All Box Office articles – Page 205
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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.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office - August 27 - 29
The Expendables held firm in the face of stiff competition from The Last Airbender to retain its international crown for a second week.