2012 is Highest-Grossing Box Office Year Ever
This year set box-office records thanks to superheroes (The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises), dystopian futures (The Hunger Games), spies (Skyfall) and vampires (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2). While inflation, 3-D and IMAX are somewhat accountable for the first increase in ticket sales in three years ($10.8 billion compared to 2009’s $10.6), attendance as a whole is up 5 percent this year, as 1.3 billion people visited the multiplex. “Unless [Les Misérables and Django Unchained] do vastly different business than we’re expecting, 2012 is going to end strongly,” Hollywood.com’s box-office chief Paul Dergarabedian told USA Today. “This has... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSkyfall Makes History as U.K.'s Highest Grossing Movie
James Bond is doing okay for a spy celebrating his 50th anniversary. Skyfall, the latest flick in the popular spy series, beat out James Cameron’s Avatar to become the U.K.’s top grossing film of all time, Variety reports. Skyfall’s U.K./Ireland sales recently hit $151.9 million after 40 days in theaters versus Avatar’s lifetime gross of $151.5 million.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSkyfall, Lincoln Help Box Office Set Holiday Weekend Record
As box office numbers continue to slip in light of the emergence of in-home and on-demand entertainment, moviegoers proved this weekend that going to the theaters is still a popular pastime. With an estimated $288 million in sales, this year’s holiday weekend proved to be the highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend in box office history, Deadline reports.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSkyfall Sets Seven-Day U.K. Box Office Record
If the international response to the 23rd installment to the James Bond franchise is any indication as to how the film will fare when it opens in the U.S. next week, Skyfall looks as though it is gearing up to be one of the biggest money-makers of the year. Following a huge international opening weekend, Skyfall has now brought in the biggest opening week of all time at the U.K. box office.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSkyfall Scores Big International Opening
The highly anticipated 23rd James Bond caper finally hit theaters internationally this weekend, and the response lived up to the hype. Box Office Report is claiming that Skyfall raked in an impressive $77.7 million from 25 markets. The film earned $32.4 million in the U.K. alone, securing the nation’s second-biggest opening weekend ever.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCouples Retreat Brings in the Cash for Struggling Universal
Universal Pictures' big-budget, well-cast, mundanely written and executed Couples Retreat dominated the weekend's box office with opening revenues of $35.3 million. (Zombieland, which opened the week before, came in well in second place with a weekend gross of $15 million.)... read more
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