Your US BOX OFFICE report for 16th – 18th January Last week, it was Taken 3 that was breaking new barriers, becoming the second biggest January opening in history. But this week, American Sniper blew that away. Taking a whopping $90.2 million, American Sniper has shattered the record for biggest January opening. This is the biggest […]
American Sniper shatters box office records with its opening weekend
Opening in the States on Friday, the Oscar-nominated American Sniper has enjoyed a record-breaking debut weekend in the States, with the film pulling in an astonishing $90.2 million over the three day weekend. It is projected to reach $105.2 million by close of play on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend tomorrow. That figures shatters the […]
Taken 3 opens to $91.8 million worldwide
Your US box office report for January 9th – 11th… Despite the mediocre reviews (read our review here) with some critics outright calling the film “Die Hard 5 bad” (Den of Geek’s Ryan Lambie), Taken 3 has opened to the second-biggest January weekend in the US with $40.4 million. Just falling shy of Ride Along‘s […]
Taken 3 opens to over $14.7 million in the US
Liam Neeson can seemingly do no wrong in terms of box office these days as Taken 3 has become the first mega hit of the new year, thanks to a very healthy opening day in the US. While the opening day may be slightly down on last year’s opening for Taken 2, which grossed over […]
How did the Hollywood studios shape up at the box office this year?
Now that the curtain is falling on 2014, Deadline has posted an in depth piece looking at how the Hollywood studios fared at the domestic U.S. box office these past twelve months, with hits such as X-Men: Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes helping to propel 20th Century Fox […]
Highest grossing movies of 2014
While 2014 has given us some brilliant movies (Guardians of the Galaxy, The LEGO Movie, Boyhood, Nightcrawler, Edge of Tomorrow, to name a few), the box office numbers have not reflected the quality. In terms of domestic growth, the top four movies of last year (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Iron Man 3, Frozen and […]
Sony thanks moviegoers as The Interview hits $1 million
A distribution executive from Sony has publicly thanked moviegoers for their ongoing support on the controversial release of the The Interview, which managed to surpass $1 million on its Christmas Day release. SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Interview here Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution for Sony Pictures released a statement Boxing Day […]
Exodus: Gods and Kings knocks Mockingjay off US box office top spot on Friday
Ridley Scott’s Biblical feature film, Exodus: Gods and Kings has found its way to the top of this Friday’s US Box Office, despite recent controversy surrounding the film’s cast and stiff competition from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The movie took in a respectable $8.6 million on Friday and is estimated to total $25 […]
US Box Office Report – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 tops the charts on a very slow weekend
Your US Box Office Report for 5th – 7th December… With virtually no competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has made it three weeks a the top of the US box office on a very slow winter weekend. Adding another $21.6 million to its total, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 now sits […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soars above Horrible Bosses in U.S. Black Friday box office
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has remained at the top of the box office pile for a second weekend in a row, beating off competition from fellow sequals Horrible Bosses 2 and Penguins of Madagascar. The penultamate feature in the Hunger Games series raked in a whopping $24.1 million this Friday in the […]
