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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Need For Speed” Slows, “Single Moms” Flops

Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the weekend box office will largely be in line with Friday’s results. Both NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) and SINGLE MOMS CLUB (Lionsgate) barely budged on Saturday f...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Think Too” Slows, “Jersey Boys” Stays Dim

As espected with a sequel, THINK LIKE A MAN TOO (Screen Gems/Sony) took a dip on its 2d day of release, and after virtually tying the opening day of the first Think with $13.2M on Friday it fell, according to prelimi...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Prisoners” Still In Front

PRISONERS (Warners) had a strong Saturday at the box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. The dark thriller increased by 28% on its second day to $9M, and should reach $21-22M for the weekend. That w...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Apes” Keep Rising

Good word of mouth kicked in for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, giving the movie a 5-10% drop from its Thursday night/Friday numbers to $25-...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Big Hero 6″” Surges Ahead of “Interstellar”

Saturday matinees, and the families who attend them, were the difference for BIG HERO 6 (Disney) this weekend. Disney’s roly-poly new action star came back from being around $1.2M behind INTERSTELLAR (Par/Warners...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Guardians” Stays Huge

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) held strongly on Saturday despite its massive opening day. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, the outer space superhero romp dropped about 15% from Frida...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Force Awakens” Stays Colossal On Saturday

After its history-making $120.5M opening day, there were two pre-existing Saturday models that STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney) could have followed. The final Harry Potter was so front-loaded that it cra...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Goosebumps” Holds Narrow Lead; “Bridge of Spies” Fair; “Crimson Peak” Fatal

Based on preliminary Saturday numbers at Deadline, adjustments from the morning’s weekend estimates will be minimal, although mostly in the wrong direction. GOOSEBUMPS (Columbia/Sony) increased 31% from Friday to...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Turtles, Guardians Hold Their Lead

There wasn’t much shift in position among the top titles at the Saturday box office. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Nickelodeon/Paramount) kept its $1M edge over GUARD...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Ouija” Scares Pre-Halloween Win; “John Wick” OK #2

OUIJA (Universal) had about the same hold on Saturday as Annabelle did 3 weeks ago, down 9% (in this case to $7.5M), according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, and that should be enough to get it to $20M for the weeke...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Spider-Man” Slips But Still Dominates

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony) didn’t succeed in outperforming other recent superhero movies in its Saturday matinees, and probably won’t supplant Captain America 2 as the year’s #1 opening to date, bu...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lego” Even More Awesome on Saturday

Two of the weekend’s openings drew upon their core audiences for strong Saturday results. Weekend matinees are prime time for family movies, and according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE LEGO MOVIE (Warn...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Transformers” and the $100M Weekend Question

The odds are strong that on Sunday morning, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (Paramount) will claim a $100M weekend, the first of 2014–but we won’t really know until Monday whether the movie has hit that mark....

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Holy Weekend 2 Slump, Batman! BvS Sags But Easily Takes DOA Weekend

The real world, in the form of terrible reviews and dim word of mouth, caught up with BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners) on Friday. Actually, the signs had been there since midweek, although Warner...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Keep the Lead

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount) held very well on its second day of release, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere. Its Day 2 drop was in the neighborhood of 15%, which is about as well as...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Need For Speed” Slows, “Single Moms” Flops

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Think Too” Slows, “Jersey Boys” Stays Dim

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Prisoners” Still In Front

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Apes” Keep Rising

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Big Hero 6″” Surges Ahead of “Interstellar”

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Guardians” Stays Huge

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Force Awakens” Stays Colossal On Saturday

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Goosebumps” Holds Narrow Lead; “Bridge of Spies” Fair; “Crimson Peak” Fatal

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Turtles, Guardians Hold Their Lead

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Ouija” Scares Pre-Halloween Win; “John Wick” OK #2

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Spider-Man” Slips But Still Dominates

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Lego” Even More Awesome on Saturday

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Transformers” and the $100M Weekend Question

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Holy Weekend 2 Slump, Batman! BvS Sags But Easily Takes DOA Weekend

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Turtles” Keep the Lead

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