05.4-6.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Box Office, Film

After two weekends of Think(ing) Like a Man, audiences were thinking superheroes.  Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Joss Whedon brought together Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye to form the superhero team and the #1 movie The Avengers.  The action-adventure with a bit of sci-fi film crushed Loki and the nine top ten movies...

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04.27-29.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on Apr 30, 2012 in Box Office, Film

  Audiences are thinking…thinking like a man.  Think Like a Man braved men, women and four new but very different films, including Safe, to be #1 again at the weekend box office.  The Tim Story-directed movie grossed $17.604 million, adding to the comedy’s total domestic gross of $60.472 million (it will be released overseas throughout the summer,...

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04.20-22.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on Apr 23, 2012 in Box Office, Film

The battle of the sexes ended with man.  Steve Harvey’s The New York Times best-selling book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, turned movie, #1 Think Like a Man, played women vs. men and then men vs women to #1.  Attracting audiences, female (63%) and over 30 years of age (62%), the ensemble comedy earned $33.636 million at 2,015 theaters.  Tim...

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04.13-15.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on Apr 16, 2012 in Box Office, Film

For the residents of Massachusetts, it’s Marathon Monday.  For the residents of Panem, it was a race for survival and the finish line.  The Hunger Games won the weekend box office, edging out new movies on the block, The Three Stooges and The Cabin in the Woods.  The trio of Larry, Curly and Moe poked eyes and raked in $17.01 million at 3,477 theaters in...

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04.6-8.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on Apr 9, 2012 in Box Office, Film

Katniss and the tributes of The Hunger Games hunted and found Easter eggs filled with candies, chocolates and millions of dollars in ticket sales over the holiday weekend.  The thrice in a row weekend box office winner was followed by the premieres of American Reunion and Titanic 3D.  The fourth film in the American Pie series, Reunion, debuted at #2 with...

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03.30-04.01.2012: Weekend Box Office – The $

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 in Box Office, Film

April Fool’s Weekend to Wrath of the Titans and Mirror, Mirror!  The Hunger Games pranked the premieres and the rest of the movies of the weekend as they didn’t survive the box office game against Katniss and the tributes of Panem.  The one, two, three punch were followed by box office superstars #4 21 Jump Street ($14.83 million) and #5 Dr....

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