‘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 [...]

‘Pineapple Express’ Loses Steam on Thursday

Pineapple Express couldn’t maintain its high from Wednesday. On Thursday, it fell a disturbing 50% for a $6 million daily gross. In two days, the stoner comedy has chugged $18.1 million worth of box office. This lower than expected Thursday leaves the door open for a possible repeat performance at the top this weekend from [...]

Can ‘The Dark Knight’ Sink ‘Titanic’?

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Now that there is serious buzz about The Dark Knight becoming the highest grossing film of all time, I thought now would be a good time to look back at the films of yore that have had the honor of being known as the top dog of the domestic box office.
Gone With [...]

‘Pineapple Express’ to Smoke Up The Box Office

This week, the two new openers, Pineapple Express and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, have chosen to get a jump start by opening on Wednesday. While both are comedies, they are targeting different genders so both have an opportunity to thrive.
The Judd Apatow brand of humor has been growing in popularity ever since The [...]

‘The Dark Knight’ Soars Above ‘Spider-Man’

On Tuesday, The Dark Knight collected an additional $5.7 million, which ups its total to $405.7 million. That is enough to fly above Spider-Man to become the 7th highest grossing film of all time. That also means that Knight is now the top grossing comic book / superhero film ever. The 6th place film is [...]