‘The Dark Knight’ Tops 4th Straight Weekend

There was no miraculous Saturday rise for Pineapple Express as the film was derailed by The Dark Knight. The overall box office plunged to its lowest weekend of the summer, and 2008 has now fallen behind the pace of last year’s record breaking summer.
For the first time since The Lord of the Rings: The Return [...]

‘The Dark Knight’ Reclaims Throne on Friday

On Friday, The Dark Knight fought its way back to the number one spot with $7.8 million, up 65% from Thursday’s $4.7 million. It’s 23 day total of $423,311,467 is a mere $4,345 behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest for sixth place on the all time domestic chart. For the weekend, Knight will likely scoop up $27 million, [...]

‘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 [...]

‘Pineapple Express’ $12M Wednesday, ‘Sisterhood’ $5.7M

Both of the new openers showed some box office muscle on Wednesday, their opening days. On Wednesday, Pineapple Express launched to an impressive $12.1 million from 3,072 theaters. This means that the stoner comedy now has a clear path to the number one spot through the entire weekend. Thursday will likely add an additional $8 [...]

‘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 [...]