> The Marvel superhero audience likes to get its sleep. Despite the fact that THE AVENGERS is expected to do record-challenging business this weekend, last night’s midnight screenings totaled $18.7M–a tremendo...
> For anyone who thought the angst over JOHN CARTER‘s boxoffice returns was overstated: Disney has issued a public statement advising that it expects the film to result in a $200M loss, which will singlehandedly pul...
> Hope you like Hunger Games rip-offs, because plenty of them are on the way. OPENINGS: The 3d biggest opening weekend of all time, the 2d best Saturday, the 4th best Sunday… and is it done? Lionsgate is estim...
DARK SHADOWS: Watch it At Home – Loving Detail Isn’t Enough DARK SHADOWS is one of the most confounding big-budget movies of recent years. When Tim Burton (and his muse, Johnny Depp, one of the fil...
> The Games are barely slowing down. THE HUNGER GAMES: We’ll find out soon enough whether any of the genuinely exciting rumors about possible sequel directors (Alfonso Cuaron, David Cronenberg) are true, because Lio...
> Deadline is reporting a fairly spectacular Saturday for THE LORAX (Universal), considering the size of its Friday: $32M, representing more than an 80% increase from the day before. As a point of comparison, Horton...
> Boxoffice numbers have been bouncing around all day (Per-theatre averages as of 3PM Pacific time! Number of left-handed, red-haired patrons sitting through the entire end credits!), and they’re still not final or ...
> According to Deadline, ACT OF VALOR (Relativity) is reporting a mild 5% Saturday bump. That’s modest, but still less frontloaded than The Expendables’ 10% drop on its 2d day, and if the number holds, could m...
Today Paramount announced that its upcoming sequel GI JOE: RETALIATION won’t be opening on June 29 after all, but will instead be pushed to March 2013. The studio would like you to know that this in no way, abs...
So much for front-loading. The preliminary Saturday number for THE AVENGERS (Disney), as reported by Deadline, is genuinely extraordinary. If it holds up, Avengers will have one of the best 2d day holds of a meg...
THE AVENGERS (Disney) just won’t slow down. If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, Avengers made $44.5M on Saturday, up 50% from the prior day and down only 36% from the Saturday of its opening weekend, an extr...
> John Carter traveled to Mars; the movie with his name also looks beyond the US for some help. OPENINGS: JOHN CARTER (Disney) may or may not have grossed over $30M this weekend–we’ll find out for sure tomorro...