Studio execs should give plenty of thanks to female moviegoers: "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Blind Side" led the best-ever Thanksgiving weekend at the box office by drawing women and families into theaters, while male-centric newcomers "Old Dogs" and "Ninja Assassin" only earned so-so numbers.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day debut ever, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. ("The Dark Knight" still retains the record for the biggest weekend debut with $158.4 million, and "Spider-Man 3" is second with $151.1 million.)
The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, has already ripped through a box office record.
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
Nothing like a good disaster movie to bring in a lot of coin at the box office.
See ya, Saw. According to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office, the new big kahuna in horror is officially "Paranormal Activity," which conjured $22 million in its first weekend with a full wide release, clawing its way to the top of the box office after a full month in theaters.
Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig and Jude Law prove "the play's the thing"
After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.' "Where the Wild Things Are" found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
For many, the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question. But when the history of Hollywood's 21st century embrace of 3-D is written, it very well may point to this weekend as the moment when the format definitively established its commercial power at the box office.
Score a personal best at the box office for Quentin Tarantino this weekend. "Inglourious Basterds," his revisionist take on WWII starring Brad Pitt, grossed an estimated $37.6 million, besting the reigning box office champ "District 9," and giving beleaguered studio The Weinstein Co. a little financial relief.
Studio execs should give plenty of thanks to female moviegoers: "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Blind Side" led the best-ever Thanksgiving weekend at the box office by drawing women and families into theaters, while male-centric newcomers "Old Dogs" and "Ninja Assassin" only earned so-so numbers.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day debut ever, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. ("The Dark Knight" still retains the record for the biggest weekend debut with $158.4 million, and "Spider-Man 3" is second with $151.1 million.)
The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, has already ripped through a box office record.
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
Nothing like a good disaster movie to bring in a lot of coin at the box office.
See ya, Saw. According to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office, the new big kahuna in horror is officially "Paranormal Activity," which conjured $22 million in its first weekend with a full wide release, clawing its way to the top of the box office after a full month in theaters.
Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig and Jude Law prove "the play's the thing"
After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.' "Where the Wild Things Are" found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
For many, the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question. But when the history of Hollywood's 21st century embrace of 3-D is written, it very well may point to this weekend as the moment when the format definitively established its commercial power at the box office.
Score a personal best at the box office for Quentin Tarantino this weekend. "Inglourious Basterds," his revisionist take on WWII starring Brad Pitt, grossed an estimated $37.6 million, besting the reigning box office champ "District 9," and giving beleaguered studio The Weinstein Co. a little financial relief.
Sandra Bullock will surely be popping open the champagne as her new romantic comedy, "The Proposal," accepted the top spot at the box office this weekend by grossing $34.1 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Buoyed no doubt by repeat business and premium 3-D ticket prices, Disney/Pixar's "Up" lifted past the bona fide surprise hit "The Hangover" to be the first film of the summer to land at number one at the box office two weekends in a row.
As the 2009 Cannes Film Festival draws near, filmmakers who have made the event's short list hope that their films will be blessed with that hard-to-earn Cannes buzz, which could lead to awards and financial success.
Movie ticket sales are way up in this down economy.
Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, The Dark Knight set a one-day box office record Friday
Speed Racer was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as Iron Man continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales
Who would win in a fight: a police-killing, rampage-driven thug or a superhero encased in a technologically superior suit of armor?
A heroin pusher and a honey bee put some sting back into the movie business.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office.
The undead of "Resident Evil" still have plenty of life in them.
Hollywood notched its first $4 billion summer as teen geeks helped Hollywood end the season in record fashion.
"Superbad" was super good at the box office, proving that a no-name cast could hold its own amid A-list summer blockbusters.
The amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne is back, and this time he clobbered Homer Simpson on his way to scoring the biggest film opening ever for the month of August.
Hollywood can sum up this summer on the silver screen with a phrase immortalized by the newest box office stud, Homer Simpson. "Woo-hoo!"
Wait until you see what is about to happen to you," says Harvey Weinstein, sitting in the back seat of a midnight-blue Peugeot, car No. 3 in a nine-vehicle motorcade. The procession is inching down La Croisette, the seaside boulevard that meanders through Cannes on the French Riviera. Tonight it is lined on both sides with fans hoping to catch a glimpse of celebrities en route to the premiere of Michael Moore's "Sicko."
Friday marks not only the biggest day for DreamWorks Animation this year but the biggest in three years.
Actors, actresses and directors were eagerly awaiting the Academy Award nominations announcement on Tuesday morning.
The tale of a pair of cartoon rats and their adventures in the sewers of London wasn't enough to beat out Kris Kringle and a faux Kazakh journalist at the box office this past weekend.
Paramount Pictures will end its longstanding relationship with Cruise/Wagner Productions, actor Tom Cruise's production company, citing his erratic behavior, according to a published report.
Don't expect those huge sighs of relief coming from movie industry executives this week to last.
"And the box office boost goes to...
Alexander the Great conquered a nice chunk of the world before he died young. The makers of "Alexander," the three-hour Oliver Stone saga about the Greek warrior's life, are banking on a similar conquest before it's too late.
He's still got lightning speed, Herculean strength and an uncanny ability to stick to walls.
"Shrek 2," a cartoon revolving around a green ogre and his princess bride, trampled even the most optimistic forecasts as it set several new opening records at the weekend box office and kick-started the lucrative summer moviegoing season into high gear.
The King will not return this year. Movie goers won't get a chance to find Nemo either.
CAN SONY MAKE DEALS as well as it makes tape players? That question is taking on urgency in Hollywood -- not to mention at Sony headquarters in Tokyo -- nearly two years after the company paid some...
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