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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies retains the UK box office crown

December 24, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th to Sunday 21st December 2014… Despite competition from comedy sequels Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb and Dumber and Dumber To, it’s an unchanged top two at the UK box office heading into Christmas, with The Hobbit: The Battle […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Dumb and Dumber To., Get Santa, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, PK, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game

Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office

January 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015… American Sniper enjoyed a record-breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with £2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper-headlined war drama couldn’t dethrone Bryan Mills from the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Birdman, Into the Woods, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Merry Widow, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash, wild

US BOX OFFICE – American Sniper blows away competition with $90 million

January 19, 2015 by Luke Owen

Your US BOX OFFICE report for 16th – 18th January Last week, it was Taken 3 that was breaking new barriers, becoming the second biggest January opening in history. But this week, American Sniper blew that away. Taking a whopping $90.2 million, American Sniper has shattered the record for biggest January opening. This is the biggest […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Blackhat, Into the Woods, Paddington, Selma, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Imitation Game, The Wedding Ringer, Unbroken

Taken 3 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Into the Woods

January 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015… Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson’s third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Birdman, Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Theory of Everything, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

Taken 3 opens to $91.8 million worldwide

January 12, 2015 by Luke Owen

Your US box office report for January 9th – 11th… Despite the mediocre reviews (read our review here) with some critics outright calling the film “Die Hard 5 bad” (Den of Geek’s Ryan Lambie), Taken 3 has opened to the second-biggest January weekend in the US with $40.4 million. Just falling shy of Ride Along‘s […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Selma, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Unbroken

The Theory of Everything topples The Hobbit at the UK box office

January 7, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th January 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been dethroned by The Theory of Everything, with the Eddie Redmayne-headlined Stephen Hawking biopic pulling in £3,749,293 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Birdman, Dumb and Dumber To., Exodus: Gods and Kings, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Theory of Everything, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies holds on to top spot at the UK box office for the third weekend

January 2, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th to Sunday 28th December 2014… Peter Jackson’s final voyage to Middle-earth, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, closed out the UK box office chart of 2014 by retaining the crown for the third consecutive week, pulling in £4.25 million to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Dumb and Dumber To., Exodus: Gods and Kings, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, PK, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Unbroken

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies tops the UK box office chart

December 17, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th December 2014… Exactly a year after The Desolation of Smaug debuted in first place and two years after An Unexpected Journey did the same, Peter Jackson is back at the top of the UK box office chart with the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Get Santa, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Warner Bros. announces Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set

September 11, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that all six films in Peter Jackson’s epic saga are set for release in a 31-disc Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set featuring the movies in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray; check out the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

20 Years of Tolkien: The Long Road to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and Beyond

November 13, 2021 by Brad Cook

Brad Cook looks back on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ahead of the release of the Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set… With the first Lord of the Rings film celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, I thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane. Many of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Brad Cook, Movies Tagged With: Amazon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Silmarillion

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