ALICE IN WONDERLAND scores record $116 million opening
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Oscar blogging to bring you a special box office alert. Alice in Wonderland, Disney and Tim Burton’s 3D extravaganza, scored the biggest March opening in box office history, taking in $116 million. Such a haul can only mean one thing: Hot Topics everywhere were empty this weekend. More at...
Read MoreAVATAR done in by DEAR JOHN
It was a sci-fi picture that ended Titanic‘s epic box office winning streak, so it’s fitting that a love story put a stop to Avatar‘s 7-week run at the top of the weekend box office. Dear John, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, took in $32.4 million for the top spot this weekend, a Super Bowl weekend record. Avatar was No. 2 with $23.6 million, which is nothing to sneeze at as. That total gives Avatar the biggest eighth weekend of all-time and brings Avatar‘s total domestic total to $630 million. The film has grossed $2.2 billion worldwide. Read more at erc BoxOffice...
Read More2010 Best Picture nominee box office totals
With 10 Best Picture nominees, four of which are already on DVD, that old reliable, the post-nomination box office bump, may not be as noticeable as it once was. The Hurt Locker is still moving up the DVD sales chart at Amazon.com. Up, Inglourious Basterds, and District 9 will likely move too. For the film’s still in theaters, including Avatar (the newly crowned highest-grossing domestic release of all-time), things tend to look up, post-nomination. Avatar will likely win the weekend again this week, with Fandango reporting a 45 percent increase in ticket sales for Cameron’s epic after the nomination. What about the others? A Serious Man? An Education? Those are the types of movies that used to gain the most from a Best Picture nomination. Now that they have to compete with more pictures, who knows if that boost...
Read MoreAVATAR breaks TITANIC’s worldwide record
Avatar is No. 1. When Monday’s box office grosses came in, James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster hit $1.86 billion worldwide. That’s enough to top Titanic seemingly unsinkable record, which makes Avatar the highest grossing film of all time on the worldwide chart. But that’s not all! Avatar is only $45 million away from topping Titanic‘s domestic record, too. People talk of adjusting for inflation, but considering how media saturated we are, I’m surprised that this day has come. Thank you for 3D. For the record: Adjusted for inflation, Avatar stands at No. 26 on the all-time domestic...
Read MoreAVATAR hits $500 million domestic, TITANIC record going down
Yesterday, Avatar became only the third film in motion picture history to hit the $500 million mark at the domestic box office ($505 million to be specific). With a $54 million four-day total over the MLK holiday, King of the World Universe James Cameron is now almost guaranteed to top his own Titanic when Avatar becomes the highest grossing picture at the domestic box office. Look for that to come sometime mid-February. And Titanic‘s worldwide record? Expect that to go down before month’s end. Avatar is only $220 million dollars away from hitting $1.84 billion dollar mark. It’s been pulling in more than $150 million worldwide just on weekends, and its regular weekend take overseas is going up not down. (China pulling the 2D version from its cinemas could have an slight impact, though.) Now instead of wondering if...
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