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 Funny People Puts 
 Serious Pressure on Sandler 

Box office performance for latest flick a mystery

Jul 31, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though it’s called Funny People, Adam Sandler’s latest film is a bit more serious than his fans are used to—and its opening-weekend performance is a mystery, Variety reports. Forecasts range from just over $20 million to more like $35 million, Audiences loved director Judd Apatow’... More »

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entertainment • film • comedy • Universal Studios • celebrity • box office • Adam Sandler • James L. Brooks • Judd Apatow • revenue • movies • Funny People

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 G-Force Blasts to 
 Top With $32.2M 


Jul 26, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The digital guinea pigs of G-Force took a bite out of Harry Potter this weekend, with an unexpected $32.2 million take, the Los Angeles Times reports. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince fell harder than most other films in the franchise, landing second with $30 million. Critically-loathed rom-com The ... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • film • box office • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • G-Force • Orphan

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Harry Potter Bewitches 
 Box Office for $160M 


Jul 19, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince conjured up a weekend box-office win with $79.5 million, bringing its 5-day total to $159.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The Hogwarts sequel trailed only Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for the year's best bow. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($17.7... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • film • box office • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Bruno • The Hangover • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

(Newser) - Young readers of Harry Potter are all grown up now and able to attend late showings: The Half-Blood Prince set a box office record for a midnight opening by pulling in $22.2 million, reports Variety. The haul is bigger than expected and beats the record of $18 million set... More »

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(Newser) - Brüno came out on top at the box office this weekend, but the way he did it didn’t inspire confidence. The shockumentary did spectacular business on Friday, only to plummet on Saturday, Time reports, leading some to wonder if it’s the first victim of the... More »

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 Bruno Offends 
 Way to Top 




Jul 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bruno catwalked its way to the top of the box office this weekend, taking in $30.4 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s a better debut than Sacha Baron Cohen’s earlier button-pusher Borat saw, though Bruno faced a steep drop-off in ticket sales after Friday. Holdovers Ice ... More »

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entertainment • box office • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • Public Enemies • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

analysis

 What Hollywood 
 Learned This Summer 


Jul 9, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood is in the middle of an illuminating summer. The season started strong, with Star Trek, The Hangover, and Up, before things seriously cooled off, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some big releases await, but here are some of the lessons learned so far:
  • Playability has eclipsed
... More »

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entertainment • box office • Eddie Murphy • Star Trek • Will Ferrell • movies • Terminator Salvation • summer movies • The Hangover • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

OPINION

 Box Office Records Are Bunk 

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

Jul 6, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in... More »

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film • Spider-Man • box office • The Bourne Ultimatum • Titanic • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • broken records • movies • The Sound of Music • Shrek • Gone With the Wind • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Ice Age Ties 
 Transformers 
 on Slow Holiday 


Jul 5, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sequel-vs.-sequel battle for the box office ended in a tie this weekend, USA Today reports. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen each raked in $42.5 million as July 4th barbecues took a bite out of sales. Johnny Depp’s Public Enemies... More »

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entertainment • Johnny Depp • Transformers • box office • The Proposal • The Hangover • Public Enemies • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

(Newser) - The Transformers juggernaut rolls on. The Revenge of the Fallen sequel is about to become the biggest grossing film of 2009 worldwide, reports Variety. After only 2 weeks, it's grossed $448 million around the globe, just shy of the $469 million haul by Angels & Demons, which opened in... More »

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 Transformers 
 Sequel Stuns 
 Box Office 

Michael Bay robot-romp could be biggest movie of 2009

Jun 28, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen nearly toppled the 5-day opening record by earning $201.2 million since Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Dark Knight remains unbeaten at $203.8 million, but Transformers still crushed the weekend competition with a $112 million gross. Filling out the... More »

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(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... More »

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 Proposal Scores at Box Office 


Jun 21, 09 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Audiences fell for The Proposal this weekend, sending Sandra Bullock's comedy down the aisle with $34.1 million, USA Today reports. Banking $12 million more than pundits predicted, the romcom claimed yet another box office win for summer comedies. The Hangover hung onto second with $26.9 million, Up finished... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Hangover Hangs Out at No. 1 


Jun 14, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Audiences couldn’t shake The Hangover as the crude comedy stayed on top for the second weekend in a row, gulping down $33.4 million, USA Today reports. Up held on tight with $30.5 million, while The Taking of Pelham 123—the weekend’s only debut in the top... More »

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 Up Staves Off Hangover 


Jun 7, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Up kept soaring this weekend with $44.2 million, just above Hangover’s $43.3 million debut, USA Today reports. Execs at both films’ studios are pleased with the higher-than-expected results, but Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost didn’t fare so well, opening to just $19.5 million.... More »

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 Up Hits Box Office Heights 


May 31, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pixar’s Up floated to the top of the box office this weekend with $68.2 million, USA Today reports. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian came in second with $25.5 million. Though critics loved it, Drag Me to Hell debuted to just $16.8 million, while... More »

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entertainment • film • Pixar • box office • Star Trek • Terminator Salvation

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Stiller's Museum 
 Beats Terminator 


May 24, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even the Terminator couldn’t beat Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which banked $53.5 million this weekend, Reuters reports. Terminator Salvation finished second with $43.0 million—but did haul in a $56.4 million 4-day total after opening Thursday. Star Trek ($22 million),... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Angels & Demons 
 Blessed With $48M Win 


May 17, 09 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angels & Demons ascended to the box office heavens this weekend with a $48 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. That’s well behind The Da Vince Code’s $77.1 million opening in 2006, due in part to Star Trek’s strong second-weekend haul of $43 million. Wolverine came in... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Star Trek • Wolverine • Da Vinci Code • Entertainment Weekly • Angels & Demons • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • Jay-ZTV

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Star Trek Boldly Goes
for Box Office Win


May 10, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Trek set phasers for box office “kill” this weekend with a $76.5 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. Falling short of Wolverine’s $85.1 million opener last week, the take still exceeds expectations and bodes well for a franchise that needs a boost. Wolverine dropped a hefty... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Wolverine 
 Bites Into 
 $87M Box 
 Office 


May 3, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wolverine tore the box office apart this weekend, clawing in $87 million, USA Today reports. Though that’s less than the debuts of last summer’s opener (Iron Man, $98.6 million) and the top-grossing X-Men film (The Last Stand, $102 million), it still bodes well for a blockbuster season.... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Wolverine • X-Men • Hugh Jackman • summer movies • Jay-ZTV

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