‘Madagascar’ roars with $63.5 million weekend
Posted by admin on Nov 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Families herded into movie theaters for another trek with stranded zoo animals as the animated sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” led the weekend with a $63.5 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The haul for the DreamWorks Animation comedy far surpassed the $47.2 million debut for “Madagascar” over Memorial Day weekend in 2005. Its three-day total also beat the $61 million gross the first movie took in over that full ... read more
‘Chihuahua’ fetches $17.5M to win another weekend
Posted by admin on Oct 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.
Disney’s family comedy “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” with Drew Barrymore providing the voice of the pooch, was the No. 1 flick for the second-straight weekend with $17.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $52.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“Beverly Hills Chihuahua” is the only ... read more
Audiences adopt ‘Chihuahua’ with $29M weekend
Posted by admin on Oct 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Featuring a talking Chihuahua with Drew Barrymore’s voice, the family flick about a pampered pooch lost in Mexico led a surge of new movies that boosted Hollywood business, which generally has slumped the last two months.
The top-12 movies ... read more
‘Bangkok Dangerous’ reaches No. 1 in slow weekend
Posted by admin on Sep 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Nicolas Cage action-thriller “Bangkok Dangerous” needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
The total weekend box office gross was expected to reach just $66 million, slightly less than the $66.7 million reported for the same weekend in September 2003.
“We had no strong holdover from Labor Day Weekend to ... read more
‘Thunder’ echoes at No. 1 with $14.3M for weekend
Posted by admin on Sep 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tropic Thunder” hauled in $14.3 million to stay on top of the box office as Hollywood’s solid summer wound down sleepily, with Hurricane Gustav contributing to a slow Labor Day weekend at theaters.
The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy was the No. 1 flick for the third-straight weekend, raising its total to $86.6 million, according to studio estimates Monday.
Debuting at No. 2 with $12 million over the four-day weekend was 20th Century ... read more
‘Thunder’ reigns again with $16.1 million weekend
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The action comedy “Tropic Thunder” weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release — starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black as actors caught up in real battle while shooting a war movie — raised its 12-day total to $65.7 million.
“Tropic Thunder” came in just ahead of Sony’s ... read more
‘Dark Knight’ sets weekend record with $155.34M
Posted by admin on Jul 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood’s box-office superheroes.
“The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for “Spider-Man 3″ in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did,” said Dan Fellman, ... read more
‘Hancock’ grabs heroic $107.3M over long weekend
Posted by admin on Jul 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith’s box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith’s “Hancock” — the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum — led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That raised the total for Sony’s “Hancock” to $107.3 million since it opened Tuesday night to get a jump on the holiday.
It was a familiar place for Smith, one of ... read more
‘Hulk’ grabs muscular $54.5M on opening weekend
Posted by admin on Jun 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Incredible Hulk” was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago.
“The Hulk got a second chance, got angry and came back with a vengeance,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. “This was a big question mark going in. The film had a history or a checkered past.”
Ang ... read more
‘Panda’ beats Sandler with $60 million weekend
Posted by admin on Jun 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Black’s Po the panda outgunned Adam Sandler’s Zo the hairdresser. Black’s cartoon comedy “Kung Fu Panda” pulled in $60 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend’s No. 1 movie, while Sandler’s salon romp “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” opened in second place with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The movies combined to carry Hollywood to a big weekend. The top 12 films took in ... read more
