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Weekend Box Office Report: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Wins the Day

Jacob Hall — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:33:47 +0000

Like any holiday that sees families congregating together and then desperately seeking activities where they don’t have to talk to each other for two hours, this Easter weekend saw a strong bump at the box office thanks to a few new contenders and a handful of holdovers with some surprising staying power. Film Weekend Per Screen 1 [...]

Weekend Box Office Report: 'Amazing Spider-Man' Lives Up to its Title

Jacob Hall — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:32:19 +0000

With the exception of poor Katy Perry, everyone was a winner at the box office this week. Seriously. Of the top ten films, nine of them either opened well or held well, making this one of the most consistent weekends of the summer season. Filmmakers and studios: pat yourselves on the backs. You’ve earned this one.

Weekend Box Office Report: R-rated Rules the Weekend

Jacob Hall — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:57:22 +0000

When ‘Prometheus‘ opened big last month, there was the usual “Ah, so R-rated movies can perform well at the box office!” discussion that tends to happen every year or so. Well, that has nothing on this weekend, which found two R-rated movies topping the box office. And it’s not like ‘Ted‘ and ‘Magic Mike‘ just did okay either…both films opened big, blowing away expectations and leading the charge in one of the most interesting box office weekends of the summer so far.