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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mummy” Stays In Grave, “Wonder Woman” Triumphs

THE MUMMY (Perfect World/Universal) is a disaster, although the studio and its minions will try to spin otherwise through the course of the weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it earned $12M on openi...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

It’s beginning to look like a long, dark summer for Hollywood, which is adding two more box office disappointments to a growing list over this Memorial Day weekend. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALE...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/4/14

On what’s shaping up to be a very good weekend for Hollywood, the two leaders showcase different kinds of hits. OPENINGS: ANNABELLE (New Line/Warners) took Friday with $15.5M ($2.1M from Thursday night), which is...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/26/14

OPENINGS: THE EQUALIZER (Columbia/Sony) was just a tad below the opening day for Denzel Washington’s Safe House, $12.6M vs. $13.6M. That suggests a $36-37M weekend, which would be the 3rd highest of his career,...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Equalizer” Takes Care of Business

This weekend, Denzel Washington is proving himself yet again one of the last truly reliable movie stars. Just a week after Liam Neeson flopped with A Walk Among the Tombstones, preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE ...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/19/14

OPENINGS: As YA franchises go, the $11.3M opening day for THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) was ahead of the $9.6M for the first Percy Jackson, which ended up with a $31.2M weekend. Maze is being pitched more to teens than to f...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maze Runner” Races Past “Tombstones,” “Leave You”

It’s looking like another dim weekend at the box office. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) will easily race past its weak competition. With $11M on Friday (that includes $1.1...

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Behind the Friday Box Office: 9/12/14

OPENINGS: NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony) surged ahead of expectations with a $8.8M Friday. The level of its frontloadedness, however, isn’t yet clear. 2009’s Obsessed, an April 2009 Screen Gems thrille...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “No Good Deed” Far From Punished; “Dolphin Tale 2″” Flounders

It was a surprisingly lopsided win on Friday for NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony), although things may tighten up a bit over the course of the weekend. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, No Good Deed earned $...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The Annual Labor Day Weekend Yawn

Labor Day Weekend is the only holiday that doesn’t make people gravitate to the movies, and this year will be no exception. Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the 5-week old GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

OPENINGS: The question for IF I FALL (Warners/MGM), as with any movie that has a high proportion of young female appeal, is just how frontloaded it will turn out to be. Friday’s $6.8M included $1.1M from Thursd...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “If I Stay” Leads Weak Friday; “Guardians” Likely to Retake Weekend

At the beginning of the month, the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was prompting some to excitedly conclude that the box office year was now truly 52 weeks long. But the second half ...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

After 2 weeks of unexpectedly smash hits, the dog days of summer attacked multiplexes with a vengeance. OPENINGS: THE EXPENDABLES 3 (Lionsgate) squeezed ahead of Let’s Be Cops on Friday, $5.8M (including $875K fr...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Expendables, Cops, Giver All Behind Turtles & Guardians

There was plenty of new blood at the multiplex on Friday, but much of it was being spilled, as holdovers TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount/Nickelodeon) and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) held back a trio o...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/8/14

OPENINGS: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount) may or may not turn a big profit–it carries a $300M pricetag (including worldwide marketing), and could falter quickly now that the fans have shown up–but ...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mummy” Stays In Grave, “Wonder Woman” Triumphs

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Pirates,” “Baywatch” Drown On Memorial Day Weekend

Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/4/14

Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/26/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Equalizer” Takes Care of Business

Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/19/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maze Runner” Races Past “Tombstones,” “Leave You”

Behind the Friday Box Office: 9/12/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “No Good Deed” Far From Punished; “Dolphin Tale 2″” Flounders

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The Annual Labor Day Weekend Yawn

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/22/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “If I Stay” Leads Weak Friday; “Guardians” Likely to Retake Weekend

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Expendables, Cops, Giver All Behind Turtles & Guardians

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/8/14

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