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Dec 17, 2008 9:40 AM CST

Mamma Mia! Drowns Titanic's UK Take

Money, Money, Money at UK box office

(Newser) - The movie version of the fluffy romantic musical Mamma Mia! has become Britain's biggest box office hit of all time, E! Online reports. The Meryl Streep flick, based on the tunes of the '70s Swedish pop group ABBA, earned $107.7 million in 22 weeks in theaters, sailing beyond the...

Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine

OPINION

Dec 14, 2008 5:41 PM CST

Earth Tops Box Office as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ...

Four Christmases
Tops for Week No. 2

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Dec 7, 2008 3:06 PM CST

Four Christmases Tops for Week No. 2

Twilight sinks teeth into second place

(Newser) - Four Christmases stayed north of the competition on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving box office weekend with $18.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Twilight ($13.2 million), Bolt ($9.7 million), Australia ($7 million), and Quantum of Solace ($6.6 million) rounded out the top five, but new release Punisher: War ...

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office

Nov 30, 2008 5:06 PM CST

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the...

Twilight Draws Box Office Blood

Nov 23, 2008 4:04 PM CST

Twilight Draws Box Office Blood

Film gets year's fourth biggest premier

(Newser) - Twilight sucked the box office dry this weekend by banking nearly $71 million and claiming top spot, Entertainment Weekly reports. That makes it the best-grossing film by a female director and among the top 30 premieres of all time. Filling out the weekend's top five: Quantum of Solace, $27....

Twilight's Big Bucks
Greenlight Sequel

Nov 23, 2008 10:00 AM CST

Twilight's Big Bucks Greenlight Sequel

Teen vampire flick breaks box office records

(Newser) - Even as the cash registers were still clanging on Twilight's monstrous opening weekend, the teen vampire flick's producers confirmed that a sequel is on, says MTV News. New Moon, the second book in Stephanie Meyer's series, is now officially set to be adapted for the big screen. Twilight is on...

Bond Takes
Quantum Box
Office Leap

Nov 16, 2008 5:00 PM CST

Bond Takes Quantum Box Office Leap

Spy franchise shows no signs of fading

(Newser) - Quantum of Solace continued its Friday momentum and shattered the record for the best Bond weekend opening, Variety reports. Solace banked $70.4 million, topping Die Another Day's $47 million debut. Rounding out the weekend's top five: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($36.1 million), Role Models ($11.7 million), High ...

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Nov 12, 2008 2:51 PM CST

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though...

Audiences Flock to Madagascar

Nov 9, 2008 4:27 PM CST

Audiences Flock to Madagascar

Animated flick wins weekend box office

(Newser) - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had the year's best opening for an animated family flick, pulling in $63.5 million to win the weekend box office, Variety reports. R-rated gross-out comedy Role Models, meanwhile, surprised by taking second place with $19.3 million. The remaining top five: High School Musical 3:...

If Twilight Bites, So Will Holiday Box Office

Nov 8, 2008 3:23 PM CST

If Twilight Bites, So Will Holiday Box Office

Season's hopes on vampire's back

(Newser) - The holiday season’s best hope for a blockbuster is a teen vampire romance flick from an obscure studio, MarketWatch reports. With Harry Potter pushed to next summer, this holiday season is pretty much bereft of a proven franchise. But Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer’s mega-selling books, has the...

HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office

Nov 2, 2008 5:21 PM CST

HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Saw V round out top 3

(Newser) - High School Musical 3 strutted its way to the top of the box office despite Halloween’s usual decimation of Friday ticket sales, Variety reports. Now in its second week, the teenage singalong bagged $15 million this weekend, with Zack and Miri Make a Porno opening to $10.7 million....

