‘The Dark Knight’ Drills Through $500 Million

On Sunday, The Dark Knight became only the second film ever to cross $500 million domestically. It took just 45 days to reach the mark versus 98 days for Titanic, the only other film to cross the half a billion mark. However, Titanic had a much less frontloaded run than most blockbusters, which allowed it [...]

Predictions for ‘Disaster Movie’, ‘Babylon A.D.’

Here are my box office predictions for the final weekend of the 2008 summer season:
3 Day (Friday-to-Sunday) August 29-31 Predictions:

Tropic Thunder – $12.5 million, -23%, $84.8 M total
Babylon A.D. (3,390 theaters) – $12.4 M, NEW
Disaster Movie (2,642 theaters) – $10.8 M, NEW
The Dark Knight – $10 M, -5%, $503.7 M total
The House Bunny – $8.9 [...]

‘Tropic Thunder’ Defeats ‘The Clone Wars’

After four incredible weeks atop the box office, The Dark Knight was finally brought down to Earth by the Frat Pack. Tropic Thunder launched with a solid $25.8 million from 3,319 theaters over the weekend and $36.8 million since its Wednesday debut. The action comedy became the 7th ‘R’ rated film of the summer to [...]

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ moves to summer ‘09

Wow, this is some very major and unexpected news. Box Office Mojo is reporting that Warner Bros. has moved Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from mid-November of this year to next summer, July 17, 2009 to be exact. The weekend before Thanksgiving has been the franchise’s most popular date to open on so one [...]

‘Lethal Weapon 5′ In the Works

According to /film and trackingb.com, Lethal Weapon may have become the latest action franchise to be resurrected. Supposedly, a script by Shane Black has already been approved by producer Joel Silver. Franchise regular Richard Donner will direct and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover would reprise their lead roles in Lethal Weapon 5. No word yet [...]