God’s Not Dead
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 Winters On Top Again
Captain America: The Winter Soldier needs no introductions, mostly because this is the third time it has held the box office. Its estimated $26.6 million was enough to hold off three new releases (which appeared to have underwhelmed critics) as well as push it into domestic profitability (while having passed half a billion worldwide). Rio 2 held up well for a second weekend with an estimated $22.5...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Captain America Doesn’t Surrender and Remains Top Draw
Looking at total domestic box office gross and budget costs, it seems strange that a big-name winner with critics and audiences alike, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (estimated $41.4 million) still has not made back its money on these shores just yet. Still, like much of the top ten, those numbers belie a worldwide take that is stunning, with the latest Marvel franchise entry earning a stunni...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Captain America Busts Up Domestic and Worldwide Box Office
Leave it to Captain America to once again perform heroics, this time at the box office. Not only is the estimated $96.2 million of Captain America: The Winter Soldier the biggest opening ever for an April release, it is the biggest three-day opening weekend of 2014 so far, and worldwide the latest entry of the Marvel superhero franchise is doing even better, bringing in a grand total of $303.3 mil...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Noah Rides Wave of Controversy to the Top
Despite the many controversial issues brought up by Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (or perhaps because of them), the biblical epic got off to a good start with an estimated $44 million at the box office. With a total worldwide take of $95.1 million, it is well on its way to making back its $125 million costs. Meanwhile, Divergent has managed to make back its costs and then some, with its estimated $26.5 ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Divergent Conforms to Other YA Adaptations and Wins Big Opening Weekend
Divergent may not be impressing critics anytime soon, but the action-packed beginning to yet another young adult-themed trilogy got a good head start on its $85 million costs with an estimated $56 million at the box office, far and away the big winner. In a surprisingly distant second place, Muppets Most Wanted ended up much more favorable with critics, but not audiences, earning only an estimated...[Read More]