The Sitter
Weekend Box-Office: Numbers Up from Before, But the Game Isn’t Quite Afoot for Sherlock Holmes
Things are picking up steam at the box office after a two-week decline, but the big end of the year blockbusters still are not performing up to expectations. Sherlock Holmes: A Games of Shadows debuted in first place, but only managed to bring in an estimated $40 million…much better than New Year’s Eve’s debut (which landed in fourth this week with an unimpressive $7.4 million estimate), but appar...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: New Year’s Eve Winner of the Non-Winning Weekend
Small numbers last week, smaller ones this week…that doesn’t bode well for the two new films debuting on this week’s Top 10, which finally managed to dethrone The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 from the top spot. New Year’s Eve opened to an estimated $13.7 million, while the Jonah Hill comedy The Sitter opened to an estimated $10 million. Breaking Dawn – Part 1 slid to third place with an e...[Read More]