‘The Mummy’ Targets ‘Dark Knight’

Brendan Fraser and Kevin Costner headline their new films The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Swing Vote this weekend with hopes of being known as the movie that took down The Dark Knight. For the The Mummy, maybe. Swing Vote doesn’t stand a chance, though.

The latest Mummy is perhaps the summer’s first unnecessary sequel. There’s already [...]

‘Dark Knight’ Sends ‘Spider-Man 3′ Down In Flames

It already demolished Spider-Man 3’s opening weekend record, but on Wednesday, The Dark Knight passed up Spider-Man 3’s total domestic box office gross of $336.5 million to become the third highest grossing superhero movie ever. Only the first two Spidey films have grossed higher. Knight will pass up those two over the next week. Wednesday’s daily gross of $8.8 [...]

Return of the ‘R’ Rating to Summer Cinema

Over the past several summers, major studios have been reluctant to release an abundance of mainstream films with the rated ‘R’ signature stamped below it. Even franchises that were known for their ‘R’ rating were victims to the increasing trend of studios trying to cut them down to a more audience friendly ‘PG’ or ‘PG-13′ [...]

‘The Dark Knight’ Swoops Past ‘Iron Man’

It’s official! On Monday, after just 11 days in release, The Dark Knight topped Iron Man at the box office to become North America’s highest grossing movie of the year. Monday’s tally of $10.5 million was more than enough to push Knight over the top. Total stands at $324.3 million and counting compared to Iron [...]

‘Dark Knight’, ‘Brothers’ Weekend Actuals for July 25-27

The weekend actuals are in, and most films were slightly understimated, with the exception of The Dark Knight and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The Dark Knight’s official second weekend tally is $75.2 million, off less than 1% from the $75.6 million estimated on Sunday morning. That number is still well more than enough to [...]