All Box Office articles – Page 200
-
NewsHobbit stands tall on $96m international hold
UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International top brass confirmed on Monday (Dec 24) that New Line/MGM/Warner Bros’ Middle Earth saga added $96m over the weekend from 18,417 screens in 59 markets – $5m higher than Sunday estimates.
-
NewsLost In Thailand finds success at Chinese box office
Local comedy Lost In Thailand has grossed a whopping $77.8m (RMB485m) after eight days on release in China, blowing away the peak box office season’s bigger budget films.
-
NewsHobbit to soar past $200m international box office
Warner Bros/New Line/MGM’s fantasy stands on the cusp of $189m through Warner Bros Pictures International after its first week in release and is expected to dominate the weekend session.
-
NewsUniversal Pictures sets $2.9bn box office record
The studio’s astonishing turnaround was underlined emphatically on Thursday (20) when top brass announced that 2012 will mark the best year at the global box office in Universal’s 100-year history with theatrical grosses surpassing $2.927bn to date.
-
NewsThe Hobbit journeys to the top of the UK box office
Warner’s Lord of The Rings prequel takes $18.8m (£11.6m), including previews, to debut at number one.
-
NewsHobbit scores biggest North American December release
The estimated $84.8m three-day haul through Warner Bros makes New Line/MGM’s fantasy adventure the biggest film ever to open in December.
-
NewsHobbit destroys international foes with $138m launch
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth delivered an other-worldly result as New Line and MGM’s first in a new JRR Tolkien trilogy opened on 18,200 screens in 56 markets through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).
-
NewsChina box office round-up: Life Of Pi, Cold War rule in November
The Chinese film market warmed up in November as overall admissions and box office were on the rise compared to the slightly slower market in October.
-
FeaturesHunting the box-office bounty
On the eve of the release of Django Unchained, Ian Sandwell charts the global performance of Quentin Tarantino’s most recent films.
-
NewsThe Hobbit poised to rule them all at international box office
New Line and MGM’s first in the latest Middle Earth trilogy from Peter Jackson heads into the weekend having grossed an estimated $11.2m from 16 opening days on Wednesday (12).
-
NewsThe Hobbit off to storming start in New Zealand
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth begins with a flourish as the opening day in his native land breaks records.
-
NewsGuardians rises to the top of the UK box office
Paramount’s animation jumps two places to overhaul Skyfall; Momentum’s Seven Psychopaths debuts with $1.8m (£1.1m), including previews.
-
NewsSkyfall becomes biggest-ever global release for Sony
Sony, MGM and Eon’s James Bond smash added $20.3m internationally to reach $656.6m and a number one North American haul of $11m for $261.6m to overtake Sony’s previous best of $890m set by Spider-Man 3.
-
NewsJames Bond produces $11m to dominate North America
In a slow session Skyfall leapfrogged The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 to reclaim its earlier number one spot and reach $261.6m after five weekends.
-
NewsGuardians edges out Twilight to rule international on $26m
DreamWorks Animation’s Rise Of The Guardians dominated a tight international session as the family release reached an estimated $90.5m in its fourth weekend through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).
-
NewsTwilight, Skyfall, Guardians set to rule again in international
With The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Skyfall and Rise of the Guardians still dominant, and the big holiday releases yet to come, there are only a handful of major-territory openings in the international marketplace this weekend.
-
NewsSkyfall biggest ever film at UK box office
James Bond’s 23rd adventure has become the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office, overtaking Avatar.
-
NewsSkyfall shoots back to the top of the UK box office
Latest Bond mission on brink of overtaking Avatar as the all-time champion; Breaking Dawn - Part 2 becomes eOne’s biggest film ever; Ben Wheatley’s critically acclaimed Sightseers opens with $342,000 (£213,014) from 92 sites.
-
NewsTwilight franchise finale rules international on $49m
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 stands on the cusp of $450m following a third dominant weekend through Lionsgate International and has become the biggest of the five-film franchise outside North America.
-
NewsBreaking Dawn Part 2 holds on in sluggish US session
Traditionally the post-Thanksgiving weekend is a slow one and so it proved to be as Lionsgate’s Twilight finale held on to number one spot in its third weekend, adding an estimated $17.4m to reach $254.6m.