Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Weekend Box-Office: Cars 2 Revs Up the Green
From boom to bust…Green Lantern was handily dethroned atop the box office by two newcomers. Cars 2 led the contention this weekend, the Disney/Pixar production showing a strong opening with $68 million for the top spot. Behind it came the Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher with $31 million. Both films are receiving poor grades, remarkable especially for Cars 2, considering Pixar’s almost stellar trac...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Green Lantern Brings in the Green
As one superhero falls, another rises to take his place. Thor may have just slipped off the Top Ten, but the number one film of the weekend was Green Lantern, with $52.7 million. The $200 million blockbuster suffers from poor reviews and, despite the 3D ticket sales, managed to take in less than 2D-only fourth-place finisher X-Men: First Class (garnering $11.5 million this weekend) made three week...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Super 8 Rolling Into First
Not really much of a surprise, considering the names attached to the project; Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams monstrous Super 8 took on all challengers and earned the top spot this week, with $37 million…a bit of a drop from last week’s top earner X-Men: First Class, which dropped to 2nd place with $25 million. On the other hand, Super 8 has the distinct advantage of costing nearly a third as muc...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: X-Men: First Class Earning Top Marks
It’s the post-Memorial Day crunch, and boy, are the top earners from last week mostly feeling the burn. To begin, X-Men: First Class took the weekend’s top spot with $56 million. Despite glowing reviews from critics and theater-goers alike, this top spot is actually weak earnings for the X-Men franchise; accounting for inflation, it made less money in its opening weekend than the original X-Men di...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Hangover Part II Hangs Over All Comers
It may be almost the same story as the last one, and according to critics, not as well told, but Memorial Day was a good time to be suffering from a blackout…The Hangover Part II pushed aside all competition, earning a total of $105.7 million during the holiday weekend. The original film had only a 3-day weekend in its initial release and steadily grew in popularity with word of mouth, but the ope...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Sails into First; Bridesmaids Still Second In Line
Despite the dismal reviews and less revenue in its first weekend than its predecessors (that’s including the added markup of 3-D), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides still showed very strong over the weekend, earning $90.1 million and taking the top spot at the box office. Even so, Johnny Depp and company have helmed a steady ship overseas; the $250 million budget has been covered in the ...[Read More]