Tag: "box office"

Sony’s Breaking its Own Overseas Record

Sony’s Breaking its Own Overseas Record

Although MGM may have recently found itself on the chopping block, other studios are continuing to thrive. In particular, Sony has been having a phenomenal year, especially overseas.
The studio revealed on Monday that this year’s films have earned Sony over $1.63 billion worldwide, making 2009 the highest grossing year in the studio’s history, as far [...]

Weekend Box Office Went “Wild”

Weekend Box Office Went “Wild”

Being one of the most anticipated films of the year, it would’ve been a surprise if Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are didn’t do well at the theater. Luckily this was not the case, as the movie not only met, but surpassed, the expectations that had been set for it.
This past weekend’s release of [...]

‘Couples Retreat’ Opens to Box Office Success

‘Couples Retreat’ Opens to Box Office Success

This past weekend saw the opening of Universal Studios’ latest film, Couples Retreat, which quickly took Zombieland’s place as number one at the box office.Bringing in over $35 million in its first weekend, Couples Retreat not only ousted Zombieland from the number one position, but also took the title of being the highest grossing Columbus [...]

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ looking to smash ‘Transformers 2′

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ looking to smash ‘Transformers 2′

Online ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been huge and are outpacing the top-grossing movie of the summer –a little film entitled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
According to the online ticket merchant Fandango, more than 1,000 showings of Harry Potter 6 have already sold-out and has become one of the fastest-selling [...]

Mammoths Topple Robots

Mammoths Topple Robots

Although normally we do push a weekend box office report, since it is summer time and there are a fairly larger number of films being released mid-week, we cannot ignore it any longer. Sam Witwicky and his friendly Autobots have succumbed to the fallen after this past Wednesday. No, I am not referring to The Fallen in [...]

Transformers, Money Makers In Disguise

Transformers, Money Makers In Disguise

Did everyone decide to all go to the movie theaters yesterday or what? Out of personal experience with the movie-going crowd yesterday, it felt like it was the 4th of July and everyone was flocking to the theaters to see the latest and greatest. What took place was another box office record, this time set [...]

Witch Mountain Outraces Watchmen

Witch Mountain Outraces Watchmen

In a not-so-surprising turn of events this past weekend, Race to Witch Mountain breezed past the grim Watchmen.
Race To Witch Mountain, held up by Disney and starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson managed to come up on top with an estimated $25 Million. The Disney induced remake stars Johnson as a cab driver who picks up [...]

Traitor Movie Review

Traitor Movie Review

These days, when it comes to political thrillers, audiences seem to be a little wary, mainly because they don’t want to sit through a lecture about our nation’s political system.  That’s probably why a film like last year’s “Rendition”, which I consider to be one of 2007’s best films, didn’t fare too well at the [...]

Monday Morning Link Love #2

Monday Morning Link Love #2

Well its Monday morning at the crack of dawn and we are upping the ante. Well not really, just give all of you guys a great way to catch up on the goings on of the weekend.
“Tropic Thunder” now sits atop the Box Office, bring “The Dark Knight“’s train to a halt. 2nd place isn’t [...]

The Dark Knight: What did you think?

The Dark Knight: What did you think?

After such a monumental weekend for Chris Nolan, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and crew..what did you think about the film?
The rest of the United States thought it deserved the top spot in 3 different record breaking categories. Did you?

18.5 million on Thursday night alone brought The Dark Knight into 1st place for highest grossing midnight [...]

Are trailers spoiling the fun?

Are trailers spoiling the fun?

So I have been stewing on the idea of movie trailers possibly spoiling a movie. What really bothers me are the ones that some dumb ass at the studios allow to reach us. The ones with to much information or to long of a cut on something that should of been left for the big [...]