Bruce Willis yippie-ki-yays to a win over Nicholas Sparks and Melissa McCarthy
Box Office Report
The Fat Lady Zings: Identity Thief Steals the Weekend
Melissa McCarthy joins Jason Bateman to trump the critics’ barbs and score a hefty debut for ‘Identity Thief’
Super Bowl Snacks: Warm Bodies Devours Stallone’s Head
Teen zombies and the neuro-mancers of ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ leave the tough-guys drama for dead
The Chastain Perfecta: Mama and Zero Score While Arnold Stands Down
Two veteran box-office bruisers, Mark Wahlberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger, backed by their Oscar-winning cohorts Russell Crowe and Forest Whitaker, stormed North American movie theaters this weekend. Yet when the smoke cleared, …
Zero Dark Thirty Waterboards the Competition
The get-bin-Laden docudrama tops a ‘Haunted House’ spoof and a star-laden ‘Gangster Squad’
Slash and Burn: Texas Chainsaw 3D and Django Win a Gory Weekend
Leatherface and Tarantino please the crowds with R-rated bloodbaths
2012 Turnaround: The Avengers Brings People Back to the Movies
Batman and Katniss place strong, as Hollywood regains its B.O. mojo
Hollywood Solves Its Fiscal Cliff Crisis: Hobbit, Django and Les Mis All Win Big
Tolkiening, Tarantining and musical keening drew audiences into movie theaters this holiday weekend
A Hobbit Holiday: Bilbo Beats Babs and Tom
On a weak pre-Christmas weekend, Streisand and Cruise get coal in their stockings
The Hobbit: Just a Middling Weekend for Middle Earth Prequel
Peter Jackson’s belated walkup to his ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy breaks a Dec. record but still lacks magic
Bond Holds, Butler Bombs on a Sleepy Weekend
‘Skyfall’ keeps flying high, and ‘Lincoln’ stays alive, while Gerard Butler’s ‘Playing for Keeps’ sinks.
Bella and Bond Hold On, But Brad Pitt Gets an F
Holdovers dominate the post-Thanksgiving box office; Killing Them Softly dies quickly
Lots of Gravy and a Slice of Pi for Big Thanksgiving Weekend
Moviegoers feasted on ‘Twilight,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Lincoln’ and snacked on ‘Life of Pi,” while ‘Rise of the Guardians’ and ‘Red Dawn’ stalled
