‘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’ Fends off ‘The Mummy 3′

Despite a decent opening, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor wasn’t able to dethrone The Dark Knight over the weekend. Elsewhere, Swing Vote misfired with a opening outside of the top five. The overall box office fell behind last summer’s pace when The Bourne Ultimatum opened to $69.3 million setting the record for the [...]

‘Swing Vote’ Misfires, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Holds Well Again

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Swing Vote was a miss with a weak $6.3 million opening, good enough for only sixth place. The Kevin Costner led comedy ultimately couldn’t overcame a weak marketing campaign and mediocre reviews. It’s been reported that Costner put up some $20 million of his own cash to [...]

‘The Mummy 3′ $15M Friday, ‘Dark Knight’ close behind

On Friday, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor made out with $15.6 million on opening day, according to The Numbers. There wasn’t a lot of urgency to see this film on opening night so a slight rise on Saturday could result giving the film an opening weekend of about $43 million.
The Dark Knight was [...]

‘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 [...]