Paranormal Activity Articles

Paranormal Activity 3 Last weekend, people were complaining that the North American box office has been in the doldrums throughout the fall because of a dearth of original, quality movies. Proving those pundits right — as they always are — the third installment of a cheap horror franchise, with a mediocre 60% approval rating among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics, Paranormal Activity 3, has soared to [...]

Tod Williams' Paranormal Activity 2 Paranormal Activity 2, the sequel to the 2007 low-budget sleeper hit about obnoxious spooks, collected an estimated $6.3m at Thursday midnight screenings, according to distributor Paramount. If the studio's calculations are correct, then Paranormal Activity 2 has smashed a couple of records (not adjusted for inflation): highest midnight gross for an R-rated film, thus surpassing last year's Watchmen ($4.6m), and [...]

Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station (top); Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart in Best Screenplay nominee Adventureland (upper middle); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer (lower middle); Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (bottom) The Academy Awards show will be held on Sunday. The Razzie Awards Gala Ceremony will take place tomorrow. And tonight it's the Spirit Awards, live from downtown [...]

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 [...]