The Tom Cruise spy caper Knight and Day has had a rough time at the domestic box office. Is the star himself to blame? Cameron Diaz costars.
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Toy Story 3 box office: About to become the year’s biggest domestic release, the animated adventure shattered Pixar’s opening-weekend record.
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The Karate Kid: Jackie Chan star vehicle mixing martial arts and life lessons provides further evidence that moviegoers crave original, quality stories.
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Iron Man 2 box office: Jon Favreau’s Marvel superhero movie starring Robert Downey Jr. is a mammoth hit but fails to break any major domestic records.
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A Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson comparison: Which Twilight actor has come out on top after playing against type in 2 recent releases?
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Box office: Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity), Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (Twilight) have flopped away from their franchises.
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Alice in Wonderland box office: Tim Burton’s tepidly received fantasy has shattered records and become year’s first $200 million blockbuster.
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Avatar vs. Titanic box office: Which record-breaking James Cameron epic has actually been the bigger blockbuster?
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A shirtless Channing Tatum has dethroned the current box office champ while Mel Gibson’s comeback has fizzled. And has there been any Oscar nominations boost?
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Avatar box office breaking more records (as long as inflation is set aside). But what is truly the most successful movie ever made?
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The major studios have set an impressive international box office record. Without the overseas market, Hollywood would be a far smaller and poorer film factory.
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Avatar records at the domestic box office have been mostly restricted to specific subcategories like Best Weekend no. 3.
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After a mid-(to-late-)decade box office slump, Sandra Bullock has returned with the year’s biggest sleeper blockbuster: An ‘inspirational’ sports/family drama.
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Up in the Air with George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. As the United States remains mired in one of its worst economic crises ever, the National Board of Review (NBR)…
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Astounding blockbuster New Moon breaks box office records except a major one, while Twilight Saga weakness handicaps sequel.
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The 2009 box office is evidence that domestic audiences are eager for ‘good movies’ - as long as you take a ‘glass half full’ approach to the issue.
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The Dark Knight is 1 of the biggest box office hits ever in the domestic market. But is it really in the no. 2 slot after Titanic?
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A Marvel superhero movie is the top blockbuster at North America’s spring box office, while among the more modest hits is another ‘gay-ish’ Adam Sandler.
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Give North American audiences what they want: During Hollywood’s prestigious Oscar season, critically derided adventure becomes the biggest winter box office hit.
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As usual, the domestic summer box office has been dominated by titles - from fantasies to a ‘gay’ Adam Sandler comedy - geared to children and teens.
Early spring box office pattern: Good-looking hunks like Alex O’Loughlin and Aaron Johnson featured in movies that performed below expectations.
Shutter Island box office: Despite a number of dismissive reviews, the dark thriller may become the biggest Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio hit.
In terms of box office allure, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are enjoying one of the best years - possibly the best year - of their film careers.
Avatar war: Titanic or Cleopatra? Not taking inflation into account, James Cameron’s futuristic 3D action fantasy is the most expensive 20th Century Fox production ever. Once inflation is factored in,…
There were 2 notable - and notably odd - fall box office sleeper hits: A Zac Efron musical and an interspecies teen-centenarian romantic fantasy.
North America’s noteworthy fall box office titles belong to a whole array of genres, from prestige crime dramas to musical fantasies and horror sequels.