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Jun 21, 2009 3:28 PM CDT

Proposal Scores at Box Office

(Newser) - Audiences fell for The Proposal this weekend, sending Sandra Bullock's comedy down the aisle with $34.1 million, USA Today reports. Banking $12 million more than pundits predicted, the romcom claimed yet another box office win for summer comedies. The Hangover hung onto second with $26.9 million, Up finished...

Hangover Hangs Out at No. 1

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Jun 14, 2009 1:40 PM CDT

Hangover Hangs Out at No. 1

(Newser) - Audiences couldn’t shake The Hangover as the crude comedy stayed on top for the second weekend in a row, gulping down $33.4 million, USA Today reports. Up held on tight with $30.5 million, while The Taking of Pelham 123—the weekend’s only debut in the top...

Up Staves Off Hangover

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Jun 7, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

Up Staves Off Hangover

(Newser) - Up kept soaring this weekend with $44.2 million, just above Hangover’s $43.3 million debut, USA Today reports. Execs at both films’ studios are pleased with the higher-than-expected results, but Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost didn’t fare so well, opening to just $19.5 million....

Up Hits Box Office Heights

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May 31, 2009 1:53 PM CDT

Up Hits Box Office Heights

(Newser) - Pixar’s Up floated to the top of the box office this weekend with $68.2 million, USA Today reports. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian came in second with $25.5 million. Though critics loved it, Drag Me to Hell debuted to just $16.8 million, while...

Stiller's Museum
Beats Terminator

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May 24, 2009 4:38 PM CDT

Stiller's Museum Beats Terminator

(Newser) - Even the Terminator couldn’t beat Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which banked $53.5 million this weekend, Reuters reports. Terminator Salvation finished second with $43.0 million—but did haul in a $56.4 million 4-day total after opening Thursday. Star Trek ($22 million),...

Angels & Demons
Blessed With $48M Win

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May 17, 2009 3:31 PM CDT

Angels & Demons Blessed With $48M Win

(Newser) - Angels & Demons ascended to the box office heavens this weekend with a $48 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. That’s well behind The Da Vince Code’s $77.1 million opening in 2006, due in part to Star Trek’s strong second-weekend haul of $43 million. Wolverine came in...

Star Trek Boldly Goes
for Box Office Win

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May 10, 2009 4:48 PM CDT

Star Trek Boldly Goes for Box Office Win

(Newser) - Star Trek set phasers for box office “kill” this weekend with a $76.5 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. Falling short of Wolverine’s $85.1 million opener last week, the take still exceeds expectations and bodes well for a franchise that needs a boost. Wolverine dropped a hefty...

Wolverine
Bites Into
$87M Box
Office

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May 3, 2009 2:41 PM CDT

Wolverine Bites Into $87M Box Office

(Newser) - Wolverine tore the box office apart this weekend, clawing in $87 million, USA Today reports. Though that’s less than the debuts of last summer’s opener (Iron Man, $98.6 million) and the top-grossing X-Men film (The Last Stand, $102 million), it still bodes well for a blockbuster season....

Box Office
Obsessed
With Beyoncé

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Apr 26, 2009 3:32 PM CDT

Box Office Obsessed With Beyoncé

(Newser) - Beyoncé Knowles’ Obsessed clobbered rivals in this weekend’s box office prizefight, banking $28.5 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. 17 Again stayed pretty with $11.7 million, while Fighting ($11.4 million) demolished The Soloist ($9.7 million) in the battle for third. Disney’s Earth orbited into fifth with...

Tweener Love
Boosts 17 Again

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Apr 19, 2009 4:42 PM CDT

Tweener Love Boosts 17 Again

(Newser) - Zac Effron out-manned Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck at the box office this weekend as 17 Again banked $24.1 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. State of Play scored a so-so $14.1 million, followed by Monsters vs. Aliens ($12.9 million), Hannah Montana: The Movie ($12.7 million), and Fast ...

Hannah Montana Sings
at Box Office Top

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Apr 12, 2009 4:16 PM CDT

Hannah Montana Sings at Box Office Top

(Newser) - Hannah Montana: The Movie surpassed expectations this weekend with a $34 million gross, making it the second-highest debut ever for a live-action kids’ flick, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fast & Furious ($28.8 million) and Monsters vs. Aliens ($22.6 million) kept up their fightin’ streaks, but Seth Rogen’s Observe ...