Musical Belts Out
Record Opening

Oct 26, 2008 6:19 PM CDT

Musical Belts Out Record Opening

Runner-up Saw V far ahead of rest of the field

(Newser) - Sweetness and gore dominated the box office this week, reports Variety. High School Musical 3 bopped off with $42 million, having the best opening ever for a musical. Runner-up Saw V, with $30.5 million, still chopped the rest of the field down to size. The box office take was...

Box Office Feels the Payne

Oct 19, 2008 4:51 PM CDT

Box Office Feels the Payne

Wahlberg shoot-em-up takes top spot with $18 million

(Newser) - Max Payne beat up Bees and a Chihuahua at the box office this weekend and grabbed the top spot, Variety reports. The Mark Wahlberg action flick raked in $18 million to Chihuahua’s $11.2 million and The Secret Life of Bees' $11.1 million. Rounding out the top five...

Chihuahua Marks
Box Office Territory

Oct 5, 2008 5:39 PM CDT

Chihuahua Marks Box Office Territory

Religulous has surprisingly successful showing

(Newser) - Beverly Hills Chihuahua hotdogged to the top of the box office heap for a $29 million treat this weekend, Variety reports. Bill Maher's Religulous doc banked a surprising $3.5 million on only 502 screens, while bigger flicks rounded out the top five: Eagle Eye took second with $17....

Eagle Eye Soars At Box Office

Sep 28, 2008 8:05 PM CDT

Eagle Eye Soars At Box Office

Spike Lee's new war film barely breaks Top 10

(Newser) - Eagle Eye flew into first at the weekend box office by grossing $29.2 million, Variety reports. The Diane Lane-Richard Gere romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe swooned into second place with $13.6 million, while Lakeview Terrace ranked a neighborly third by banking $7 million. Spike Lee’s Miracle at ...

Lakeview Bullies Box Office

Sep 21, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

Lakeview Bullies Box Office

Samuel L. Jackson thriller beats Coen brothers for top spot

(Newser) - Samuel L. Jackson thriller Lakeview Terrace debuted at number one over a soft box office weekend, Variety reports. Banking $15.6 million, it ousted Burn After Reading ($11.3 million) and outpaced My Best Friend’s Girl ($8.3 million), Igor ($8 million), and Righteous Kill ($7.7 million). Ricky...

Burn Leads
Box Office
Boom

Sep 14, 2008 4:57 PM CDT

Burn Leads Box Office Boom

Comedy thriller records biggest opening ever for Coen brothers

(Newser) - The Coen brothers' Burn After Reading led an unexpectedly strong box office weekend by nabbing top spot with $19.4 million, Variety reports. With overall sales up 35% over this frame last year, Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys took second with $18 million, followed by Righteous Kill ($16....

Bangkok
Dangerous
Hobbles to
Top Spot

Sep 7, 2008 8:05 PM CDT

Bangkok Dangerous Hobbles to Top Spot

Hitman flick knocks Thunder from top spot in slow weekend

(Newser) - Nicolas Cage action flick Bangkok Dangerous stumbled to box office victory during an unusually slow Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. With sales down 17% over last year's holiday, Bangkok needed just $7.8 million to top Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million. Completing the top 5 were The House Bunny ($5....

Thunder Still Roars at Box Office

Aug 31, 2008 4:30 PM CDT

Thunder Still Roars at Box Office

Stiller flick stays on top

(Newser) - Tropic Thunder kept rumbling this weekend with an $11.5 million box office score and a hold on the top spot, Variety reports. The Vin Diesel vehicle Babylon AD debuted in second with $9.5 million, while third-place Dark Knight made history as the second flick ever to bank $500...

Summer Movies Smash Record

Aug 28, 2008 9:00 AM CDT

Summer Movies Smash Record

Blockbusters boost studios to record-breaking sales

(Newser) - Hollywood studios are reeling in their highest-grossing summer ever, the Los Angeles Times reports. Domestic ticket sales stand at $3.9 billion, up from last year's record-breaking summer. A steady stream of smash hits—and higher ticket prices—accounted for the record take, more than making up for costly flops...