Posts Tagged ‘box office results’
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Breaks Pretty Much Every Box Office Record
The opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 shattered just about every record it possibly could at the box office this weekend. It crushed the midnight record topping Twilight: Eclipse, it had no problem at all taking the first day record from Twilight: New Moon, had the highest grossing Friday ever, and sailed past The Dark Knight for the most coveted domestic record - largest opening weekend in history. Tallies amounted to $43.5 million for midnight showings, $92.1 milli...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Breaks Midnight Box Office Records
With its midnight showings Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 raked in $43.5 million which shatters the previous record holder The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30 million from June 2010. Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has already made over $100 million worldwide. The higher prices that comes with 3D screens played a role as Warner Bros. reports all midnight 3D shows were sold out. It remains to be seen if that will be the choice of moviegoers or if the increased options that come with ...
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Breaks July 4th Box Office Records
Though it is still running behind the earnings of Revenge of the Fallen domestically, Transformers: Dark of the Moon has set new box office records for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The records were previously held by Spider-man 2 with Dark of the Moon cruising past them with $97.5 million for the three day weekend and $116.4 million for the four day holiday weekend. Since opening with 9pm shows on Tuesday night the film has collected $181 million. Dark of the Moon is performing eve...
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Fast Five Becomes Biggest Yet in Franchise
The fifth entry in the Fast and Furious series delivered the biggest opening yet. Fast Five earned a massive $83.6 million in its first weekend which also marks the largest April opening in history. The film has already made $165 million worldwide as it has proven to have immense popularity overseas as well. By once again bringing back all the principle characters while adding Dwayne Johnson, and building on the well received last entry, interest and awareness was remarkably high for Fast...
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Rio Opens Strong While Scream 4 Disappoints
So far 2011 box office numbers have been down overall from last year but that finally changed this weekend which produced 12% higher than the same weekend in 2010. Much of the credit goes to the animated film Rio and while Scream 4 was anything but a hit it was able to make enough to push the total for the top ten ahead. The animated family film Rio easily took the top spot with $40 million. Audiences were ready for something new with the well reviewed movie, which supplanted Hop as the o...
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Four New Openers Fail to ‘Hop’ Into First Place at Box Office
It was a disappointing weekend at the box office as the animated family film Hop held onto the crown in easy fashion. The comedies Arthur and Your Highness disappointed while the action film Hanna and Christian-themed 'based on a true story' Soul Surfer performed well given expectations and smaller budgets. Hop collected another $21.7 million as it fell a reasonable 42% facing little competition in the targeted demographic. That will change with the release of Rio next week. Despite gener...
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Three New Openers Led by Hop Start Strong at Box Office
All three new films to open this weekend targeted a different audience and have seen successful returns especially considering their respective budgets. The animated-live action mix Hop came in first place as a family film, Source Code finished second with its sci-fi action, and Insidious brought the horror for third place. A successful streak for family targeted films (with one exception being the bomb Mars Needs Moms) continues as Hop opened to $38.1 million and slightly exceeding expec...
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Wimpy Kid Beats Sucker Punch
In a surprise upset Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 came in #1 at the box office this weekend topping the expected champ Sucker Punch. Last week's openers showed strength in their second weekends proving that despite their strong premieres March Madness did have an effect on their final tallies. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules pulled in $24.4 million which already exceeds its $21 million budget. The family film comes off an understated first film that opened to $22 million but was largely th...
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Limitless Wins Box Office Weekend
All three new openers at the box office performed well with Limitless topping the charts by exceeding industry expectations. The Lincoln Lawyer and Paul came in fourth and fifth respectively with solid openings considering their budgets. A weekend filled with NCAA Tournament contests made curious that three films that would appeal to males opened up, let alone opened well. Limitless was supported by a strong marketing campaign from Virgin Produced, the first film to be backed by the comp...
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Battle: Los Angeles Runs Away With Weekend Box Office Victory
The alien invasion film Battle: Los Angeles topped the box office with a strong performance while the other two openers were big disappointments. Red Riding Hood came in well under expectations while Mars Needs Moms has become a rare bomb for Disney. The reported $70 million budget for Battle: Los Angeles is hard to believe because of the special effects and marketing push, but regardless the $36 million opening for the film represents a great start on its way to profitability. Not signi...
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