All Box Office articles – Page 166
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NewsDragon 2 soars to $26m in China
UPDATED AUGUST 18: DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 ruled the international roost on $37.7m, powered by a mighty $25.9m debut in China through Oriental DreamWorks.
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NewsWitch retains China box office lead
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Bona Film Group’s White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom topped the Chinese box office for a second week (August 4-10), grossing $19.71m from 3.2 million admissions.
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NewsLucy scores smash French debut
EuropaCorp’s action thriller opened in France on $13.2m (€9.9m) last week to deliver the biggest debut for an English-language release so far in 2014 and propel the overall international running total to $31.4m.
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NewsRoaring Currents breaks Korea record
In Korea, historic sea battle film Roaring Currents has hit 11 million admissions in record time and beaten Disney’s Frozen to the biggest box office of 2014 to date.
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NewsInbetweeners 2 biggest UK debut of 2014
Entertainment’s comedy sequel opens with over $21m (£12.5m), including previews, for the biggest debut of the year.
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NewsTurtles storm US box office on $65m
Following a loud Comic-Con presentation in July, Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot took command of the North American box office in its opening session.
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NewsGuardians rule int'l BO on $42m
UPDATE AUGUST 11: A further $41.7m enabled Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy to retain top spot in the international arena and reach $138.8m as Disney consolidated its $3bn-plus global box office for the year-to-date.
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NewsDisney reaches double BO summit
The global number one performance of Guardians Of The Galaxy pushed Disney past $2bn at the international box office on August 4 and is projected to see the studio surge past $1bn in North America on August 7.
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NewsInbetweeners 2 breaks comedy record
The sequel’s £2.75m opening is biggest ever for a comedy in UK.
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NewsGuardians tops UK chart on $10.7m
Disney’s latest Marvel outing scores $10.7m (£6.35m) debut to dethrone Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Secret Cinema’s Back to the Future event grosses $1.2m (£720,000) over first four shows.
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NewsGuardians' $94m debut boosts US BO
Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy stormed the North American box office, soaring to number one on an estimated $94m through Buena Vista that scored the biggest August debut and the third biggest of the year-to-date.
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NewsGuardians rule on $161.7m debut
UPDATED AUGUST 4: Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy ruled the box office universe on an estimated $161.7m, of which $67.4m came from 42 territories outside the US through Walt Disney Motion Pictures International.
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NewsTransformers 4 crosses $1bn
Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: Age Of Extinction has become the second in the sci-fi franchise to reach the global mark after Dark Of The Moon did so in 2011.
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NewsMarket gets ready for Guardians
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes swung to top spot last weekend but Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy is standing by to knock the primates off their perch.
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NewsApes retains UK box office lead
Fox’s sequel retains top spot with $6.4m (£3.8m) second weekend; Paramount’s Hercules muscles in with $2.46m (£1.45m).
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NewsLucy tops North America on $44m
EuropaCorp’s thriller starring Scarlett Johansson delivered a strong debut through Universal as box office for the top 12 matched the comparable session of 2013.
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NewsApes lead int'l BO on $54.8m
UPDATED JULY 28: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes reached the international box office summit at the weekend as a confirmed $54.8m from 12,247 screens in more than 61 markets dethroned Transformers 4.
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NewsHercules in strong Russia debut
UPDATED JULY 26: Paramount and MGM’s adventure starring Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock stormed into Russia on Thursday on an estimated $2.6m to reach $5.2m by Saturday.
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NewsT4 to cross $700M at int'l BO
Paramount Pictures International’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction will cross $700m this weekend.
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NewsMaleficent crosses $700m worldwide
The Disney smash starring Angelina Jolie has become the 15th Disney release in industry history to reach the milestone.