BOX OFFICE: Epic weekend at the U.S. Box Office
Overall Box Office is for the second week running is down from the last year, this time at 8%. With no big releases of note next week, I can't see this downward spiral changing.
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AVATAR’S surge
All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)
12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers $341,786,758
Oscar Picks
BEST PICTURE
Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop
BEST DIRECTOR
Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)
BEST ACTOR
Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp (Public Enemies)
Rockwell (Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)
BEST ACTRESS
Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)
Box-Office
BOX OFFICE: Photo finish at U.S. Box Office
Tight finish at the U.S. Box Office this weekend, but in the end it was STOMP THE YARD that once again came out on top over NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM.
BOX OFFICE: Stompin’ The Museum
In a surprising move at the U.S. Box Office this weekend, the urban dance drama Stomp the Yard topped the charts even though it was only shown in around 2,000 theatres.
BOX OFFICE: BORAT opening is nice!
BORAT opened impressively this weekend, taking in $26.4 million from only 837 theatres to take the comedy straight to the top of the box office charts.
BOX OFFICE: SAW III rules Halloween
Just as I was dredding, Saw III sliced it's way to the top of the box office this weekend with an impressive $34 million, topping Saw II's opening by around $3 million which is a rarity in horror franchises.
BOX OFFICE: Magic opening for THE PRESTIGE
THE PRESTIGE tricked the analysts this weekend by toping the box office charts.
BOX OFFICE: Audiences get a GRUDGE on Japenese horror
The sequel to the uber succesful Japenese remake of The Grudge has gone straight to the top of the U.S. box office charts.
BOX OFFICE: Scorsese back on top.
Martin Scorsese returns to the top of the weekend box office with the universally praised crime drama THE DEPARTED.
BOX OFFICE: SNAKES – all talk and no bite?
The most hyped movie I've seen in a long time Snakes on a Plane has flopped at the box office.
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