FAST & FURIOUS Races to the Top of the Box Office
Fast & Furious easily outraced its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a stunning $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the lead roles proved to be quite lucrative, as the fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than any of its three predecessors.
Also doing pretty well was DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens, which took home another $33.5 million for a domestic total of $105.7 million after only two weeks in release.
At No. 3, The Haunting in Connecticut pulled in $9.5 million, reaching a total gross of $37.2 million. [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 5, 2009
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Tags: 12 Rounds, Adventureland, Amy Adams, Box Office, Clive Owen, Duplicity, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Fast and Furious, I Love You Man, Jason Segel, John Cena, Julia Roberts, Knowing, Kristen Stewart, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicolas Cage, Paul Rudd, Race to Witch Mountain, Sunshine Cleaning, The Haunting in Connecticut, Virginia Madsen
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Tops Box Office
Twentieth Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still destroyed its competition at the North American box office with US$31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Scott Derrickson’s critically panned remake of the 1951 sci-fi thriller directed by Robert Wise opened at 3,560 locations this weekend, landing at the No. 1 spot early Friday. The film stars Keanu Reeves as an alien who comes to Earth to warn humankind of its potentially imminent destruction.
Last week’s box office champion, Four Christmases, dropped to second place, earning $13.2 million for a domestic total of $87.9 million after a strong three-week run. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn (above, with Sissy Spacek), the holiday comedy follows a couple paying [...]
by Franck Tabouring | December 14, 2008
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FOUR CHRISTMASES, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE Box Office
Four Christmases topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with $18.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Seth Gordon’s holiday comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon easily dominated its competition, lifting its domestic total to $70.8 million. In the film, a San Francisco couple pays a visit to all four of their divorced parents.
This week’s new releases weren’t that lucky, with Lexi Alexander’s Punisher: War Zone, with Ray Stevenson, delivering the best result at No. 8 with $4 million.
New entry Cadillac Records, starring Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright, closely followed in ninth place with only $3.5 million.
As for Nobel Son, the third wide release this weekend, it only finished [...]
by Franck Tabouring | December 8, 2008
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Tags: Adrien Brody, Box Office, Cadillac Records, Four Christmases, Jason Statham, Kristen Stewart, Nobel Son, Punisher: War Zone, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Twilight
