AVATAR #1, Mel Gibson’s EDGE OF DARKNESS a Distant Second

Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness

James Cameron’s Avatar led the pack at the domestic box office on Monday, with $2.7m, as per Box Office Mojo.
Mel Gibson’s comeback vehicle Edge of Darkness came at a distant second, with $1.31m and a $430 per screen average. The revenge thriller opened with $17.1m, several million dollars below what some had been predicting. Directed by Martin Campbell, Edge of Darkness is Gibson’s first film since M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 horror/sci-fi Signs.
The Josh Duhamel-Kristen Bell romantic comedy When in Rome, came in third place with $779K and $317 per screen. Denzel Washington’s The Book of Eli was #4 with $744K, followed by the supernatural adventure Legion with $625K.
Rounding out the top twelve were Dwayne Johnson’s [...]

by Michelle Hutton | February 3, 2010   
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Weekend Box Office: AVATAR #1, Mel Gibson #2, Kristen Bell & Josh Duhamel #3

Stephen Lang in Avatar (top); Danny Houston, Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness (bottom); Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel in When in Rome (bottom)

James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver, got one step closer to beating the domestic gross of Titanic by collecting another $30 million at the North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Avatar easily beat its competition by scoring an average of $9,759 per theater at 3,074 locations. The film’s total gross now stands at an impressive $594.4 million. Worldwide, Fox’s hit movie has generated 2.039 billion since its release.
At No. 2, Martin Campbell’s thriller Edge of Darkness bagged [...]

by Franck Tabouring | February 1, 2010   
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AVATAR Crosses $2 Billion Mark; Tops 7th Weekend

Zoe Saldana in Avatar (top); Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness (bottom); Josh Duhamel, Kristen Bell in When in Rome (bottom)

Avatar’s estimated weekend (Jan. 29-31) gross was at the higher end of expectations: $30 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That represents a relatively small 14.1 percent drop from last week. After 45 days in release, Avatar’s domestic total is $594.4m. If weekend estimates are correct, Avatar will pass James Cameron’s own Titanic at the domestic box office (not accounting for inflation or higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices) either Tuesday or Wednesday next week. The Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet romantic melodrama grossed $600.4 million back in 1998.
Also this weekend, Avatar broke the $2 billion mark in [...]

by Michelle Hutton | January 31, 2010   
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Gabourey Sidibe, Josh Duhamel, Fergie, Heather Graham: Golden Globes 2010 Photos

Gabourey Sidibe (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA)

Gabourey Sidibe was one of the nominees for the best actress (drama) Golden Globe for her performance as an illiterate, sexually abused teenager in Lee Daniels‘ Precious. Sidibe lost to Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, but her co-star, Mo’Nique, took home the best supporting actress award. In Precious, Mo’Nique plays Sidibe’s resentful mother. Following wins at the Sundance Film Festival, Precious has turned into one of the biggest arthouse hits of 2009.
At the Golden Globes, Heather Graham joined the Hangover crowd, which also included Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, and Ed Helms. The film won the best picture (comedy or musical) award. Among the five nominees in that category, it was by far [...]

by Anna Robinson | January 18, 2010   
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Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel at TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN London Premiere

Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Bay
Images from the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on June 15 at Odeon Leicester Square in London.
Photos: Tim Whitby / 2009 Getty Images
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Josh Duhamel

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by Deborah Arthur | June 16, 2009   
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