All Box Office articles – Page 202
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NewsSaw 3D cuts a swathe at UK box office
Saw 3D, the seventh and final instalment in Lionsgate’s popular horror franchise, put the frighteners on the UK box office over the Halloween weekend for the sixth consecutive year.
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FeaturesWeekly International box office 22-24 Oct
Paranormal Activity 2 scared up the international market last weekend, narrowly pipping Universal’s durable Despicable Me to top spot.
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NewsParanormal Activity 2 shakes up the UK box office
Paranormal Activity 2 won the first battle of the half-term box office grossing $6m (£3.8m) from 389 screens for a week-high screen average of $15,340 (£9,678).
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FeaturesWeekly International box office Oct 15 – 17
After a cleverly protracted rollout Despicable Me finally makes it to number one on the international chart in its 15th week.
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Mamma Mia breaks 6m DVD mark in UK
Mamma Mia! – The Movie has become the best selling DVD of all time in the UK, according to the BVA (British Video Association).
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NewsDespicable Me finds friends at UK box office
For the second week in a row three new films opened in the top three spots at the UK box office, with Universal’s Despicable Me finding more friends than Oscar-tipped The Social Network.
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FeaturesMarketplace: Blood money
Horror is cinema’s most enduring genre, with films able to travel more widely than other genre fare - and provide solid box office on lower budgets.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office Oct 08- 10
Eat Pray Love stole the limelight on the international stage over the Oct 08-10 weekend.
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NewsWall Street profits at the UK box office
It was all change at the UK box office over the the Oct 08-10 weekend as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps entered in top spot, grossing $2.5m (£1.8m) from 444 screens and the week’s best screen average of $6,358 (£4,019).
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NewsDetective Dee leads international chart
Detective Dee was the surprise victor of this weekend’s international chart, narrowly preventing Resident Evil: Afterlife from a fourth consecutive week at number one.
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NewsThe Other Guys scores hat-trick at UK box office
The Other Guys became the fifth film this year to go three consecutive weeks at number one at the UK box office.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office Sept 24 - 26
Resident Evil: Afterlife became only the third film released this year to spend three consecutive weeks at number one on the international chart.
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NewsThe Other Guys holds firm at UK box office
The Other Guys held firm over the Sept 24-26 weekend despite close competition from three openers.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office Sept 17 - 19
Sony’s Resident Evil: Afterlife crossed the $100m mark over the Sept 17 – 19 weekend after grossing $39.6m from 6,235 screens in 47 territories for $103.6m.
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NewsThe Other Guys tops UK box office
Sony’s cop-buddy comedy The Other Guys topped the UK box office over the weekend, taking $3.1m (£2m) from 441 screens at a per-print average of $6,965 (£4,491).
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office September 10 - 12
Sony/Constantin’s action-thriller Resident Evil: Afterlife blew away its international competition on its debut weekend, grossing twice as much as its nearest rival.
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NewsResident Evil alive and kicking at UK box office
Resident Evil: Afterlife doubled the opening weekend totals of previous instalments in the action-horror franchise on its way to securing a number-one debut at the UK box office.
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UK box office up 8% on 2009
The UK box office total for the period Jan - Aug 2010 was 8% ahead of the corresponding period for 2009, according to figures released today by the Film Distributors’ Association (FDA).
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Sep 03- 05
Inception comfortably reclaimed top spot on the international scene in its eighth week, grossing $21m from 7785 screens in 61 territories.
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NewsOptimum exorcises box-office demons in UK
Optimum’s horror The Last Exorcism debuted top in the UK over the Sept 3-5 weekend, giving the distributor its biggest ever three-day opening.