Box Office Weekend
Box Office Weekend: All Others Take Back Seat to Ride Along
Some things in January do not change. While Ride Along managed to defy the odds and make a record-breaking score in its debut weekend (and continued to do so this weekend with an estimated $21.2 million at the box office), the only big new release fell amid the typical path of January “blockbusters.” I, Frankenstein, did not even breach the top five, landing in sixth with an estimated $8.3 million...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Frozen Moves Up in the World But Hunger Games Still Wants a Little More
Despite a drop in revenue, Disney’s latest, Frozen, managed to move up in the standings, taking the first-place spot after a small limited release and a second-place finish in its wide release debut, earning an estimated $31.6 million. Though it has yet to make a domestic profit, it did manage to knock The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from its seemingly unbeatable perch, earning only an estimated $...[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]