“KARATE KID” MASTERS BOX OFFICE

Thanks to a surprisingly robust performance by Sony/Columbia’s The Karate Kid, the box office returned to plus territory over the weekend with the gross for the top 12 films up 9.69 percent over the same weekend a year ago. The remake, starring Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s son Jaden, grossed $55.7 million, well above the [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS: “THE KARATE KID”

If you’ve never seen the original Karate Kid — and if you’re among the under-30s who make up the primary movie audience, you probably haven’t — then you’ll probably enjoy the remake, which stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, most critics agree. Betsy Sharkey in the Los [...]