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‘Rio’ Nips Tyler Perry’s Solid $25.8M Opening; Box Office Down 23% From Easter 2010
Second weekend of Fox CG-animated film grosses $26.8M to win the box office; and while it was down holiday-to-holiday, the overall market was actually up big vs. the same calendar weekend last year
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‘King’s Speech,’ ‘Black Swan’ Both Pass $100M Domestic Mark
While the broader box office is way down year-to-year, three Oscar-nominated specialty titles have now passed the $100M milestone
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‘Roommate’s’ $15.6M Easily Tops Soft Super Bowl-Weekend Box Office
Low-budget genre film leads a box office that’s down 21%; James Cameron 3D movie “Sanctum” in second place with just $9.2M
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Box Office: Hopkins’ ‘Rite’ Is Light at $15M, ‘King’s Speech’ Surges
Warner’s exorcism-themed film debuts on the low side of tracking but finishes on top; CBS’ “Mechanic” remake grosses strong $11.5M; Oscar noms spark “King’s Speech,” “Blue Valentine” and “127 Hours”
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‘Tangled’ Takes Top Box Office Spot Overseas With $26.3M
Finishes a mere $100,000 ahead of “The Tourist”; “Gulliver” lands at number three
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‘Fockers’ Soft, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ Troubled as Xmas Box Office Tumbles Around 45%
Universal family comedy is No. 1, but it finishes the 5-day holiday more than $10M under tracking at $48.3M; Fox’s Jack Black comedy grosses only $7.2M over two days; Coen Bros.’ “True Grit” has strong $36.8M 5-day start
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Box Office: Soft $5.1M Friday for ‘Fockers’; ‘True Grit’ Truly Good at $4.8M
Universal family comedy pacing below $50M for the five-day holiday, while Paramount Western over-performing and on a $40M pace
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‘Warrior’s Way’ Highlights Western’s Wayward Course
Word to the Coen Bros. Jon Favreau and everyone else behind upcoming Westerns: this genre just ain’t workin’ at the box office right now
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‘Tangled’ Tops Soft Friday Box Office at $5.2M; ‘Warrior’s Way’ Wayward at $1.1M
Overall market down 13% year-to-year on a weekend that’s one of the slowest on the calendar anyway; martial-arts Western, the only film released wide this weekend, way underperforms
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Is Disney’s MT Carney Ready for Hollywood’s Shark-Infested Waters?
Disney’s new marketing president, still learning the perils of big-time movie marketing, explains “Secretariat’s” tepid opening and admits ‘I know what I don’t know’
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Indie Box Office Report: The Films Are All Right
Times are tough for low-budget filmmakers … but this summer has brought some good news
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Slow $3.9M First Day for Disney’s ‘Sorcerer’
Bruckheimer-produced family film doesn’t exceed its moribund tracking on its first day; five-day outlook remains in the mid-to-high 20s
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Bruckheimer Could Use Some of the ‘Sorcerer’s’ Magic
Debuting Wednesday, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” could become the big-game producer’s third consecutive miss at the worldwide box office
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Uni Guess Too High on ‘Despicable’: Actuals Say $56.4M
Studio estimates overstated across the board, with “Eclipse” ($31.7M) and “Predators” ($24.8M) also overshooting the mark
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Friday B.O.: Nothing ‘Despicable’ About $21.7M
Universal animated 3D film on pace for huge weekend of around $60M; Fox’s “Predators” also strong at $10.5M