Box Office Report

'Great Gatsby' Nabs $51M, Gives 'Iron Man 3' a Run for Its Money

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.12.2013

LOS ANGELES — Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office. Leonard DiCaprio's "The Great Gatsby" partied like it was ...

'Iron Man 3' Has Second Biggest Opening Ever

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.06.2013

LOS ANGELES — Iron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequ...

Weekend Box Office: 'Pain & Gain' Takes US, 'Iron Man 3' Rules World

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.28.2013

LOS ANGELES — "Iron Man 3" was the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadowed a gang of mercenary bodybuilders in...

'Evil Dead' Scares Up Weekend Box Office Win

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.07.2013

LOS ANGELES — Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office. The demonic horror re...

A Real American Box Office Victory

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.31.2013

LOS ANGELES — After a nine-month delay, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne "Th...

'Oz' Is Great and Powerful at the Box Office

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.10.2013

LOS ANGELES -- "Oz the Great and the Powerful" clicked with moviegoers. Disney's 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale "The Wonderful Wizard ...

`Giant Slayer' Barely Survives

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.03.2013

LOS ANGELES — It wasn't exactly a mighty victory, but "Jack the Giant Slayer" won the weekend at the box office. The Warner Bros. 3-D action ex...

'Idnetity Thief' Steals the Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.12.2013

LOS ANGELES — "Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the North American box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Meli...

'Warm Bodies' Heats Up Box Office

AP | By JAKE COYLE | Posted 04.05.2013

NEW YORK -- The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Holly...

Chastain Wins Box Office

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 03.22.2013

NEW YORK — Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her sup...

'Zero Dark Thirty' Wins Weekend

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.15.2013

LOS ANGELES — "Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office – and easily won it. Sony Pictures' controversial Osama bin L...

'Hobbit' Wins Weekend

AP | By JAKE COYLE | Posted 02.15.2013

NEW YORK -- Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lor...

Weekend Box Office: 'Twilight,' Bond, 'Lincoln' Lead Record Weekend

AP | By DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 01.25.2013

LOS ANGELES -- Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving revenue at the box office. Kristen Stewa...

'Wreck-It Ralph' Overcomes Sandy

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 01.04.2013

NEW YORK — The weekend box office was not only undeterred by the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, it was buoyed by it. Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" ...

'Taken 2' Takes Down 'Argo'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 12.14.2012

LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson's "Taken 2" has defended its box-office title with a narrow win over Ben Affleck's "Argo." Sunday studio estimates pu...

'The Possession' Scares Up Big Weekend

Posted 09.03.2012

The working class have spoken: they chose to celebrate the Labor Day weekend by seeing "The Possession." The horror film about a mysterious box from ...

'Expendables' Come Out on Top

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.19.2012

LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office. Stallone's action hero roun...

Spidey Makes $140M

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.07.2012

LOS ANGELES — Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at...

'Ted' Outstrips 'Magic Mike'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.31.2012

LOS ANGELES — It's both a bear and bull market for Hollywood. The bear is "Ted," Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane's comedy for Universal Pictu...

'Madagascar' Beats 'Prometheus' at Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.10.2012

LOS ANGELES — Circus animals and space beasts have lifted Hollywood to a huge weekend. The cuddly critters of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Want...

Box Office: 'Avengers' Makes Billion Dollars Worldwide

AP | Posted 07.13.2012

LOS ANGELES — "The Avengers" is taking a page out of Superman's comic book – flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar ma...

'Avengers' Breaks Record with $200 Million Opening Weekend

Posted 05.07.2012

Marvel's "The Avengers" opened with a $200.3 million dollar weekend -- the biggest domestic debut ever. (Poor "Deathly Hallows, Part 2" got left in th...

'Hunger Games' Wins Box Office: Earns $61.1M, Bests 'Wrath Of The Titans'

AP | By DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.01.2012

LOS ANGELES -- "The Hunger Games" is still the first item on the menu for movie fans, taking in $61.1 million to remain the No. 1 film in its second w...

'Chronicle' Powers Past Daniel Radcliffe's 'Woman In Black'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.06.2012

LOS ANGELES — Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box offi...

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Weekend Box Office: 'The Grey' Freezes Out 'One for the Money' and 'Man on a Ledge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 01.29.2012

Liam Neeson had to fight off more than just Arctic wolves this weekend; he also had to face the fearsome power of online group discounts. Nonetheless,...