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New Divergent Trailer Released Via Worldwide Event
Check out the new Divergent trailer and let us know what you think. The trailer for the highly anticipated film, which was directed by Neil Burger, was released today by Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company during an event broadcast worldwide earlier today. ABOUT THE FILM DIVERGENT is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a future where people are divided into distinct faction...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Thor In Valhalla, Takes Box Office by Storm
Box office receipts have been tepid as of late, but Thor: The Dark World changed that for the better by absolutely trouncing the competition. While other films have been doing decent enough business, the latest Marvel blockbuster came into November with a hearty and decisive bang, picking up an estimated $86.1 million. The second highest earner, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, while a rousing succe...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Ender’s Game Starts November with a Minor Victory
The new sci-fi action adventure Ender’s Game took first place at the box office to begin November, but its estimated $28 million was not exactly a rousing start to financial success, despite it getting fairly positive reviews. This week’s second-place finisher, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (an estimated $20.5 million) had a better opening weekend, and had already made back its costs and then some...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Bad Grandpa Defies Gravity
Leave it to Johnny Knoxville to achieve the impossible…namely, to take a mega-hit, blockbuster film and send it to slot number two on the top ten. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa took first place for the weekend with an estimated $32 million, making twice its production costs in a single weekend. It sent Gravity, which has scored well domestically and abroad, to second place with an estimated $20.3 ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Gravity Stays Up Once More
Even with a number of new films coming out this weekend, nothing could topple Gravity from its perch. With an estimated $31 million, it did not lose much steam, making a push to pass the $200 million mark domestically – a feat it could achieve by next weekend if its numbers hold steady. Captain Phillips, the second-place finisher for the second week in a row, is unlikely to make those kinds of num...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Captain Phillips Sails a Steady Ship but Gravity Holds It Down
Captain Phillips is the new critical darling, receiving almost unanimously excellent reviews, and a strong opening weekend with an estimated $26 million. However, its performance was not good enough to keep Gravity from snagging the top spot once again with an estimated $44.3 million. Alfonso Cuarón has entered its second week not only profitable, but having broken $100 million in box office gross...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Gravity Rises to the Top of the Box Office
Receiving almost universal praise and a strong start to boot, director Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity took no prisoners with its estimated $55.6 million start. While it has a ways to go before it makes back its $100 million costs, it easily toppled last week’s favorite, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, which made an estimated $21.5 million…not much of a drop from the previous week, all things consid...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Forecast Calls for Cloudy With a Chance of Winning Box Office
Sony may not have a Despicable Me 2 on their hands, but they did come up with a strong start with a sequel of their own; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 debuted in first place at the box office with an estimated $35 million. Not only is that more in the first weekend than its predecessor, but with a cheaper price tag than the first film as well ($78 million vs. $100 million). Unfortunately, it...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: No One Can Catch Prisoners
Hugh Jackman has his second first-place finish in two months, as his new thriller, Prisoners, took the top spot at the box office this week. It managed an estimated $21.4 million for the weekend; while far from the blockbuster start of July’s The Wolverine, nothing else this week came close. Insidious: Chapter 2 landed in second, but its excellent opening weekend took a massive tumble as it earned...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Family Can’t Whack Insidious Chapter 2
Unlike Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Riddick will not be enjoying three weeks at the top of the box office. In only its second week, the Vin Diesel sci-fi thriller got knocked to third place with an estimated $7 million. In its place, Insidious Chapter 2 rallied the box office to spooky effect, bringing in an estimated $41.1 million. Even with critics claiming it is nowhere near as effective as the ori...[Read More]