With the box office up 31% from last year, Sly Stallone and his antique musclemen take the weekend, while the kids go to ‘ParaNorman’ and their moms see ‘Sparkle’
Box Office Report
Bourne Beats Batman, Ferrell Outpolls Streep
Taking Matt Damon’s role of the spy on the run, Jeremy Renner defeats candidate Will Ferrell and sexagenarian hottie Meryl Streep
Batman Beats Total Recall, But the Real Dark Knight Is Michael Phelps
Movie superheroes are no match for the Aquaman star of the NBC Olympics
Dark Knight Rises Tops Box Office Again: What ‘Aurora Effect’?
Don’t believe the doomsday hype about audiences frightened to go to the movies. If they stayed home on Friday, it was only to watch the Olympic spectacular
The Dark Knight Rises Survives the Darkest Night in U.S. Movie History
While grieving over the Aurora killings, Americans still flocked to theaters, giving the finale to the Batman trilogy the all-time top opening gross of any 2-D film
Ice Age 4 Wins a Chilly Weekend Before The Dark Knight Rises
The prehistoric-critters toon opened so-so at home, but did thaw-some business abroad, as the shadow of Batman looms over the summer movie landscape
The Not-Quite-Amazing Spider-Man Wins the Weekend
Marvel’s sticky teen trounces Oliver Stone’s “Savages” and Katy Perry’s bosom but so far falls short of blockbuster status
Bawdy Bear (Ted) and Papa Bare (Magic Mike) Top Mama Bear (Brave)
R-rated movies rule, as Seth MacFarlane’s rude-talking toy and Channing Tatum’s Gibraltar abs bring grownups back to theaters and dethrone the Pixar princess
Brave Beats Abe: Vampires Slaughtered by Pixar’s Girl Power
Giving the Disney Princess tale a CGI makeover, Pixar scores its 13th straight No. 1 opener, leaving Vampire Hunter for dead and quickly ending Steve Carell’s World
Madagascar 3 Smashes Cruise’s Rock, Shames Sandler’s Boy
Movies with two top stars fall to the DreamWorks animation juggernaut. Are Tom and Adam at a career crossroads, or heading off the box-office cliff?
Creature Features: Madagascar 3 Scares Off Prometheus
The giddily animated DreamWorks sequel beats the avidly awaited Alien prequel.
Fairy-Tale Ending: Snow White Dwarfs the Competition
The old fable connects with new viewers and jump-starts the June box office
Men in Black 3 Singes The Avengers
The revival of a Will Smith franchise slips past the Marvel men
