Project Almanac
Box Office Weekend: Fifty Shades of Grey Seeing Green
Controversy can lead to the demise or the rise of many films, good and bad alike. For the highly anticipated (but critically panned) Fifty Shades of Grey, the controversy was enough to make Presidents’ Day Weekend a profitable one, earning an estimated $81.7 million here and nearly $240 million worldwide, making the $40 million production a runaway success. It won out over the much better reviewed...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Sniper Washed Out By SpongeBob
Warner Brothers has reasons to shout with both joy and shame this week. The studio’s American Sniper estimated $24.1 million puts it at $282.3 million and, most likely, the film to beat for 2015 box office (at least at this point), but it was finally topped in weekend earnings by The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (estimated $56 million). Adding major injury to this minor insult, Warner came...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Third Times a Charm for Sniper
There were three new releases this week, but with American Sniper reigning once more at the top of the box office with an estimated $31.9 million…and at $248.9 million and counting, it is the fifth highest earning R-Rated film of all time…it is understandable that they are not exactly the top draws, especially considering their critical reception. Even Paddington, for instance, entered...[Read More]