Melissa McCarthy Identity Thief overperforms; Steven Soderbergh Side Effects disappoints: Box office Starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, the Seth Gordon-directed comedy Identity Thief grossed an estimated $11.2 million at 3,141 theaters on Friday, according to figures found at Box Office Mojo. That’s considerably above expectations. As a result, instead of earning around $25 million over the weekend as some pundits had predicted, Identity Thief is on its way to something closer to $33m-$35 million, depending on the after-effects of winter storm Nemo, which just hit the U.S. northeast. (Photo: Melissa McCarthy Identity Thief.) For comparison’s sake: Seth Gordon’s Horrible Bosses, featuring an ensemble cast that included Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Farrell, opened with $9.9 million on its first day out in July…



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Melissa McCarthy IDENTITY THIEF Box Office: Best Opening Weekend in 2013?

Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone arrive for the 84th Annual Academy Awards from Hollywood, CA, on February 26, 2012. McCarthy was a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for her performance in Paul Feig’s sleeper hit Bridesmaids. She lost to Octavia Spencer for Tate Taylor’s The Help. (Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer’s competitors were The Help’s Jessica Chastain, The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo, and Albert Nobbs‘ Janet McTeer. McCarthy’s next movie is This Is 40, directed by Judd Apatow (one of the Bridesmaids producers), and featuring Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Jason Segel, Leslie Mann, Albert Brooks, Chris O’Dowd, John Lithgow, and Charline Yi.



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Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone: Oscar 2012

Melissa McCarthy and guest Melissa McCarthy, a Best Supporting Actress nominee for Paul Feig’s sleeper hit comedy Bridesmaids, arrives at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. Mcarthy’s competitors were The Help’s Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo, and Albert Nobbs‘ Janet McTeer. Spencer was the winner. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.) Melissa McCarthy was also one of the Bridesmaids cast members nominated for best ensemble. The others were Jill Clayburgh, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Matt Lucas, Chris O’Dowd, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper. The mostly female Bridesmaids cast lost to the mostly female cast of Tate Taylor’s The Help, which, in addition to Octavia Spencer…



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Melissa McCarthy Photo: SAG Awards 2012

Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone Bridesmaids actress Melissa McCarthy and actor Ben Falcone attend the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] James Earl Jones was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, but makeup artist Dick Smith (The Alligator People, All the Way Home) was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. The Color Purple’s Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Among Melissa McCarthy’s movie credits are Pretty Ugly People, The Back-Up Plan, Life As We Know It, Just Add Water, and the critical and commercial hit Bridesmaids. Ben Falcone had one of the male roles in female-oriented Bridesmaids — a possible Academy Award contender…



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Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone Photo: Governors Awards 2011

Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, and Tom Hiddleston, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor topped the North American box office for the second straight weekend, May 13-15, grossing $34.5 million (-47%) according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Thor’s sizable 60%-64% Friday drop (depending on whether or not you include the previous week’s Thursday midnight screenings) was considerably attenuated on Saturday, when the Paramount/Marvel adventure flick soared an estimated 66%. Thor passed the $100m milestone that day; its domestic total to date is $119.25m. Thor’s top foreign markets are Australia, which happens to be Chris Hemsworth’s native country, the United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Russia, China, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, and Italy.…



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Chris Hemsworth’s THOR Tops; Kristen Wiig’s BRIDESMAIDS Far Surpasses Expectations: Box Office

Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne,Bridesmaids Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, and Tom Hiddleston, topped the North American box office for the second consecutive Friday, grossing $9.1 million on May 13 according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That represents a 64% drop from a week ago — or about 60% if one excludes the $3.3 million the film earned at Thursday midnight screenings. Even so, Thor should pass the $100m milestone some time today. Yet, the real box-office success story on Friday was that of Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, which collected $7.83 million at no. 2, and should end up with more than $20m for the weekend. Most pundits had been expecting…



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THOR Down, BRIDESMAIDS Surprises, Women Rule: Box Office