CATEGORY: Box Office News
Chicago International Film Fest Diary: Entry 1
by Locke Peterseim | October 12th, 2010 | Filed under: CATEGORY: Box Office News, Movies, Theatrical ReviewsHere in Chicago we’re right in the middle of the 46th annual Chicago International Film Festival, so for the past week I’ve been gorging on small independent and foreign films (seriously cutting into my usual fall gorging on MLB playoffs and college and pro football). The nature of a fest like Chicago’s and its emphasis on [...]
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Greek Weak; Shrek Continues His Reign
by Erika Olson | June 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Box Office News, CATEGORY: Box Office NewsI guess Aldous Snow doesn’t have as many fans as I thought he did. In a disappointing weekend at the box office — ticket sales were down more than 25% from this time last year when The Hangover crew was partying in Vegas — not one of the four new releases managed to take the [...]
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Dragon Delivers Swift Kick in the You-Know-Where to Kick-Ass
by Erika Olson | April 19th, 2010 | Filed under: Box Office News, CATEGORY: Box Office NewsAlas, despite all of its fanboy hype and creative marketing, Kick-Ass failed to live up to its name in the battle for box-office dollars. Even amidst stellar reviews and positive audience reactions in theater exit polls, the subversive superhero flick couldn’t capture the oh-so-coveted “#1 Movie in America” title. There’s a slight chance that could [...]
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It’s a Box-Office Tie!*
by Locke Peterseim | April 12th, 2010 | Filed under: Box Office News, CATEGORY: Box Office News(*For Now… UPDATE: Clash Holds Off Date Night FTW!) In a tightly contested race for the title “Most Tolerably Above-Mediocre Movie of the Week,” Date Night and Clash of the Titans are neck and neck down the home stretch. Date Night is technically out in front by a nose with an estimated $27.1 million from its opening [...]
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Perseus Defeats the Kraken, and the Competition
by Erika Olson | April 5th, 2010 | Filed under: Box Office News, CATEGORY: Box Office NewsThe gods are surely pleased with mankind this weekend — the Clash of the Titans remake managed to haul in $61.4 million despite its lack of an awesome golden mechanical owl and grumblings about its post-production 3D conversion. That’s the best-ever Easter opening (beating out, ahem, Scary Movie 4… so I guess the competition wasn’t [...]
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Shutter Island‘s Cop Out-Crazies the Box-Office Competition
by Locke Peterseim | March 1st, 2010 | Filed under: CATEGORY: Box Office NewsBoom. You see that? Yeah, that's right, I worked the top three film's titles into the headline via cheesy wordplay. This is what happens when I write up the box-office report late at night… Yes, Martin Scorsese's thriller Shutter Island, starring Leo DiCaprio, stayed atop the box office for a second week. The R-rated period [...]
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