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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has biggest Friday opening of 2014; although the lowest of the franchise

November 23, 2014 by Luke Owen

It may be the lowest of the franchise thus far, but The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has smashed records for 2014 with the biggest opening Friday of the year. Taking a whopping $55 million across 4,151 screens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has eclipsed Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had a Friday total of […]

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US Box Office Report – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 tops the charts on a very slow weekend

December 8, 2014 by Luke Owen

Your US Box Office Report for 5th – 7th December… With virtually no competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has made it three weeks a the top of the US box office on a very slow winter weekend. Adding another $21.6 million to its total, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 now sits […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Big Hero 6, Birdman, Dumb and Dumber To., Gone Girl, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, Penguins of Madagascar, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Pyramid, The Theory of Everything

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 overtakes Guardians of the Galaxy to become biggest domestic release of 2014

January 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

The third instalment in The Hunger Games franchise has just overtaken Marvel’s space opera Guardians of the Galaxy to become the highest-grossing domestic release of 2014, with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 having now pulled in $333.2 million since its release in November. This marks the first time ever that two entries from […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Sean Penn’s The Gunman bombs at the box office

March 23, 2015 by Luke Owen

Ever since the release of Taken in 2009, it seems that older actors are trying to jump on board the action train. Sean Penn’s The Gunman is the next stop, but his first attempt has not been overly successful. Opening to very middling reviews (the film currently holds 14% on Rotten Tomatoes and 39 on […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Sean Penn, The Gunman

UPDATE: Jurassic World scores second-biggest domestic opening of all time

June 14, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

UPDATE: It’s being reported that Jurassic World has pulled in an estimated $204.6 million on its first domestic weekend, which would give it the second-biggest debut of all time behind The Avengers’ $207.4 million debut in May 2012. Original story follows… As quick and ferocious as a T-rex, Universal Pictures Jurassic World is smashing box-office […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World

Jurassic World topples The Avengers for the biggest-ever domestic opening weekend

June 15, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Yesterday it was announced that Jurassic World had smashed the record for the biggest ever worldwide opening weekend, pulling in $511 million around the globe, and now with the final numbers being tallied it looks like the Colin Trevorrow-directed dino sequel has also overtaken The Avengers to claim the domestic crown. Initial estimates had put […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, The Avengers

Terminator Genisys bombs at the US box office

July 6, 2015 by Luke Owen

It has been met with a sea of bad reviews (read ours here and here), and it seems as though the cinema going public aren’t willing to buy into Terminator Genisys either. The movie opened to third behind Jurassic World (in its fourth week) and Inside Out (in its third week) to take just $28.7 […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Terminator: Genisys

UPDATE: Fantastic Four clobbered at the box office, opens behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

August 9, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It was predicted on Friday, and now it’s official: 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four has been clobbered at the North American box office, pulling in just $26.2 million on its debut weekend to place second behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on $29.4 million. SEE ALSO: Josh Trank places blame for poor Fantastic […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: fantastic four, Marvel, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Everest struggles at the US box office with a $13 million opening weekend

September 28, 2015 by Luke Owen

After a stellar IMAX opening last week, it was expected that Universal’s Everest would go on to dominate the US box office this weekend. However, that didn’t quite go as planned. Opening to just $13 million domestically, Everest only managed to take fourth place against Hotel Transylvania 2 ($47 million), The Intern ($18 million) and […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Everest

Spectre opens big in the US, but $15 million less than Skyfall

November 9, 2015 by Luke Owen

James Bond’s 24th outing continues its dominance by opening to the number one position in the US box office, following on from its record breaking opening here in the UK. Opening on just under 4,000 theatres, Spectre brought in an estimated $73 million for Sony, which already makes it the eighth biggest Bond movie in the […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: James Bond, Spectre

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