'The Vow' Promises to Take the Box Office Crown This Weekend

February 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 hours ago

Sony's Valentine's Day movie looks to beat the thriller "Safe House," the family film "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" and the 3D re-release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace"

  

'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Surpasses $200M Mark

February 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 days ago

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is on a roll overseas and hasn't yet opened in Japan. It's made $100M domestically

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Artist,' 'The Iron Lady' Pass $20M Mark

February 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 days ago

While "The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" continue to perform well for The Weinstein Company, Madonna's "W.E." opens to an unremarkable $45K

  

'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' Crush Box Office With Surprisingly Strong Weekend

February 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 days ago

Overall box office is up nearly 40% over the same weekend in 2011 as "Chronicle" takes $22M and "The Woman in Black" grosses $21M

  

'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' Shatter Box Office Expectations on Friday

February 4, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 days ago

"Chronicle" and "Woman in Black" are turning the traditionally weak Superbowl weekend into something worth watching

  

Indie Box Office: Oscar-Nominated 'Albert Nobbs' Opens Strong to Nearly $773K

January 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 week ago

"The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" each surpass $15M, and "The Descendants" has its best weekend since its debut

  

'The Grey' Wins Weekend Box Office With Surprising $20M

January 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 week ago

'The Grey' beats expectations and helps push the overall box office up about 14% compared to the same weekend in 2011

  

Liam Neeson's 'The Grey' Rakes in $6.5M Green at Friday Box Office

January 28, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 week ago

The Alaska-set thriller, the second release from Open Road Films, on track for strong $18M weekend. "One for the Money" is No. 2 at the box office

  

Why 'The Artist' Stands to Gain More From Its Oscar Nods Than 'Hugo'

January 24, 2012 By Brent Lang & Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

"Hugo" may have gotten the most nominations, but they likely came too late to rescue it at the box office

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Descendants' Surpasses $50M After Golden Globe Win

January 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

Another Globe winner, "The Iron Lady," spent its second weekend as the No. 10 movie in North America.

  

'Underworld: Awakening' Slays Box Office With $25.4M Opening

January 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

Overall box office is up more than 30 percent compared to the same weekend in 2011. "Underworld's" strong number points to a fifth installment in the franchise

  

'Underworld: Awakening' Opens Strong Friday, Taking $9.4M

January 21, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

"Haywire," Relativity's action movie directed by Steven Soderbergh, receives a surprisingly low "D+" Cinemascore

  

Mark Wahlberg's 'Contraband' Brings in $28.8M Over MLK Holiday Weekend

January 16, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

"Beauty and the Beast" posted strong numbers as well, though the Dolly Parton-Queen Latifah film "Joyful Noise" under-performed

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Iron Lady' Seizes $5.4M

January 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

The Weinstein Company's Margaret Thatcher biopic cracks the top 10 at the overall box office

  

'Contraband' and 'Beauty and the Beast' Top Expectations at Box Office

January 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

Universal's thriller does $24M, Disney's 3D re-release takes in $18.5M to put MLK weekend on pace to top last year

  

'Contraband,' 'Beauty and the Beast' Overperform in Opening Day

January 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

Last week's box office champ, "The Devil Inside," drops a remarkable 84%

  

How 'Devil Inside' Beat Box Office Expectations

January 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

Ideal timing and a Hollywood heavyweight helped, but Paramount pressed all the right buttons in its targeted campaign for the low-budget thriller. Don't expect it to stay on top, though

  

'The Devil Inside' Scares Away Box Office Blues With Big $34.5M Opening

January 8, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

Focus Features' "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" cracks the top 10 in its fifth week of release, taking $5.8M

  

Shocker: 'The Devil Inside' Takes $17M in Its First Day

January 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

Paramount's $1M movie knocks "Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" out of first place at the box office

  

Thanks to 'Transformers,' Tom Cruise, Paramount Is 2011's Global Box-Office Champ

January 3, 2012 By Brent Lang 5 weeks ago

The studio captured a record $5.17 billion worldwide

  

5 Remedies for 2012 and What Ails Hollywood

January 2, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 5 weeks ago

What's the reason for the miserable box office performance in 2011? Here are five ideas

  

What Ails Hollywood? Six Movie Experts Weigh In On a Cure

January 2, 2012 By Wrap Staff 5 weeks ago

Producer Mike Medavoy, critic Joe Morgenstern, "Warrior" director Gavin O'Connor and others on how movies can survive after a brutal box office year

  

Indie Box Office: 'Iron Lady' Opens Strong, 'Descendants' Crosses $40 M

January 2, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 weeks ago

The Weinstein Company's movie about Margaret Thatcher has an impressive per-location average of $70,102

  

'Mission: Impossible' Still Strong With $38.3M Weekend

January 2, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 weeks ago

Overall box office is down slightly compared to the same three days last year -- but the four-day period is up about 10 percent

  

Box Office: 'M:I:4' Passes $100M Domestically, Leads the Weekend

December 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 weeks ago

"The Iron Lady" opens to a strong $76,348 in limited release

  

'Sherlock Holmes' Surpasses $100M Domestically

December 29, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 6 weeks ago

Meanwhile, "Mission: Impossible" has grossed about $180 million internationally

  

Box Office 2011: Lessons Learned From a Deadly Year

December 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 6 weeks ago

Attendance, revenue and ticket sales were all down, despite a strong summer -- here's what went right and wrong

  

Indie Box Office: Wim Wenders' 'Pina' Opens to Big $88,399 at 3 Theaters

December 26, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 6 weeks ago

Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," premieres to soft $9,276 per screen

  

'Mission: Impossible' Energizes Holiday Box Office With Robust $46.2M

December 26, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 6 weeks ago

Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" rides to a surprisingly high $7.5 million opening day

  

'Mission: Impossible' Tops a Soft Christmas Eve Box Office

December 25, 2011 By Brent Lang & Joshua L. Weinstein 6 weeks ago

With Christmas Eve falling on a Saturday, moviegoing dipped -- but Hollywood expects audiences to return in strong numbers Christmas Day

  

'M:I:4's' $8.6M Wednesday Leads Reinvigorated Box Office

December 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 7 weeks ago

Spielberg's "Tintin" opens to $2.3M, while "Dragon Tattoo" grosses $3.5M on its second day

  

'Dragon Tattoo,' 'M:I:4' Ignite Tuesday Box Office

December 21, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 7 weeks ago

"Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" premieres at $1.6M; "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" expands to $3.7M