All Box Office articles – Page 169
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NewsInsidious: Chapter 2 tops UK box office
eOne’s sequel scares up strong $4.6m (£2.9m) from its 414 sites to land the number one spot; StudioCanal’s Rush takes $3.3m (£2.1m) from the distributor’s widest-ever UK release of 456 sites.
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NewsInsidious 2 owns US on $41.1m
A sensational number one launch for Insidious: Chapter 2 through FilmDistrict put the horror sequel immediately in profit for the filmmakers and established James Wan unquestionably as the preeminent commercial horror director following summer smash The Conjuring.
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NewsSmurfs 2 crosses $200m int'l
China helped The Smurfs 2 soar past $200m over a lukewarm session, driving the overall weekend take to $17.6m from 13,000 screens in 70 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsSmurfs 2 targets $200m milestone
Sony Pictures Releasing International top brass expect two major markets to push The Smurfs 2 past the threshold this weekend. The family animation stands at more than $191.6m and opens in China and Australia.
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NewsAbout Time tops UK box office
Universal’s romantic comedy scores $2.76m (£1.76m), including previews, to dethrone One Direction; eOne’s Riddick records $2.2m (£1.4m) debut, including previews, to land second.
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NewsElysium tops int'l on $21.2m
Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi action release added an estimated $21.2m from 10,630 screens in 52 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International to push the running total to $127.1m.
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NewsSummer box office tops $5.99bn
SEPT 3 UPDATE EXCLUSIVE: The aggregated gross of Hollywood’s summer exports has surpassed the freshly minted $4.7bn record North American session by at least 22%.
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NewsStudios serve up record summer
Lee Daniels’ The Butler restored supremacy at the top of the North American charts as a record four-day Labor Day weekend wrapped up a record $4.7bn summer.
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NewsOne Direction top UK box office
Sony score second number one in as many weeks as One Direction: This is Us debuts with $5.5m (£3.5m), including previews.
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NewsOne Direction win LDW on $17m
The summer session neared a conclusion over Labor Day Weekend as One Direction: This Is Us, Morgan Spurlock’s documentary about the UK-Irish pop sensation, opened top on an estimated $17m through Sony’s TriStar label over three days.
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NewsElysium rules int’l on $18m
UPDATE: Sony Pictures Releasing International (SRI) executives reported that the sci-fi added an estimated $17.9m from 5,095 screens in 55 markets to reach the cusp of $100m.
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NewsMonsters Uni, Pac Rim excel
Disney executives announced that the Pixar family film Monsters University was on course to cross $700m at the worldwide box office.
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NewsWetlands grosses €1.9m in Germany
David Wnendt’s much-talked about adaptation charts second on debut with almost 240,000 admissions.
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NewsLa Cage Dorée reaches €10m at box office
Ruben Alves’ comedy also records third straight week as number one in Portugal.
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NewsElysium tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi debuts at number one with $4.8m (£3.13m), including previews; Warner Bros’ We’re The Millers grosses $2.9m (£1.85m) over the four-day weekend to chart second.
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NewsButler stays top in US on $17m
Lee Daniel’s The Butler held on to top spot at a lacklustre box office weekend that marked the penultimate session of blockbuster season.
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NewsJurassic Park storms China
UPDATED AUG 26: Universal Pictures International’s Jurassic Park 3D grossed a confirmed $28.9m from 3,373 theatres in 11 territories, fuelled by a $28m launch in China. Despicable Me 2 crossed $800m worldwide.
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NewsDisney crosses $2bn int'l
The studio announced on Friday [23] that it had crossed the threshold in record time.
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NewsOctane fired up for Haunted 2
A Haunted House 2 is scheduled to kick off production on Monday [26] through IM Global’s Octane genre division. Open Road will distribute in the US on Mar 2014.
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NewsElysium eyes UK launch
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s champion of last weekend, Elysium, opens in the UK in what is expected to be a low-key international session that also sees Disney-Pixar’s Monsters University arrive in China and Italy.