In early returns, the Gyllenhaal cop drama ‘End of Watch’ and Lawrence’s horrorific ‘House at the End of the Street’ lead …
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An Early Summer Heat Wave: The Avengers Sizzles Abroad
While the U.S. box-office winner was Think Like a Man, the new superhero movie, opening exclusively overseas, blew away the competition
Hail to the Chief: Denzel Wins the Presidents’ Day Weekend
Safe House edges The Vow, as five movies break the $20-million threshold over the four-day frame
A Super Bowl Squeaker: Chronicle Edges The Woman in Black
Superhero teens battled Harry Potter and a dead lady, and all Hollywood cheered this high-grossing battle
The Grey Storms into the Black
Moviegoers got out of the cold, and into it, as the Irish star dances with wolves and enjoys his third action-film hit
Underworld Overachieves, Red Tails Flies High and Haywire Gets KO’d
As Kate Beckinsale vamps her way to the top of the weekend charts, Haywire‘s Mixed Martial Arts pinup Gina gets pinned by the Tuskegee Airmen
Hollywood Harakiri: A Bad 2011 for the Movie Business
Sequels slumped, stars went dark and animated features lost their luster in the worst year for ticket sales since 1995.
The Devil Made Them Do It: No-Budget Horror Film Tops a Big Weekend
For once, the box office enjoys a ‘normal’ week: big bucks from a cheapo thriller, star-driven action films and a Chipmunks movie make it seem like old times
The Deadening Familiarity of the 2011 Box Office
Sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel, comic book movie, reboot, comic book movie. Those are the top 10 highest-grossing movies of 2011.
Mish Imp 4 Gives Hollywood a Happy New Year’s (Weekend)
Tom Terrific helps spur the box office to a 3% boost over same time, last year
Mish Imp 4 Cruises on a Very Merry Day After Christmas
The box office sprang back to life on Boxing Day, with Tom Cruise’s action adventure and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse as the prime winners
Sherlock Holmes and The Chipmunks: When Sequels Are Weak-quels
The soft openings for two top franchises bring more bad news to Hollywood: now the industry can’t even bank on retreads
What If They Gave a New Year’s Eve Party and Nobody Came?
Revelers stay home as the box office slumps to its worst weekend in three years
