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THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE BLIND SIDE Box Office
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); John Cusack in 2012 (bottom) The Twilight Saga: New Moon stormed to the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with a phenomenal $140.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Chris Weitz-directed sequel to Twilight scored an average [...]
2012 Smashes Box Office
Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic actioner 2012 destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a solid $65 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony’s 2012 opened at 3,404 locations Friday, scoring an explosive average of $19,095 per theater while easily beating the $35.8 million opening gross of Emmerich’s previous film 10,000 B.C. Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, [...]
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Tops Box Office; THIS IS IT in 2nd Spot
As expected, Walt Disney’s A Christmas Carol took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend with a solid $31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Jim Carrey (above), the Robert Zemeckis-directed 3D motion-capture adventure tale based on Charles Dickens’ classic opened at 3,683 locations and scored an average of $8,417 per theater, enough to crush its [...]
Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT Tops Box Office
Sony Pictures’ Michael Jackson documentary This Is It prevailed at the North American box office this weekend, with $21.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Kenny Ortega-directed film opened at 3,481 locations Wednesday, bagging $11.1 million in two days. The domestic total of This Is It currently stands at a solid $32.5 million. Most of the film’s footage was shot in [...]