Box Office Weekend
Box Office Weekend: 22 Jump Street Wins Game of Sequels
It is strange that two big name releases should fail to give out their budget information, even though neither should be all that concerned; 22 Jump Street took the weekend box office by storm with an impressive $60 million estimate, more than the cost of the original 21 Jump Street movie, while How to Train Your Dragon 2 had a strong start of its own with an estimated $50 million. Both films are ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Fault in Our Stars Charms Critics and Box Office
Those looking for an Endless Love-style travesty should take their dollars elsewhere; The Fault in our Stars has found itself on excellent footing in its debut weekend, bringing in an estimated $48.2 million, over four times its budget costs. The romantic drama effectively toppled Maleficent, which made an estimated $33.5 million (and profitable if taking its worldwide earnings) and the Tom Cruise...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Maleficent Proving Bad Can Be Good for Business
Critics may not be wowed by its story, but plenty turned out to see the new spin on villainy in Maleficent. Angelina Jolie’s take on the Sleeping Beauty character was enough to bring in a solid estimated $70 million at the box office this weekend despite getting only mixed critical reception. X-Men: Days of Future Past fell from its lofty Memorial Day perch with only an estimated $32.6 million, bu...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: X-Men and Days of Future Past Do Fine in the Present
While perhaps not the biggest surprise of the Memorial Day weekend, X-Men: Days of Future Past is at least a welcome return to high earnings for the X-Men franchise. At an estimated $111 million for the four-day weekend, it did not surpass the earnings of the third film, X-Men: The Last Stand, but it has surpassed the first film in worldwide gross and likely to earn back its $200 million investmen...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Godzilla Stomps Competition with $93 Million
Yes, Godzilla has returned to theaters, and is making waves with critics and audiences alike, as the big fire-breathing lizard took in an estimated $93.2 million at the box office. While not enough to cover its $160 million budget, it still had a better opening all around than The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (which landed in third this week with an estimated $16.8 million). Still, it falls behind in net ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Spider-Man Drops and Neighbors Moves In
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has apparently had its big day at the box office as it fell to second place with an estimated $37.2 million. Its successor is Neighbors, the R-rated comedy starring Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. With an estimated $51.1 million, it made a strong start, especially considering it nearly tripled its production costs in a single weekend, and likely to do much better. Not that The A...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Spider-Man Is Amazing Once Again
Marvel struck gold at the box office twice this season with a debut only slightly less impressive than the one for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opened strongly with an estimated $92 million and blew away all comers to the box office, though it has not been as critically well-received as other recent Marvel films. However, it fared better with critics than The Other...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Captain America Falls to The Other Woman
While not winning the hearts of critics, The Other Woman managed to charm enough cash at the box office – an estimated $24.7 million – to finally push Captain America: The Winter Soldier (estimated $16 million) into second place. Not that the latest Marvel film has much to fear, considering its hefty domestic haul of $224.8 million alone is more than enough to make it a success. It is the current ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Peabody Makes Big Comeback
Maybe it was word of mouth, maybe the time-traveling dog went through time to correct last week’s mistake, but audiences finally gave the dog of critically well-received Mr. Peabody & Sherman his day with a first-place finish and an estimated $21.2 million weekend at the box office. It topped both its release rival 300: Rise of an Empire (estimated $19.1 million) and newcomers Need for Speed (...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Non-Stop Gets Off to Fast Start
The Lego Movie (estimated $21 million) finally met its match at the box office this week, falling out of the spotlight to the Liam Neeson thrill ride Non-Stop, which led the pack with an estimated $30 million. Despite mixed reviews, it made an excellent start on its $50 million budget. Not far behind, the biblical epic Son of God made an estimated $26.5 million, finding a strong audience but criti...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Lego Movie Builds Up to Retain Top Spot
Once again, The Lego Movie (of which a sequel was recently announced) managed to impress, grossing $275.7 million worldwide box office (in no little part to its continued success, with an estimated $31.5 million this weekend). It handily beat out the two big new releases, the Kevin Costner action thriller 3 Days to Kill (estimated $12.3 million) and the latest from Resident Evil director Paul W.S....[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: All Others Take Back Seat to Ride Along
Some things in January do not change. While Ride Along managed to defy the odds and make a record-breaking score in its debut weekend (and continued to do so this weekend with an estimated $21.2 million at the box office), the only big new release fell amid the typical path of January “blockbusters.” I, Frankenstein, did not even breach the top five, landing in sixth with an estimated $8.3 million...[Read More]