Nikki Finke Articles
Liam Neeson Tops, Alex Pettyfer Runner-Up? Justin Bieber Tumbles: Early Box-Office Estimates
Alex Pettyfer, I Am Number Four President's Day weekend won't be exactly stellar at the North American box office. Not a single movie is expected to get even close to $30m following a tepid Friday, according to early, rough estimates found Deadline.com. Nikki Finke adds that estimates have been varying wildly — discrepancies of up to $2m — depending on her sources. Last Friday's winner, [...]
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart's ECLIPSE in Second Place After 10 Days: Box Office Predictions
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud's Despicable Me First, the bad news for The Twilight Saga, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Stephenie Meyer, David Slade, vampire, werewolf, and Forks fans (but good news for Twihaters): after only ten days out, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is no longer the top movie at the North American box office. The Universal-distributed animated 3D fantasy-adventure Despicable Me, directed by [...]
Early Weekend Box Office: ALICE IN WONDERLAND #1; THE BOUNTY HUNTER or DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #2
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (top); Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter (middle); Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron in Diary of a Wimpy Kid (bottom) Alice in Wonderland will continue to dominate the North American box office this weekend, according to very early — and apparently very rough — estimates posted by Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. Even so, if Finke's figures hold up Tim [...]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Box Office: Biggest 3D Opening Ever
Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland grossed $41 million on Friday and an estimated $45 million on Saturday, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. Despite wildly mixed reviews, Tim Burton's latest fantasy has now officially had the biggest 3D opening weekend of all time. (James Cameron's Avatar grossed $77 million on its opening weekend.) That's good news for Disney, as Alice in Wonderland [...]