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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Box Office 
 Obsessed 
 With Beyoncé 


Apr 26, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beyoncé Knowles’ Obsessed clobbered rivals in this weekend’s box office prizefight, banking $28.5 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. 17 Again stayed pretty with $11.7 million, while Fighting ($11.4 million) demolished The Soloist ($9.7 million) in the battle for third. Disney’s Earth orbited into fifth with... More »

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entertainment • film • Earth • box office • Beyonce • Entertainment Weekly

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Tweener Love 
 Boosts 17 Again 


Apr 19, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zac Effron out-manned Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck at the box office this weekend as 17 Again banked $24.1 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. State of Play scored a so-so $14.1 million, followed by Monsters vs. Aliens ($12.9 million), Hannah Montana: The Movie ($12.7 million), and Fast ... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Hannah Montana • State of Play • Fast & Furious

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 Hannah Montana Sings 
 at Box Office Top 


Apr 12, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hannah Montana: The Movie surpassed expectations this weekend with a $34 million gross, making it the second-highest debut ever for a live-action kids’ flick, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fast & Furious ($28.8 million) and Monsters vs. Aliens ($22.6 million) kept up their fightin’ streaks, but Seth Rogen’s Observe ... More »

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film • box office • Hannah Montana • Seth Rogen • Observe and Report • Fast & Furious

(Newser) - Fast & Furious blew away expectations away this weekend with a string of box office records and a $72.5 million haul, Entertainment Weekly reports. It's the best April opening of all time, best opening of the year, best F&F franchise opening, and Universal Pictures’ best debut ever. Rounding... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Monsters vs. Aliens 
 Wins Box Office Showdown 


Mar 29, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monsters vs. Aliens battled its way to the top this weekend, grossing $58.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. A staggering $32.6 million of that total was from 3-D showings, helping the family flick best Watchmen as the year’s top opener. The Haunting in Connecticut scared up $23 million... More »

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film • box office • movies • 3-D • Watchmen • Duplicity

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 Knowing Thinks 
 Big at Box Office 


Mar 22, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Knowing knew what audiences wanted this weekend and grasped top spot with a $24.8 million haul, the Hollywood Reporter says. Buddy flick I Love You, Man bromanced to second with $18 million, while Duplicity made off with $14.4 million in third. Holdovers Race to Witch Mountain ($13 million)... More »

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film • box office • Watchmen • Duplicity

(Newser) - Foreign audiences are totally into Marley and Me, the Owen Wilson/Jennifer Aniston vehicle, which topped the international box office last weekend with $14.2 million, Variety reports. Marley’s success—it’s beating Watchmen, among others—runs counter to traditional wisdom about foreign taste for US yuks leaning more to... More »

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film • comedy • box office • Jennifer Aniston • Owen Wilson • European culture • movies • Bride Wars • Marley & Me • foreign audiences • Confessions of a Shopaholic

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Witch Mountain 
 Wins Weekend 

Watchmen drops to second, Last House comes third

Mar 15, 09 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Race to Witch Mountain sped to the box office summit this weekend by banking $25 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Last week’s big earner, Watchmen, dropped to second with $18.1 million, while upstart The Last House on the Left scared up $14.7 million in third. Taken ($6.7... More »

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film • box office • Watchmen • Taken

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 Watchmen Sees 
 Tepid Weekend Win 

Blockbuster doesn't live up to opening-weekend projections

Mar 8, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who watches the Watchmen? Too few moviegoers to live up to box-office projections, says the Hollywood Reporter. The much-hyped flick earned only $55.7 million this weekend as Madea Goes to Jail locked in $8.8 million, Taken took $7.5 million, and Slumdog Millionaire kept riding its Oscar wave... More »

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film • box office • Slumdog Millionaire • Watchmen • Taken

 Jonas Bros Lose 
 Beat at Box Office 

Oscars help Slumdog to third

Mar 1, 09 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Madea Goes to Jail kept the Jonas Brothers at bay this weekend, Entertainment Weekly reports. Madea banked $16.5 million to the highly anticipated Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience's mere $12.7 million. Slumdog Millionaire enjoyed an Oscar boost, earning $12.2 million, while Taken continued its hot streak... More »

