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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3′ and 'The Greaty Gatsby' Divide and Conquer

Jacob Hall — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:33:58 +0000

No one expected 'The Great Gatsby' to take number one at the box office over 'Iron Man 3' this weekend, but it did the next best thing: it opened huge at number two. There is no shame in this silver medal.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3′ Makes All of the Money

Jacob Hall — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:34:41 +0000

Look, we all knew that 'Iron Man 3' was going to make a whole bunch of money and open at number one at the box office and kick the summer movie season off in style. The question was never "Is 'Iron Man 3' going to make any money?", the question was always "What absolutely absurd amount is 'Iron Man 3' going to make in its opening weekend?"

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Weekend Box Office Report: '42′ is Number One

Jacob Hall — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:51:01 +0000

Well, it looks like we have an answer to the question of whether or not audiences are interested in a historical, racially charged baseball movie. Brian Helgeland's '42' opened at the top of the box office this weekend, instantly breaking the record for biggest opening for a baseball movie. Sure, it's a minor record to break, but a record is a record.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Evil Dead' Possesses the Box Office

Jacob Hall — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:04:44 +0000

If someone glanced at this weekend's box office, they could be forgiven for thinking they accidentally stepped into some kind of time portal. After all, films called 'Evil Dead' and 'Jurassic Park' were in the top five.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Wins the Day

Jacob Hall — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:33:47 +0000

Like any holiday that sees families congregating together and then desperately seeking activities where they don't have to talk to each other for two hours, this Easter weekend saw a strong bump at the box office thanks to a few new contenders and a handful of holdovers with some surprising staying power.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Croods' and 'Olympus Has Fallen' Rise to the Top

Jacob Hall — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:41:18 +0000

You can't imagine two films more different than 'The Croods' and 'Olympus Has Fallen,' but right now the two of them sit on top of the box office chart, both temporarily linked by the fact that a bunch of people apparently wanted to see them this weekend. It's the first time in forever that two films have opened to over $30 million at the same time...but it wasn't golden for all of the new releases.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Oz' Still Reigns Supreme

Jacob Hall — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:54:48 +0000

For the second week in a row, 'Oz the Great and Powerful' lived up to its title and dominated the box office. One of the newcomers managed to fare surprisingly well in the face of Sam Raimi's blockbuster...but another simply got crushed.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' Saves the Box Office

Jacob Hall — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:45:11 +0000

After a series of increasingly dire weeks at the box office, 'Oz the Great and Powerful' arrived and shook things up in a major way, earning the first truly massive opening weekend of 2013 and setting the table for all kinds of Oz-related content in the near future. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is something that we'll let you judge.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Bombs

Jacob Hall — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:04:45 +0000

'Jack the Giant Slayer' may have taken the number one spot at the box office, but no one is celebrating -- it may sit at the top, but it sits at the top of one of the weakest box office weekends since, well, last weekend.

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Weekend Box Office Report: A Good Day to be 'A Good Day to Die Hard'

Jacob Hall — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:27:11 +0000

In retrospect, it's easy to say "Of course the new 'Die hard' movie was going to open at number one at the box office!" but you can bet Bruce Willis and company were a little worried. After all, 'A Good Day to Die Hard' opened in the wake of the failure of 'The Last Stand,' 'Parker' and 'Bullet to the Head,' three other macho, R-rated movies starring modern action icons. However, the strength of the 'Die Hard' brand seems to have broken that trend: John McClane's fifth outing made $25 million over the weekend.

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