All Box Office articles – Page 210
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Features
Down but not out
Without Avatar or Alice In Wonderland to set the pace, the first quarter global box office in 2011 was down on 2010. Screen examines what the numbers reveal.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office April 29-May 1
Thor lays siege to a buoyant international market, taking $89.2m at an average of $10,613 in 54 territories.
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FeaturesThor king of UK box office over royal wedding weekend
The UK heads back to the cinemas, as Paramount’s Thor takes £5.4m from 500 screens in its first week
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FeaturesWeekly international box office April 22-24
Rio made it a hat-trick of number one performances atop the international box office
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FeaturesOpen season
The fourth Pirates and the eighth Harry Potter are the summer tentpoles around which all other releases are circling. International distribution heads reveal their summer plans to Screen.
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FeaturesFast & Furious 5 speeds past UK rivals
Universal’s hit scores the year’s second biggest opening (including previews), with an impressive $8.8m (£5.3m) from 437 screens
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FeaturesWeekly International box office April 15-17
Fox’s Rio soared above its international rivals on $56m, $38m more than second-placed Scream 4.
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FeaturesScream 4 slashes its way to top of resurgent UK box office
Scream 4 was the best of five top-ten openings in the UK, taking £2.1m from 408 screens
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FeaturesSummer joyride
The US summer season revs into high gear on April 29 with the release of UPI’s Fast Five.
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FeaturesInternational contenders
Screen looks at the biggest local films to be released in their home territories this summer.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office April 8-10
Fox’s animated-comedy Rio pummelled its international opposition, grossing $47m more than its nearest rival.
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FeaturesRio injects a little samba into listless UK box office
Fox’s animation grosses $2.5m (£1.5m) to lead the pack in one of the year’s weakest frames
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office April 1-3
Warner Bros.’ Sucker Punch scored a narrow points victory over its rivals on the least impressive international box office weekend of 2011.
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FeaturesHop leaps to the top of the UK box office
Optimum Releasing celebrates its biggest-ever box office weekend despite Hop pipping Source Code to the top spot.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Mar 25-27
Battle: Los Angeles narrowly edges out Rango at the top of a stagnant international box office
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FeaturesLimitless breaks free at top of UK box office
Three new entries make up the top three at the UK box office over the March 25-27 weekend.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office March 18 – 20
Battle: Los Angeles and Rango flip-flopped at the top of the international chart, with Sony’s first-placed action-sci fi taking $28.7m.
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FeaturesRevolver's Anuvahood sets company record; Submarine rises despite weak UK box office
Paramount’s Rango returned to the top of the UK box office thanks to a tepid $1.6m (£1m) haul over one of the weakest box-office frames in recent months.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office March 11-13
Rango king of the international box office last weekend, taking $24.1m from 5,214 screens; Japanese box office suffers.
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FeaturesThe art of travel
Animated films perform well at the global box office and are holding up on DVD, but how well do international productions perform outside their home territories? Leonard Klady reports