STALLONE LIKELY TO WHIP FIVE NEW CHALLENGERS

Five new films — count ’em, five! — are scheduled to debut in wide release this weekend, but many box-office forecasters are predicting that last week’s winner, The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, will retain its crown. They figure that the film should bring in $15-18 million in its second weekend, down from $34.8 million for […]

“NANNY MCPHEE” KNOCKS “ALICE” OFF THRONE IN U.K.

Suggesting that big-budget 3D productions are not invincible at the box office, the relatively low-budget Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, starring Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal took over the top spot at the British box office over the weekend with $3.92 million, according to Screen International. The result pushed Alice in Wonderland down to […]