Following up on Pajiba’s review of “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” (try to guess if they liked it), Box Office Mojo says that it was number one over the weekend. Going up against other new releases like “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” and “Blindness,” it managed to best them and make $29 million. $12 million more than …
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Iron Man dominates competition like Britney dominates cake
May 5th, 2008Respond
As expected, Iron Man, currently at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, dominated the box office over the weekend raking in $104.2 million to become the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel. This was also the first release by Marvel Studios without the backing of major studios. Which goes to show Spider-Man may have sucked far less …
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Box office [Week 10]
March 10th, 20082 comments
Last week I picked 10,000 B.C. to take the top spot at the box office. Turns out I was right. My other picks, however, were all wrong. The movie-going public proved that CGI woolly mammoths will always be a huge draw no matter how crappy the movie and Martin Lawrence will always be popular despite …
Box office predictions [Week 10]
March 6th, 20081 comment
In the spirit of Maxim magazine giving both the Black Crowes and Nas’ new albums 2 1/2 stars after only listening to one song, I thought it would be appropriate to predict the weekend box office and star ratings of this week’s new releases based on the trailer.
Name: The Bank Job
Rating/Position: 2 1/2 stars, Opens …
Fantastic Four takes first place
June 18th, 2007Respond
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer earned $57 million over the weekend dropping Ocean’s 13 to second place at the box office, but barely managed to squeak by its predecessor’s $56.1 million opening two years ago. The dark horse comedy Knocked Up stayed steady in third while last week’s other wide release, Nancy Drew, …
Cars is #1
June 11th, 2006Respond
This weekend at the box office, Cars took the top spot with $62.8 million. Not a bad opening, but not that great either, especially when you compare it to other Pixar films of the past. They made near the same amount as Monsters Inc. did in 2001, but also back then tickets weren’t $10. The …
The Break-Up over X-Men?
June 5th, 2006Respond
X-Men took a huge dive at the box office taking in only $34.4 million as opposed to anything close to the $107 million they made during their opening weekend. That’s almost a 70% drop in sales which sends a clear message. Why would people watch it again with a rushed story, characters that weren’t developed …
