Transformers Nails $372M, No. 3 Opening Weekend

(NEWSER) - The new Transformers flick had a stellar start, raking in $60.6 million on opening day to make it the biggest Wednesday debut ever, Variety reports. For all-around opening days, the Michael Bay shoot-em-up lags just behind record-holder Dark Knight, which took in $67.2 million on a Friday last summer. Transformers 2 has a shot at eclipsing the best five-day open ever, a mark of $152.4 million set by Spider-Man 2 in 2004. More»

Marvel-Disney movie shatters domestic box office record

(NEWSER) - The Hunger Games is looking a little anemic this weekend: The Avengers swooped in and grabbed a record-bursting opening weekend of $200.3 million, reports the Hollywood Reporter , easily thumping the $169.2 million that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 took in last year in the previous record holder. The Marvel-Disney partnership is headed quickly for the $1 billion mark, already with $641.8 million globally, and it grabbed the biggest Saturday gross ever, with $69.1 million. "It's been a fantastic weekend on every single front," says a Disney exec. More»

'Man' appeals to both sexes

(NEWSER) - Think Like a Man pulled in $33 million this weekend, unremarkable but for the fact that it ended the Hunger Games' four-week dominance of the box office, reports the Hollywood Reporter . "It worked because it is so damn funny," crowed a Sony exec of Man. "It doesn't matter whether you are a man or a woman." The Suzanne Collins blockbuster took third place—behind The Lucky One's $22.8 million—with $14.5 million, putting it over the $357 million mark worldwide. The rest of the top 10: More»

Fastest non-sequel to cross the $250M mark

(NEWSER) - The Hunger Games swallowed the competition for a second weekend in a row , gobbling up $61.1 million to cross the $250 million threshold in just 10 days—the fastest ever for a non-sequel, notes the Hollywood Reporter . Hunger Games dwarfed new entrants on the scene Wrath of the Titans, which pulled in $34.2 million, and Julia Roberts' latest, Mirror Mirror, which saw only $19 million on the wall. Globally, Hunger Games has now pulled down $364.9 million. Rounding out the top 10: More»

Unseats 'Spider-Man,' 'Twilight' series

(NEWSER) - The Hunger Games is the smashing victor of the weekend's box office, vaulting past Spider-Man 3 and the Twilight saga to grab the No. 3 biggest opening weekend of all time with $155 million. It's the biggest opening ever for a non-sequel, notes the Hollywood Reporter , and lags behind only The Dark Knight's $158.3 million, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2's $169.2 million. More»