Fast & Furious
Breaks Records
to Finish First

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Apr 5, 2009 4:06 PM CDT

Fast & Furious Breaks Records to Finish First

(Newser) - Fast & Furious blew away expectations away this weekend with a string of box office records and a $72.5 million haul, Entertainment Weekly reports. It's the best April opening of all time, best opening of the year, best F&F franchise opening, and Universal Pictures’ best debut ever. Rounding...

Monsters vs. Aliens
Wins Box Office Showdown

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Mar 29, 2009 4:21 PM CDT

Monsters vs. Aliens Wins Box Office Showdown

(Newser) - Monsters vs. Aliens battled its way to the top this weekend, grossing $58.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. A staggering $32.6 million of that total was from 3-D showings, helping the family flick best Watchmen as the year’s top opener. The Haunting in Connecticut scared up $23 million...

Knowing Thinks
Big at Box Office

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Mar 22, 2009 4:28 PM CDT

Knowing Thinks Big at Box Office

(Newser) - Knowing knew what audiences wanted this weekend and grasped top spot with a $24.8 million haul, the Hollywood Reporter says. Buddy flick I Love You, Man bromanced to second with $18 million, while Duplicity made off with $14.4 million in third. Holdovers Race to Witch Mountain ($13 million)...

Foreigners Lap
Up US Comedies

Mar 18, 2009 2:06 PM CDT

Foreigners Lap Up US Comedies

(Newser) - Foreign audiences are totally into Marley and Me, the Owen Wilson/Jennifer Aniston vehicle, which topped the international box office last weekend with $14.2 million, Variety reports. Marley’s success—it’s beating Watchmen, among others—runs counter to traditional wisdom about foreign taste for US yuks leaning more to...

Witch Mountain
Wins Weekend

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Mar 15, 2009 4:56 PM CDT

Witch Mountain Wins Weekend

Watchmen drops to second, Last House comes third

(Newser) - Race to Witch Mountain sped to the box office summit this weekend by banking $25 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Last week’s big earner, Watchmen, dropped to second with $18.1 million, while upstart The Last House on the Left scared up $14.7 million in third. Taken ($6.7...

Watchmen Sees
Tepid Weekend Win

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Mar 8, 2009 4:29 PM CDT

Watchmen Sees Tepid Weekend Win

Blockbuster doesn't live up to opening-weekend projections

(Newser) - Who watches the Watchmen? Too few moviegoers to live up to box-office projections, says the Hollywood Reporter. The much-hyped flick earned only $55.7 million this weekend as Madea Goes to Jail locked in $8.8 million, Taken took $7.5 million, and Slumdog Millionaire kept riding its Oscar wave...

Jonas Bros Lose
Beat at Box Office

Mar 1, 2009 3:37 PM CST

Jonas Bros Lose Beat at Box Office

Oscars help Slumdog to third

(Newser) - Madea Goes to Jail kept the Jonas Brothers at bay this weekend, Entertainment Weekly reports. Madea banked $16.5 million to the highly anticipated Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience's mere $12.7 million. Slumdog Millionaire enjoyed an Oscar boost, earning $12.2 million, while Taken continued its hot streak...

Madea Laughs Up
Box Office Win

Feb 22, 2009 5:25 PM CST

Madea Laughs Up Box Office Win

(Newser) - Tyler Perry showed his box office muscle this weekend by grossing $41.1 million with Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, Entertainment Weekly reports. Perry's biggest opening ever—and Lionsgate's too—roused audiences on a normally slow Oscar weekend. Filling out the top five: Taken ($11.4 million), Coraline...

Oscar-Nom Films Still Slumping; Here's Why

OPINION

Feb 16, 2009 8:12 PM CST

Oscar-Nom Films Still Slumping; Here's Why

(Newser) - Is the so-called "Oscar bump" fading? Academy favorites like Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are stalled at the box office this year; only The Reader has filled more seats since being nominated. Yes, a stream of bona fide Hollywood hits has held them back, but it's more than that,...