Kingdom takes first, but audiences fall for Sarah Marshall
Entertainment Weekly Apr 20, 08 6:29 PM CDT
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Jackie Chan and Jet Li KO’d the competition at this weekend's box office, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Forbidden Kingdom finished first with $20.9 million, kicking raunchy romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall to second with $17.3 million. Other debuts stirred up little action: The Al Pacino thriller 88 Minutes ranked fourth with $6.8 million, and Ben Stein’s Expelled took ninth, banking $3.2 million.
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Horror flick tops
Street Kings, 21
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Variety Apr 13, 08 6:55 PM CDT
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Prom Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21 , which banked $11 million in third . Dennis Quaid’s Smart People proved a no-brainer for audiences: The dramedy finished seventh with $4.2 million after mediocre reviews.
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Gambling pic holds off rush by Leatherheads
Variety Apr 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT
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21 beat the odds for a second straight week and held off George Clooney’s Leatherheads , Variety reports. The gambling pic garnered $15.1 million, while the old-school football laffer, tripped up by poor reviews, tied with family flick Nim’s Island for second spot, each banking about $13.5 million.
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Iraq war flick Stop-Loss stumbles in at no. 8
Variety Mar 30, 08 4:46 PM CDT
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Gambling flick 21 played to win this weekend and banked $23.7 million, scoring top spot at the box office, Variety reports. But it failed to revive overall ticket sales, which are down 17% from last year's frame and about a third for the year. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! kept winning with $17.4 million at no. 2 and Superhero Movie took home $9.5 million for a disappointing third.
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Dr. Seuss flick tops box office two weeks in a row
Variety Mar 23, 08 5:50 PM CDT
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Dr. Seuss’ Horton heard cha-ching at the box office again this weekend despite a 45% drop in sales, Variety reports. The family flick grossed $25.1 million, beating number-two Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and photographic horror remake Shutter , which grossed $20 million and $10.7 million, respectively, the AP reports.
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$45.1M opening is year's biggest
Variety Mar 16, 08 5:35 PM CDT
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Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! stomped into theaters this weekend for the year's biggest box office debut, Variety reports. Its $45.1 million draw is the fifth-highest for a G-rated animated flick ever and the fourth-biggest March opener. “It played to whos from ages 2 to 92,” said an exec at Twentieth Century Fox, which produced the film.
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In the mood for a caper? Rent one of these.
Entertainment Weekly Mar 13, 08 11:11 AM CDT
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Did The Bank Job leave you itching for more scheme-heavy heist films? Entertainment Weekly names 13 greats: Ocean's Eleven : Ex-con George Clooney gathers a gang to filch $150 million and get back his girl, Julia Roberts. A Fish Called Wanda : John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis are among the double-crossers vying for stolen jewels. How to Steal a Million : An art forger's daughter (Audrey Hepburn) joins forces with suave cat burglar Peter O'Toole.
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College Road Trip pulls into second place
Bloomberg Mar 9, 08 3:43 PM CDT
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Action epic 10,000 BC fought its way to the top of the box office this weekend, grabbing Warner Bros. $35.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The chronicle of a hunter facing massive beasts clambered over another new release, College Road Trip, a family film which took $14 million, as well as the political thriller Vantage Point, which came in third with $7.5 million.
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Despite writers' strike, Hollywood sets $26.7B box office record in 2007
Wall Street Journal Mar 6, 08 8:10 AM CST
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Nearly 30 films took in more than $100 million each last year as the movie industry recorded its best box office year ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. The writers' strike, rising costs, and a spate of so-so releases at the end of the year put a damper on an otherwise outstanding 2007 that saw the industry earn $26.7 billion.
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The Other Boleyn Girl debuts in fourth with Portman and Johansson
Variety Mar 2, 08 5:18 PM CST
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Semi-Pro shot to number one at the weekend box office but played worse than expected for New Line, banking just $15.3 million, Bloomberg reports. "It's just Will Ferrell in another funny costume," one analyst said. "The act appeared a bit rote this time." An R-rating and poor reviews may have also hurt the sports laffer, Variety reports.
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Step Up 2 the Streets and Spiderwick Chronicles take 2nd and 3rd
Variety Feb 17, 08 4:55 PM CST
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Jumper has vaulted to top spot at the box office and may bank the fourth-highest President's Day weekend score ever, Variety reports. Step Up 2 the Streets surprised in second thanks to young females, earning $26.3 million to Jumper 's $33.8 million. The Spiderwick Chronicles took third with $21.4 million. All three were holiday weekend debuts.
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Roscoe Jenkins takes second and Hannah Montana drops to third
Variety Feb 10, 08 6:50 PM CST
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Movie fans valued Fool’s Gold at $22 million this weekend and made the Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson pic tops at the box office, Variety reports. The Martin Lawrence vehicle Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins debuted in second with $17.1 million, and last week’s surprise flick, Hannah Montana , dropped from $31.1 million to $10.5 million and third spot.
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Debut breaks gridiron weekend record as The Eye takes second
Variety Feb 3, 08 4:20 PM CST
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Disney’s Hannah Montana sang a high note this gridiron weekend and nabbed top spot at the box office with $29 million, Variety reports. It also shattered Titanic ’s $21.6 million Super Bowl weekend record. A pleased Disney extended the pic’s planned one-week run.
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