Box Office

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…

The Other Woman cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann. ‘The Other Woman’ 2014 box office: Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann comedy to top North American box office chart despite mostly bad reviews April 28 update: Starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and…

2014 RoboCop with Joel Kinnaman. 2014 ‘RoboCop’: Full-fledged domestic bomb Directed by José Padilha, and starring Joel Kinnaman and Abbie Cornish, Sony Picture’s $100 million-budgeted 2014 RoboCop remake opened with disappointing numbers on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Things improved a bit over the weekend, but there’s…

Top box office movie Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr. With a total gross of $409.01 million, the biggest commercial hit of 2013 in the U.S. and Canada is Shane Black’s Iron Man 3; the third installment in the Robert Downey Jr.-led franchise has…

The Hobbit 2 a.k.a. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. The sequel to the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opened below expectations – and below its…

Justin Bieber in Justin Bieber’s Believe. A sort of sequel to Paramount’s 3D box office hit Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Justin M. Chu’s concert documentary Believe follows Canadian singer and teen/pre-teen sensation Justin Bieber as he embarks on the multi-continent, 33-city Believe Tour promoting…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. In 2012, Gary Ross’ dystopian adventure drama The Hunger Games went on to gross $408.01 million in the U.S. and Canada; its Francis Lawrence-directed 2013 sequel, Catching Fire, will likely surpass it at the…

‘Ender’s Game’ movie to go the way of ‘John Carter’ & ‘The Golden Compass’? Nov. 11 update: Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford, Ender’s Game is going the way of Andrew Stanton’s John Carter and Chris Weitz’s The Golden Compass…

‘Thor 2’ box office: ‘The Avengers’ bump not enough to propel Thor into ‘super man’ territory Nov. 10 update: Directed by Alan Taylor and starring Chris Hemsworth, Thor 2 – officially Thor: The Dark World – debuted in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, Nov.…