‘San Andreas’ stomps ‘Aloha’ at the BO with $53M domestic take!!

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson proved he can open a tent pole film all by his not-so-little lonesome with San Andreas‘s estimated, beefy $53M domestic take. That $14K per theater average, in 3,777 venues, was much better than the predicted $40M for the Warner Bros. disaster flick. 44% of that was attributed to 3D and, with an A- CinemaScore, it looks like the film will have … Continue reading ‘San Andreas’ stomps ‘Aloha’ at the BO with $53M domestic take!!

‘Tomorrowland’ takes an average opening at the Memorial weekend!!

Opening in 3,972 locations Tomorrowland took in a lower than expected $40.7M just beating out Pitch Perfect 2 and its projected $37.9M in what proved to be a drowsy four-day Memorial weekend frame. The Brad Bird/George Clooney collaboration ended up the 22nd biggest Memorial opener of all time, sitting somewhat ignominiously behind 2013’s Epic ($42.8M) and ahead of 2010’s Prince of Persia: Sands of Time … Continue reading ‘Tomorrowland’ takes an average opening at the Memorial weekend!!

‘Pitch Perfect’ sequel races way ahead of Mad Max: Fury Road!!

Tom Hardy, George Miller, and Mad Max: Fury Road were run over by Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks and the young harmonizers of Pitch Perfect 2 in a game of chicken between two sequels with equally passionate fan-bases. In the end though it was Pitch Perfect 2 that won out taking in a robust $70.3M in 3,473 theaters for a healthy per-theater average of $20.2K. Meanwhile … Continue reading ‘Pitch Perfect’ sequel races way ahead of Mad Max: Fury Road!!

‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ hulks out ‘Hot Pursuit’ with $77.2 million!!

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” iced out “Hot Pursuit” at the weekend box office, picking up $77.2 million and topping charts for a second consecutive time. Disney and Marvel’s comic book adventure has made $312.9 million domestically since debuting Stateside 10 days ago. That massive figure makes it the second-fastest film to clear $300 million domestically, and its sophomore weekend is the second-biggest in movie history, … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ hulks out ‘Hot Pursuit’ with $77.2 million!!

Avengers: Age of Ultron smashes way to 2nd-best box-office debut ever but boxing match delivers a blow!!

Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: The Age of Ultron” packed a mighty punch with a smashing $187.7 million North American debut at the box office this weekend. But its hopes of topping the record for the biggest movie opening in Hollywood history were knocked out by a high-profile boxing match. Despite an electrifying U.S. rollout the kicked off summer, Disney’s superhero sequel will have to settle for the second-highest-grossing … Continue reading Avengers: Age of Ultron smashes way to 2nd-best box-office debut ever but boxing match delivers a blow!!

Furious 7 rules the Box office for the 4th & final week before Avengers: Age of Ultron opens!!

For the fourth weekend in a row, Furious 7 is the number one movie at the domestic box office. That puts the film in rarefied company, as only the fourth film of the past decade to spend four consecutive weeks in first place. The other three four-time champions were Avatar, The Dark Knight and The Hunger Games. According to studio estimates, Furious 7 earned another $18.2 … Continue reading Furious 7 rules the Box office for the 4th & final week before Avengers: Age of Ultron opens!!

Unfriended & Paul Blart Cannot Keep up with Furious 7 at the BO!!

The fast cars sequel withe the gravity-defying stunts is barreling toward the $300 million mark Stateside, having already hurtled past the $1 billion mark globally. Domestically, “Furious 7″ has earned $294.4 million. Despite “Furious 7’s” continued dominance, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2″ did better than expected, pulling in a solid $24 million across 3,633 locations. It had been projected to fall short of the $20 … Continue reading Unfriended & Paul Blart Cannot Keep up with Furious 7 at the BO!!

Furious 7 Stomps New Releases at the BO With $60.6 million!!

“Furious 7” roared to the top of the box office chart for the second weekend in a row, picking up $60.6 million and driving its stateside total to a massive $252.5 million. That’s a slender 59% drop from the Universal Pictures release’s record-breaking $147.2 million debut and puts “Furious 7” on track to be the highest-grossing film in the history of the “Fast and Furious” … Continue reading Furious 7 Stomps New Releases at the BO With $60.6 million!!

Furious 7 smashes records with $384 millions opening worldwide!!

Looks like the whole world went to watch the seventh installment of this crazy franchise!! The film also starring late actor Paul Walker – brought in a record-breaking $143.6m (U.S only) during its opening weekend, beating the likes of last year’s Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier. Its earnings make it the 9th largest opening weekend of all time, and the top earning non-superhero movie … Continue reading Furious 7 smashes records with $384 millions opening worldwide!!

‘Home’ Invades ‘Get Hard’ at the BO!!!

Animated family film Home easily topped the North American box office with $54 million from 3,708 theaters in a much-needed win for Jeffrey Katzenberg‘s DreamWorks Animation. Overseas, the music-infused title has earned $48.2 million for an early worldwide total of $102.2 million. The strong performances of Home and Warner Bros.‘ R-rated comedy Get Hard, coming in No. 2 with a pleasing $34.6 million debut from … Continue reading ‘Home’ Invades ‘Get Hard’ at the BO!!!

Check out the trailer of Dreamwork Animations’ HOME (2015)

Synopsis – When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being … Continue reading Check out the trailer of Dreamwork Animations’ HOME (2015)