You know the Oscars aren’t too far behind when the Academy hosts it’s annual luncheon for this year’s nominees at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. All of the best actress nominees were in attendance as were a handful of best actor, best director and supporting actor nominees. Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike shined in a bright … Continue reading
Lionsgate’s decision to split up the final Hunger Games movie seemed to be met with at least some backlash as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 finished its opening weekend with $123 million. That number is about 22 drop off from the previous films which both opened with more than $150 million. Of course, … Continue reading
Harry and Lloyd ruled the box office once again while Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Interstellar performed well in their second weeks. Nearly 20 years after audiences were first introduced to bumbling morons Harry and Lloyd, Dumb & Dumber To finished in first with a $38.05 million opening weekend. The sequel was Jim Carrey’s biggest … Continue reading
Regardless of how awful word of mouth and critic reviews are, horror movies will always do at least modestly well in the month of October. Coupled with only one other major wide release and Universal’s Ouija managed to take first place with an estimated $20 million. The board game adaptation featured an overwhelmingly young, 25-and-under … Continue reading
Backed by an arsenal of strong reviews and a well-executed marketing campaign, Fury managed to steamroll its way to the top of the box office, flattening a handful of new releases and dropping Gone Girl to second place. I think I’ve shelled you with enough tank metaphors in that opening sentence. David Ayer’s World War … Continue reading
Audiences were more interested in seeing Gone Girl this weekend than catching a leading man in one of three new wide releases. The David Fincher mystery adapted from Gillian Flynn’s novel placed first with $26.8 million and dipped only 29% from its opening week. The film has now grossed $78.3 million domestically and $140.4 million … Continue reading
Audiences went searching for thrills in theaters this past weekend as David Fincher’s Gone Girl and The Conjuring prequel Annabelle finished neck-and-neck at the box office. Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s popular novel starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike officially finished first with a $38 million opening. It was the biggest opening for Fincher since … Continue reading
Labor Day has come and gone and it’s time to switch into the final few months of the 2014 movie year. Before I scrolled through the list of films that were closing out this year, news had come out that the summer box office was down 15% year-over-year. In fact, summer 2014;s highest grossing movie, … Continue reading
