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Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Avengers' Sinks 'Battleship'

Jacob Hall — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:08:12 +0000

‘Battleship‘ was supposed to be the film that nudged ‘The Avengers‘ out of the number one spot at the box office, but instead you can just go ahead and insert your own “You sank my battleship!” joke here. ‘The Avengers’ didn’t cling to the top spot for the third week in a row, it dominated the top spot for the third week in a row, taking in another $55 million for a grand domestic total of $457 million.

Weekend Box Office — 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' Refuses to Be Ignored

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:55:26 +0000

With at least six movies opening in wide release on various days over the past week, it would’ve been easy for any film to get lost in the shuffle.

But since Tom Cruise flicks rarely fade into the background, it’s hardly a surprise that ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ brought in $26.5 million to handily beat all its competitors at the box office this weekend.

Weekend Box Office — 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' Hunts Down First Place

Shauna Wright — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:00:06 +0000

Moviegoers lined up to see Robert Downey, Jr. in ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,’ giving the sleuthing sequel a $40 million showing and the top spot at the box office this weekend. Luckily, the cheapskates in Jack's promotion office saved a pair for you to win in our freeloader club.

Weekend Box Office: 'Immortals' Fights Its Way to First Place

Shauna Wright — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:15:37 +0000

The swords-and-sandals fantasy movie ‘Immortals’ fought off the competition to take the top spot at the box office this weekend, earning $32 million in its debut week. Adam Sandler’s dual role as male and female twins ‘Jack and Jill’ brought in $26 million for second place, while former box office champ ‘Puss In Boots’ finally [...]

Jack's Trailer Park:Huh? 'Real Steal' Tops Box Office

Shauna Wright — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:00:43 +0000

A new release, the futuristic Hugh Jackman boxing tale ‘Real Steel,’ took in $27.3 million to become the top earner at the box office this weekend. Second-place finisher ‘The Ides of March,’ George Clooney’s latest acting and directing project, made far less, selling $10.4 million in tickets. The former chart-topping family-friendly flick, ‘Dolphin Tale,’ moved [...]

Weekend Box Office: 'The Help' Takes Over Top Spot

Shauna Wright — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:00:41 +0000

In its second week of release, strong word-of-mouth and positive reviews propelled ‘The Help’ past ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ to take the number one spot at the box office this weekend, while ‘Apes’ moved to the number two slot.

‘The Help’ earned $20.5 million, while ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ pulled in $16.3 million.

Jack's Trailer Park: Harry Potter' Is King Breaking Weekend Box Office Record

Shauna Wright — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:35:12 +0000

In news that will surprise exactly no one, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2′ completely dominated this weekend’s box office. The final film in the Potter franchise banked a record-breaking $168.6 million opening weekend, with $92 million on Friday alone.

Jack's Trailer Park: Transformers Tops Weekend Box Office Again

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:57:46 +0000

Boosted by unexpectedly strong word-of-mouth and generous reviews, ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon‘ was number one for the second weekend in a row, becoming the top-grossing movie of 2011 thus far with a total take of $261.0 million. Of course Transformers has some stiff competition ahead with the release of the final Harry Potter movie [...]

Jack's Trailer Park: 'Cars 2′ Cruises to Victory At Box Office

Andy Scott — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:00:06 +0000

As expected, Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′ easily took first place at the weekend box office, netting a healthy $68 million. That’s about $8 million higher than the original ‘Cars,’ which opened to $60.1 million in 2006. Also opening strong this weekend was the R-rated comedy ‘Bad Teacher.’ The Cameron Diaz vehicle exceeded all expectations to gross [...]

"The Green Lantern"-Was $52.6M In Green Worth It Warner Bros? [VIDEO]

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:35:50 +0000

The Warner Brothers film “The Green Lantern” starring Ryan Reynolds hit the theatre over the weekend. In our earlier posts, we were eager and curious to see if it was going to be a hit or not. The film brought in an estimated $52.6 million over the weekend and did happen to be number one [...]

Jack's Trailer Park: 'The Green Lantern,' 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'

Andy Scott — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:57:08 +0000

Moviegoers will have much to choose from this weekend – the first being the much-anticipated blockbuster ‘The Green Lantern,’ starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.

Though the movie wasn’t exactly praised by critics, the hype surrounding the comic-book adaptation should translate into a lot of, well, green at the box office.

Jack's Trailer Park: X-Men:First Class Underwhelms

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:15:41 +0000

As many predicted, ‘X-Men: First Class’ easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend. Still, the Marvel reboot, which traced the beginnings of the ‘X-Men’ characters, managed to fall well below expectations, taking in just $56.0 million. To put things in perspective: That’s the lowest debut by an ‘X-Men’ movie since the [...]

Jack's Trailer Park: 'Hangover 2′ Tops Weekend Box Office

Jack FM Staff — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00:01 +0000

The ‘Hangover’ boys were back for another booze-filled adventure this weekend, and as box office estimates showed, audiences were more than willing to go along for the ride. The sequel to the 2009 smash comedy took in a whopping $105.8 million over four days, helping to make this weekend the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever [...]