THE HELP WORKS ON LABOR DAY (UPDATED)
September 5, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Even without the benefit of 3D surcharges, DreamWorks/Paramount’s’ The Help easily managed to stay at the top of the box office for the third week in a row, beating a slew of films that did have 3D going for them during the summer, including debuting Shark Night 3D, which pretty much only played 3D venues. [...]
BOX OFFICE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 4 YEARS
September 14, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The fourth iteration of Sony/Screen Gems’s Resident Evil franchise wound up with $26.68 million over the weekend, according to final box office figures released on Monday. The figure was about $1 million lower than the studio’s $27.7 million estimate on Sunday. After opening with $10.74 million on Friday, then raking in another $9.81 million on [...]
LABOR DAY BOX OFFICE HIGHER THAN USUAL
September 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Final box-office figures for the four-day Labor Day holiday released on Tuesday indicated that the studios’ original estimates were right on target. The results were the fourth-highest for the holiday. Focus Features’s The American, starring George Clooney, ended up on top with $16,662,333, well ahead of forecasts. Its gross, including Wednesday and Thursday receipts, came [...]
AUDIENCES GIVE THE AMERICAN A ONE-FINGER SALUTE
September 7, 2010 by admin · 5 Comments
Suggesting that word-of-mouth may be highly overrated when it comes to predicting a movie’s success, the George Clooney movie The American performed well above expectations over the four-day Labor Day weekend despite polls indicating that audiences loathed it. The film ranked No. 1 at the box office (after opening on Wednesday), earning an estimated $16.4 [...]
THE AMERICAN CLAIMS VICTORY ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND
September 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Although Fox’s Machete took an early lead at the box office on Friday, Focus Features’s The American cut it down on Saturday and Sunday to wind up as the weekend winner, according to studio estimates. The results for The American were nothing to hoist a flag over, however. The film earned just about $12.3 million [...]
3 R-RATED MOVIES DEBUT LABOR DAY WEEKEND
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
With kids heading back to school on Tuesday in many areas of the country, 3 R-rated movies are debuting this weekend — and none is expected to produce sizable returns at the box office. (The Labor Day weekend is the only major U.S. holiday that does not see a spike in ticket sales; in fact, [...]