All Box Office articles – Page 214
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NewsWolverine storms US box office
The summer season arrived with a bang over the weekend as Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine roared to the top of the charts on an estimated $87m three-day gross.
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NewsWolverine dominates global box office
Fox International’s genre prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked off the 2009 summer blockbuster season with a suitably dominant display, grossing an estimated $73m from 9,234 screens in 101 markets.
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NewsGhosted appears in Germany, UK has The End in sight
ScreenDaily rounds up the local and independent releases in key markets.
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NewsFox's Wolverine sinks its claws into global box office
The summer season arrives this weekend with 20th Century Fox’s global release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which has one week to establish itself before PPI/Paramount launches Star Trek across the world the following weekend.
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NewsLu Chuan's City Of Life And Death heats up Chinese cinemas
Chinese director Lu Chuan’s war drama City Of Life And Death had a strong opening in mainland China,grossing an estimated $10.2m (RMB70m) in five days (April 22-26).
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17 Again dethrones Hannah Montana in North American tween battle
Zac Efron beat out his fellow tween idol Miley Cyrus to reign supreme as Warner Bros’ comedy 17 Againlaunched at number one with an estimated $24.1m opening weekend that gave Efron his second number one debut after High School Musical 3: Senior Year last October.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.
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NewsFast & Furious eyes key debuts in third weekend and sets sights on $150m
Both Universal/UPI’s Fast & Furious and DreamWorks Animation/PPI’s Monsters Vs Aliens have cleared the first hurdle and crossed $100m as they head into their third and fifth weekends respectively and will be at the vanguard of Hollywood’s latest international incursion.
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FeaturesThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Makes Its Mark
Crime thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has become the most successful local film of all time at the Nordic box office.
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NewsOn the fast track
UPI’s Fast & Furious stepped up a gear over the Easter weekend to climb to the top of the international chart, grossing $45.2m, up 47% week-on-week. It has now grossed $90.1m after two weeks on release, playing on more than 5,000 screens in 50 territories.
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Russian Box Office Stats 2008
CIS Box Office Top 20 2008* TITLE (ORIGIN) DISTRIBUTOR Total gross 1 The Irony Of Fate: The Sequel (Rus) 20th Century Fox CIS $49.9m 2 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (US) UPI $40.8m 3 Admiral (Rus) 20th Century Fox CIS $33.7m 4 The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (US) UPI ...
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Low-budget doc stampedes South Korean box office
Old Partner, a documentary about an old man and his cow, has topped the South Korean box office with 419,295 admissions from 276 screens this past weekend. The sleeper hit, which is distributed by Indiestory both in Korea and overseas, has accumulated a record 1,393,079 admissions for a documentary, and ...
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Red Cliff II scales Korea's Lunar New Year box office
The second part of John Woo's action epic Red Cliff topped South Korea's Lunar New Year holiday charts, with the film grossing $2.7m since its release on Jan 22. Distributed locally by co-financier Showbox Mediaplex, the film took in 588,683 admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC)'s integrated box ...
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Valkyrie leads international box office with $13.2m in 13 markets
20th Century Fox continues to dominate the International box office in 2009 with another strong showing this weekend, lead by the much anticipated opening ofValkyrie.Tom Cruise sits atop the Hollywood overseas releases after the MGM/UA release Valkyrieplundered an estimated $13.2m through Fox International from 2,283 screens in 13 markets.The wartime ...
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King of the Jungle
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa held on to the number-one spot in Screen’s first international chart of 2009, with weekend takings of just under $32m, bringing its cumulative gross to $339.9m.