In another slow week at the US box office the fifth entry in the unkillable Resident Evil franchise claimed the top spot, opening on a wider release than Afterlife but making less of an impact Retribution shuffled its way to $21.1 million over the weekend. Director Paul WS Anderson returns to helm another chapter following [...]
After a strong opening in China of over $31 million, The Dark Knight Rises has now been ushered into the exclusive $1 Billion Club. Around the world at the box office Christopher Nolan’ closing chapter in his Batman trilogy has surpassed The Dark Knight, however in the US the film is currently tracking around $100 million behind [...]
The US opening weekend for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus was a solid $50m, going up against family friendly sequel Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted was always going to be tough so sadly no number one spot for the sort of (but really not, or is it?) prequel to Alien. For an ‘R’ rated movie that’s marketed [...]
Well who saw that coming? Lead by a strong midnight launch The Hunger Games stormed the US box office with an estimated $68.25 million for it’s Friday launch. Nearly $20 million of that was from the midnight screenings, so even by taking that away it’s still bested Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows part 2 ($47.57). I [...]
Well who would of thought it, Paranormal Activity 3 frightened up $54 million on it’s opening weekend. A franchise best and clearly a front loaded opening that will have a sharp burn off. Regardless of it’s longevity that’s a big chunk of change for a found footage movie that cost just $5 million to make. [...]
