Box Office

Star Wars: The Force Awakens with Oscar Isaac: Poe Dameron and pals NOT to become all-time box office champs? ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ NOT to become worldwide top-grossing movie of all time? Dec. 21 update: J.J. Abrams’ futuristic adventure movie Star Wars: The Force…

Ben-Hur movie: Ramon Novarro starred in the silent version, at the time the most expensive film production and the biggest worldwide blockbuster in history. ‘Ben-Hur’ movie: Semi-biblical epic starring Ramon Novarro became most expensive and most successful blockbuster in history Christmas 2015 is just around…

Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials with Dylan O’Brien: Beating latest Johnny Depp flop at the domestic box office. ‘Maze Runner 2’ to beat Johnny Depp ‘Black Mass’ The 20th Century Fox release Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel to the 2014 hit The…

‘War Room’ movie: The Power of Prayer. The Power of Prayer at the domestic box office: ‘War Room’ (sort of) beats ‘Straight Outta Compton’ A miracle was needed for any of this weekend’s new entries to beat the sleeper hit of 2015, F. Gary Gray’s…

‘Straight Outta Compton’ poster. Weekend box office: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ to beat weak competitors, but still far from being top blockbuster directed by black filmmaker If you thought last weekend was bad at the U.S. and Canada box office, you should see what’s in store…

Sinister 2 poster. ‘American Ultra,’ ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ & ‘Sinister 2’: Weekend box office bombs American Ultra, Hitman: Agent 47, and Sinister 2 are the new entries at the North American box office this weekend, Aug. 21-23. All three of them are expected to underperform…

‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ 2015: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ movie is a domestic box office bomb: Will it be saved by international filmgoers? Directed by Sherlock Holmes’ Guy Ritchie and toplining Man of Steel star Henry Cavill and The Lone…

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ box office: Bigger domestic flop than expected? Before I address the box office debacle of Warner Bros.’ The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I’d like to remark on the fact that 2015 has…

‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ with Henry Cavill. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ box office: Hollywood’s third major domestic bomb in a row Right on the heels of Chris Columbus-Adam Sandler’s Pixels and Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four comes The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a big screen adaptation of…

Fantastic Four 2015: Miles Teller as Reed Richards a.k.a. Mister Fantastic in 20th Century Fox’s box office bomb-in-the-making. Box office: ‘Fantastic Four’ 2015 bombs, ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ to pass $100 million mark Derided by critics and fans alike, 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four…

Jurassic World: The game is on vs. the blockbuster The Avangers. Pictured: Velociraptor kicks Iron Man ass at worldwide box office. ‘Jurassic World’: The game is on vs. ‘The Avengers’ at worldwide box office Directed by Colin Trevorrow; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and…

San Andreas movie with Dwayne Johnson: California nightmare. ‘San Andreas’ movie box office: $100 million domestic milestone today As the old saying (sort of) goes: If you build it, they will come. Warner Bros. built a gigantic video game, called it San Andreas, and They…

Still Alice with Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart. ‘Still Alice’ and ‘Maps to the Star’s box office: Julianne Moore Oscar helps only one movie (See previous post: “‘The Lazarus Effect’ Box Office: Olivia Wilde Horror Movie Arrives Comatose.”) The Oscars do matter. As mentioned in…

‘The Lazarus Effect’ with Olivia Wilde. ‘The Lazarus Effect’ box office: Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass horror movie arrives comatose (See previous post: “‘Focus’: Will Smith Has One of Worst Opening Weekends of His Career.”) Despite recent news that human head transplants are a mere…

‘Focus’ movie with Will Smith: Weekend box office dud. ‘Focus’ movie: Will Smith has third weakest weekend box office debut of his career According to those referred to in polite society as “conservatives,” winter storms and freezing temperatures are evidence that there’s no such thing…

Gone Girl movie: David Fincher directs Ben Affleck. ‘Gone Girl’ movie weekend box office: Biggest David Fincher opening weekend ever? Directed by David Fincher, Gone Girl is expected to top the North American box office this weekend, Oct. 3–5, while boasting Fincher’s biggest domestic opening…