The Weekend Report Archive for January, 2011
The Weekend Report: January 30, 2011
The debut of the ExoRcIsT-lite The Rite possessed the top of the weekend box office charts with an estimated $14.7 million. In another soft film going frame the other national opener The Mechanic ranked fifth with an $11.1 million bow.
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Zonk Went the Strings of My Heart The debut of rom-com No Strings Attached led weekend box office sales with an estimated $20.3 million. It was the session’s only national debut in what proved to be a depressed marketplace. Also new were several late year Oscar hopefuls. The endurance saga No Way Back struggled to…
Read the full article » 1 Comment »The Weekend Report — January 16
The Green Hornet leads the weekend by a substantial margin, with The Dilemma coming in second for the frame. Among the awards contenders, True Grit, The King’s Speech and Black Swan look to be keeping it a close race at the box office.
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Top Domestic Grossers – 2010 Title Distributor Gross Avatar * Fox 476,899,300 Toy Story 3 BV 415,071,937 Alice in Wonderland BV 334,191,110 Iron Man 2 Par 312,445,596 Twilight: Eclipse Summit 300,551,386 Inception WB 292,558,188 Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 WB 280,230,127 Despicable Me Uni 251,083,040 Shrek Forever After Par 238,667,087 How to…
Read the full article »The Weekend Report: January 9, 2011
Times were darn good for a man who eats grits as the season’s surprise hit True Grit edged out Little Fockers for the top slot in weekend movie sales. The films had respective three-day box office of $14.8 million and $13.7 million.
With final numbers for 2010 finally tallied, results (see chart) were marginally better than initial projections. The year finished at $10.63 billion and a slim 0.4% decline from 2009.
Read the full article »Weekend Box Office Report –January 2
Adult/awards fare, which includes The Fighter, Black Swan and The King’s Speech — all likely Oscar contenders — held their own with the holiday frivolity. That still leaves seven slots for films as diverse as Toy Story 3 and Blue Valentine in year that most film reviewers have characterized as overall sub-par.
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