‘Marley’, ‘Benjamin Button’ Lead Potent Xmas Weekend

After a poor showing the last two weeks, four new star-powered films injected some much needed life resulting in one of the strongest holiday weekends on record at the box office.
Leading the way, Marley and Me beat expectations by a significant margin with a cheerful $50.7 million from 3,480 theaters since its Christmas Day debut; $36.4 million of [...]

No Holiday Cheer for ‘The Spirit’

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Not all of the new releases enjoyed a strong start. Debuting well back in 9th place was The Spirit which tanked with just $6.5 million from 2,509 theaters over the weekend and $10.3 million including Thursday. The debut was a mere fraction of the launches from Frank Miller’s [...]

Earth Gives Cool Reception to ‘Day’

The Day the Earth Stood Still, Keanu Reeves’ latest sci-fi film, posted a  disappointing opening week. It’s $30.5 million weekend bow from a mega-wide 3,560 theaters was enough for first place, but it was well below the record-setting $77.2 million debut from the Will Smith driven sci-fi, I Am Legend, from the same time last year. The [...]

‘The Wrestler’ Explodes On Wednesday

Darren Aronofsky has made a huge comeback with a spectactular opening day from his new drama, The Wrestler. On Wednesday, the Fox Searchlight feature opened to $46,928 from just 4 theaters for a $11,732 per theather average, or nearly quadruple the average posted by fellow Searchlight film, Slumdog Millionaire, on it’s opening Wednesday. Millionaire has grossed nearly [...]