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New Moon Box Office Report

UPDATE # 6 - Weekend box office is $140.7 million. The third biggest opening of all-time, under The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3. The movie also grossed $118 million internationally. So, the worldwide total is $258.8 million. UPDATE # 5 - Some insiders are saying $43...

Box Office Report: 2012, Paranormal Activity, and Precious

According to early estimates, Roland Emmerich's latest disaster flick, 2012, grossed $25 million on Friday. An opening weekend of $60 million or more is possible. Meanwhile, the very low budget horror movie, Paranormal Activity has crossed the $100 million mark. It was the...

Paranormal Activity Beats Saw!

If estimates are to be believed, then on Friday, Paranormal Activity, a low-budget haunted house movie, beat Saw VI and topped the box office. Paranormal Activity grossed an estimated $7.5 million while Saw VI...

Final Destination Wins By A 3D Nose!

Two horror movies going for the same audience opened this weekend, The Final Destination and Halloween II. The former won. According to early Friday estimates, Destination opened with $10.5 million. Halloween II opened with $6.9 million. Yet you have to take 3D into...

Star Trek Defeated By a Hangover!

Trekkies everywhere are on suicide watch today. Star Trek, which as recent as yesterday was the years 3rd highest grossing movie was dropped to number 5 by two movies. One is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood...

Sixth Harry Potter Movie Sets a New Global Sales Record

The latest movie installment in the Harry Potter franchise, "Half-Blood Prince", has set a new global opening record. The movie earned as much as 396.7 million US dollars in the first few days, starting from...

Ice Age vs. Transformers

It seems like the badly-reviewed Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen doesn't have enough engine power to compete against the animated franchise of Ice Age. According to EARLY estimates for Wednesday, Ice Age 3D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opened with $13 million. While...

Transformers' Dominate. Up Soars to #1. Hangover Doesn't Go Away.

No surprise here, but Transformers is #1 for the weekend. It grossed $112 million. Don't forget it opened on Wednesday. So, its 5-day total is $201.2 million. Next weekend it goes up against Ice Age 3D. In...

Audiences "Get Crazy" for Hannah Montana. Dragonball? Not so Much

Three new movies opened this Easter weekend. The favorite is clearly Hannah Montana. Box office results for Friday are starting to be released and it looks like it made $15 million. Experts are predicting a...

'Dark Knight' Surpasses $1 Billion at Box Office

It seemed to be only a matter of time and now Batman has done it: The Dark Knight has surpassed the billion-dollar mark at the box office - having earned more money than almost any other movie ever made. The only...

Pitt, Aniston Set Box Office Records with Christmas Day Films

Former couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were competing for top box office position this week, and while the pair are no longer romantically linked they were both winners this holiday season.  Aniston...

Vampires Battle Vince Vaughn for Box Office Glory

Everyone is back to work after spending Thanksgiving with the family. So, box office numbers are starting to come in for Wednesday and Thursday (Thanksgiving). It appears that it'll be a close race between...

'Quantum of Solace' Banks Bond $67 Million Opening Weekend

After setting a new box office record for its opening weekend in the UK, the latest James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace' earned a more than respectable $67 million during its opening weekend in North...

Bond Film 'Quantum' Breaks British Box Office Record

Quantum of Solace opened in the UK on Friday and earned a record-breaking $25 million at the box office in its opening weekend. The film is expected to outpace the huge success of the previous Daniel...

Why Movie watching dwindled?

Toronto--For the past few years, people are weaning away from the movie theatres. There are numerous reasons ranging from ticket prices, long working hours, Internet access, DVDs, more stuff to do and there are rotten choices at the movies. I would like to discuss about the...

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