HUNGER GAMES MOCKINGJAY continued to dominate the Thanksgiving box office this weekend followed by family friend THE GOOD DINOSAURS.. the MARTIAN stayed strong.. MORE.. $62 mil for MOCKINGJAY and Pixar’s DINOSAUR had a 79% makeup of families during the weekend to $28 mil in America and $82 mil globally.. The big story of the weekend … Read moreTHANKSGIVING BOX WRAP: UP COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO
THE GOOD NEWS: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 takes the box office // numbers coming in // $104 million opening set as it becomes the 5th highest opening of the entire year.. The BAD NEWS: It is the LOWEST of all in the HUNGER GAMES series.. Even more, the word of mouth may not have been good. … Read moreNOT SO HUNGRY FOR HUNGER GAMES
Horror flop this weekend: Eli Roth’s ode to cannibal horror called THE GREEN INFERNO averaged $955 per theater.. the film is graphic and has a 38 on Rotten Tomatoes. Reviewers have not been kind, either, calling the film awful.. People with strong stomachs may enjoy the movie. Others may turn away–and it would appear they … Read moreCANNIBAL FLOPS TO TRANSYLVANIA SLOP
THE TERMINATOR SERIES IS OBSOLETE. Proof in the numbers: The film is not only getting lousy reviews, but it’s tanking at the box office.. I think most people decided not go to see it when the trailer featured The Governator using the line “I’ll be back”.. Tacky tacky tacky.
That night alone.The estimates were revised once..They will be revised again.. There is a bigger chance that JURASSIC is going to take a major run at the AVENGERS’ record.. For those who say box office totals don’t matter. I wrote earlier that I mostly agree. Except in the summer.. that is when all bets are … Read moreFRIDAY’S GROSS FOR JURASSIC WORLD WAS $80 MIL PLUS.
DINOSAUR RUN! JURASSIC WORLD TAKES $18 MIL ON THURSDAY ALONE, ESTIMATES OF $125 MIL FOR WEEKEND MAY BE SURPASSED.. FILM IS IN 4273 STRONG CAN IT BEAT THE AGE OF ULTRON? AGE OF ULTRON opened with $195 mil.. JURASSIC WORLD was set for $125 mil.. but with Thursday rock and sock and Friday ticket sales, … Read more
The hype has been hopeful.. the storyline may be hackneyed, but in a summer where earthquakes are destroying California in the box office, there is hope that dinosaurs, back for revenge in JURASSIC WORLD, will dominate and captivate a new generation.. Or it will, as the AP surmises in a review, lack the ‘deft sense … Read moreJURASSIC REVIEW: AP HITS! “lacking the deft sense of wonderment”
he world must love watching AMERICA be destroyed.. SAN ANDREAS, the epic action disaster pic–essential for summer box offices–is number 1 in 55 countries.. Even more, it made $60 mill in the overseas box office and for some reason performed exceptionally well in MEXICO.. MORE.. The domestic take for the movie is $53 mil–even more … Read moreIt’s the end of the world as we know it
MEMORIAL DAY BOX bombs!! The weekend has gone cold for film.. Usually a huge summer blockbuster gets released around this time of the year, and this year is even worse than 2010’s Memorial Day box.. gone are those amazing SPIDERMAN weekends.. Here is TOMORROWLAND with only $40 mil, PITCH PERFECT barely at $38 mil.. POLTERGIEST … Read moreMEMORIAL DAY BOX OFFICE BUST
Dirty Harry’s days of box office glory aren’t gone, Eastwood is now able to brag about a global take of $500 million for his film AMERICAN SNIPER. He can also say it was the best of 2014.. More: SNIPER has now surpassed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I to become the highest-grossing domestic film of … Read moreAmerica’s SNIPER: Who’s laughing at Eastwood now?