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film • box office • Jonas Brothers • Slumdog Millionaire • Taken • He's Just Not That Into You

(Newser) - Tyler Perry showed his box office muscle this weekend by grossing $41.1 million with Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, Entertainment Weekly reports. Perry's biggest opening ever—and Lionsgate's too—roused audiences on a normally slow Oscar weekend. Filling out the top five: Taken ($11.4 million), Coraline... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office

OPINION

Oscar-Nom Films Still Slumping; Here's Why


Feb 16, 09 8:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Is the so-called "Oscar bump" fading? Academy favorites like Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are stalled at the box office this year; only The Reader has filled more seats since being nominated. Yes, a stream of bona fide Hollywood hits has held them back, but it's more than that,... More »

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Academy Awards • box office • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Harvey Milk • Frost/Nixon • Oscars • prestige movies • escapist

 Friday Hacks Up Box Office 


Feb 15, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Friday the 13th took an ax to Valentine's Day flicks by bagging the biggest opening weekend gross of the year, $42.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. He's Just Not That Into You fell to second with $19.6 million, followed by Taken ($19.3 million), Confessions of a Shopaholic ($15.... More »

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Hollywood • box office • movies • Friday the 13th

(Newser) - The Oscars indicate who Hollywood thinks deserves a statue, but if you want to know what insiders really think about stars, start talking money. Forbes did just that, asking industry vets to rank talent based on their ability to make a project pop, from early hype to DVD sales.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • Johnny Depp • business • money • box office • Forbes • Will Smith • actor • movie industry

(Newser) - Julia Roberts is poised to step back into the spotlight with next month’s Duplicity, and Hollywood is hoping she can do again what none of her successors has been able to—pull boffo box office, the New York Times reports. “It’s just so clearly there,... More »

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Hollywood • film • Julia Roberts • box office • Clive Owen • actor • movie industry • new release • Danny Moder

(Newser) - The Oscars are coming up, but that orgy of self-congratulation doesn’t celebrate what really matters in Hollywood: money. Forbes crunched the numbers for 2008 and selected the winners of a different award: the Rainmaker.
  • Best Actor: Robert Downey Jr. returned $52.60 to Paramount for every dollar
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Academy Awards • film • awards • award show • Paramount Pictures • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • Meryl Streep • Juno • Jason Reitman • movies • blockbusters • Iron Man • Mamma Mia! • return on investment

 Taken Snatches Box Office 

Thriller bumps Mall Cop from top spot

Feb 1, 09 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The CIA thriller Taken nabbed the box office title from Paul Blart: Mall Cop, simultaneously pushing Hollywood to its first billion-dollar January, reports AP. Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a former CIA operative pursuing kidnappers, pulled in $24.6 million on Super Bowl weekend—in which thrillers typically underperform... More »

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film • box office • Liam Neeson • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop • Taken

 Mall Cop Still 
 Rocks Box Office 

Comedy tops box office for 2nd weekend

Jan 25, 09 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul Blart: Mall Cop kept control of the box office for a second straight weekend by earning $21.5 million, Variety reports. Slumdog Millionaire, on the strength of 10 Oscar nominations,  shot into fifth spot and banked $10.6 million. Filling out the top five were Underworld: Rise of ... More »

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box office • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • Gran Torino • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop • Hotel for Dogs • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

 Mall Cop Wins Box Office Battle 

Kevin James comedy beats Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino

Jan 18, 09 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - A mall security guard on a Segway wrested control of the box office this weekend. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a PG-rated comedy starring Kevin James, raked in $33.8 million to knock Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino from the top spot, Variety reports. Torino earned $22.2 million, a mere... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Gran Torino • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood’s vigilante flick Gran Torino smashed box office competition and his career record this weekend, earning $29 million, Variety reports. The film has grossed $40.1 million total after a prior monthlong limited run. Wedding comedy Bride Wars placed second with $21.5 million, followed by The Unborn,... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Bride Wars • Marley & Me • Gran Torino

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