back in a single weekend counting its worldwide estimated totals. It smashed all other box office t...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Lucy at the Box Office with Diamonds
While critics may be saying relatively the same thing about these films, things are shaping up very differently at the box office for the two big releases this weekend. Lucy, getting slightly worse reviews than its competition Hercules, nevertheless took the first-place spot with $43.9 million – more than enough to be make money against its $40 million budget. Hercules took second with $29.8 milli...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Purge Fails to Budge Apes From Top Spot
The evolution of apes was still a big enough draw to keep away the de-evolution of society, as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes topped The Purge: Anarchy at the box office. While The Purge: Anarchy suffered a lot more at the hands of critics, both sequels are doing very well at the box office; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picked up an additional estimated $36 million and closes in domestic success...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: A Box Office Where Apes Evolved from Transformers
Though the trailers have leaned more towards the campy with a volley of apes on horseback carrying firearms, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has won over critics and audiences alike with overwhelming praise, and picking up an estimated $73 million at the box office. However, that praise has not approached the success of second-place finisher Transformers: Age of Extinction, which earned an estimate...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Slow Fourth Gives Transformers a Leg Up
A lot fewer people went to see Transformers: Age of Extinction this weekend than last, with the blockbuster losing massive business as it garnered only an estimated $36.4 million this weekend at the box office. However, not too many people went to go see much else this weekend either, as the next highest earner, the Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy, only managed to bring in an estimated $21.2 million...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Michael Bay Remains Critic Proof
For all that critics may say of the works of Michael Bay, there is no denying his ability to draw in the moviegoing public. Such is the case of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Nothing else debuted this weekend in the top ten, and nothing else even came close to its estimated $100 million in earnings, and while it did not come close domestically to earning back its $210 million budget, its worldwi...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Top 3 Box Office Loaded with Number Twos
Sequels were the name of the game at the box office this weekend, as Think Like a Man Too (estimated $30 million) just narrowly beat out the smash success 22 Jump Street (estimated $29 million), while How to Train Your Dragon 2 (estimated $25.3 million) settled for third. While Think Like a Man Too is not sitting well with critics, it managed to win a profit in its opening weekend over a $24 milli...[Read More]