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Weekend Box-Office: Fast Five Blows Past Competition!
It’s one thing to have a slightly down weekend; it’s another to be blown so far out of the water to not even be funny. Rio slipped to second place this week with $14.4 million, not bad for a third week. Shame it can’t even begin to compare to the fantastic weekend debut of Fast Five. The action blockbuster with Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker made an astounding $83.6 million, and nearl...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Rio Still High atop Its Perch; Madea Big & Happy at #2
Apparently it pays to not only be 3D and kid-friendly, but have three letters in your title. Just as Hop did not too long ago, Rio holds the top spot for a second week in a row. Its take isn’t as big as last week’s (only a “paltry” $26.8 million), but it was enough to keep it solidly in its top spot, above newcomers Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ($25.8 million) and Water for Elephants ($1...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Rio Soars and Silences Scream 4
After two weeks on top, Hop finds itself lagging behind another family friendly CG film, and one decidedly much less friendly. Rio, the story of a macaw from Minnesota who finds himself in hot water when he visits Rio de Janeiro, made it to the top spot with $40 million. Not doing so well? The #2 spot, the debut of Scream 4 (or Scre4m, depending on your tolerance for numbers in titles), which didn...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Hop Still On Top!
The Easter season is still a good time to be a bunny … the family romp Hop remained at #1 for the second week in a row, making $21.7 million and making a profit domestically. But the top ten has been a mixed bag all around, with half of the titles being winners in the eyes of the critics and half losers. Hop, despite its numbers, hasn’t wowed critics, and neither did the 2nd place finisher, Arthur...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Hop on Top!
Three new movies, three top takers; and on two of them, the majority of audiences and critics can agree. Hop was the big winner of the weekend; while not a critical darling, it more than made up for that with a take of $38.1 million, almost $15 million more than last week’s top film. Hop is the CG tale of the Easter Bunny’s son, who must figure out how to recover the family business after it’s tak...[Read More]