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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: No Fault In “Stars”; “Tomorrow” May Not Have One

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (20th) was expected to get off to a quick start, thanks to its wildly enthusiastic young female fanbase, and it did: $8.2M, a huge number for a non-special effects movie. (It includes shows at ...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Guardians” Flies High

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) had a sensational $11.2M start in Thursday night shows starting at 7PM. That’s the biggest Thursday night result of the year, edging out Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “300: Rise of An Empire” Roars Into Town

“Fanboy” movies typically do particularly well in Thursday night runs, and it was true last night for 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (Warners/Legendary), which pulled in $3.3M in screenings that began at 8PM. That&...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” Solid, Not Overwhelming at $4.9M

DIVERGENT (Summit/Lionsgate), in case you hadn’t heard, is purportedly The Next Big YA Thing. It’s off to a $4.9M start in Thursday night shows that began at 8PM, and that’s a solid but–for this...

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UPDATED THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “22 Jump Street” and “Dragon 2″” Start Strong

22 JUMP STREET (Sony) wasted no time in jumping to the lead at last night’s box office, with $5.5M from shows that started at 7PM. That’s far better than the $2.5M that Neighbors earned a few weeks ago, alt...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: Not So “Amazing” $8.7M Start for Spidey

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) launched with 7PM screenings last night and earned $8.7M, which was considerably below expectations. Although Amazing 2 topped the opening night for the first Amazing, that one started on ...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

MALEFICENT (Disney) made it clear very quickly that it’s not going to play strictly as a family movie, earning a strong $4.2M in Thursday night screenings that began at 7PM. That’s better than the Thursday ...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Conjuring” Scares the Competition; “R.I.P.D.” Rots and Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

The weekend looks highly promising for THE CONJURING (Warners), which haunted up $3.3M in screenings that began 7PM on Thursday night. Although other summer openings have had similar mid-$3M starts (including The Great...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Avengers: Endgame” Obliterates The Record Books–and Helps “Captain Marvel”

Box office discussions about AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Marvel/Disney) will revolve around records broken and those likely to fall. The first to go was the Thursday night record, which is now $60M (beating The Force Awakens...

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Weekend Box Office: “Catching Fire” Strikes Tinder Tonight

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, the 600-pound gorilla of the holiday movie box office season (The Hobbit 2 is by comparison a smaller simian, at least in the US) opens tonight, and the question is just how big it will b...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Dawn” Breaks Solidly for “Apes”

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) had a good but not overwhelming Thursday night showing with $4.1M. That’s more than triple the $1.25M for 2011″s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but it’s far from...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Wolverine” Shows Its Claws & Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

THE WOLVERINE (20th) is the weekend’s only big newcomer at the box office, and it got off to a healthy $4M start last night. That number is particularly strong since Wolverine held off till 10PM to start its laun...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: A Lot of Silence

All four of this weekend’s wide releases began with Thursday night screenings last night, but only KICK-ASS 2 (Universal) reported the results. Kick Ass 2 started with a $1.3M Thursday (screenings started at 8PM)...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Noah” Has Solid $1.6M Start

Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH (Paramount) began screening at 7PM last night and took in $1.6M, a very respectable result for a serious film aimed at older and perhaps family audiences. (No one expected it to be in a le...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “2 Guns” Starts Small

2 GUNS (Universal), with a 10PM Thursday start, had an unexceptional $1.2M launch, on the low end of the summer. But while it was below White House Down‘s $1.35M, and that action movie went on to just a $24.9M we...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: No Fault In “Stars”; “Tomorrow” May Not Have One

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Guardians” Flies High

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “300: Rise of An Empire” Roars Into Town

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” Solid, Not Overwhelming at $4.9M

UPDATED THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “22 Jump Street” and “Dragon 2″” Start Strong

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: Not So “Amazing” $8.7M Start for Spidey

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Conjuring” Scares the Competition; “R.I.P.D.” Rots and Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Avengers: Endgame” Obliterates The Record Books–and Helps “Captain Marvel”

Weekend Box Office: “Catching Fire” Strikes Tinder Tonight

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Dawn” Breaks Solidly for “Apes”

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Wolverine” Shows Its Claws & Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: A Lot of Silence

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Noah” Has Solid $1.6M Start

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “2 Guns” Starts Small

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