Movie News: Box Office

'Hobbit' Takes December Record, Misses $100 Million

boxofficemojo.com – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey set a new December opening weekend record, though its debut failed to reach the inflated levels many were anticipating for director Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth. At 4,045 locations, The Hobbit earned an estimated $84.78 million this weekend. That's a bit ahead of the previous December record held by 2007's I Am Legend ($77.2 million), and also noticeably up on the three-day start for The Lord of the Rings: 1 day 15 hours ago via jackiechan

Specialty Box Office: 'Silver Linings' Keeps Showing Its Legs In Slow Weekend

fb.indiewire.com – With few specialty openers to compete with (no newcomers have yet to report estimates, though Music Box Films' "Any Day Now" and Brainstorm Media's "The Girl" are both expected to later today), a handful of November releases benefited from a calm before an anticipated Christmas storm that begins next weekend with the limited debuts of "Amour" and "Zero Dark Thirty." The film that perhaps had the impressive performance was David O. 1 day 19 hours ago via jetli

Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit' Tops Friday With $37.5 Million, a December Best

feedproxy.google.com – Peter Jackson's 3D fantasy-adventure earned a glowing A CinemaScore. 2 days 20 hours ago via jetli

Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit' Eyeing $82 Million-Plus Domestic Opening

feedproxy.google.com – Peter Jackson's 3D fantasy-adventure could even near $90 million, but there's some concern that the school shooting in Connecticut could dampen family traffic at the multipex. 3 days 9 hours ago via theothersenhman

Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit' Grosses $12.4 Mil in Midnight Runs, Sets December Record

feedproxy.google.com – The 3D fantasy-epic has already earned $11.2 million overseas. 3 days 19 hours ago via jackiechan

Box Office Report: Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Grosses $11.2 Million Wednesday Overseas

feedproxy.google.com – The 3D tentpole opens in North America at 12:01 Friday and is eyeing a weekend gross in the $75 million to $90 million range. 4 days 12 hours ago via brucelee

Box Office Report: 'Hobbit' Scores Record Wednesday Opening in New Zealand

feedproxy.google.com – "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" opens around the world this weekend. 5 days 11 hours ago via brucelee

Specialty Box Office: 'Hyde Park' Leads Debuts; 'Bone,' 'Baker' Hold Strong

fb.indiewire.com – Focus Features' "Hyde Park on Hudson" led a generally slow weekend at the indie box office. The film -- directed by Roger Michell and starring Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt -- debuted on 4 screens to a $83,280 gross, giving it by far the best per-theater-average of any film in release ($20,820).

1 week 1 day ago via jetli

Box Office Report: 'Playing for Keeps' D.O.A. With $6 Million, 'Skyfall' Reclaims Top Spot

feedproxy.google.com – The romantic comedy, coming in No. 6, marks another box office disappointment for Gerard Butler; "Skyfall" becomes the highest-grossing film released by Sony with $918 million in worldwide ticket sales. 1 week 1 day ago via theothersenhman

Box Office Report: 'Playing for Keeps' Fizzles With $2.1 Million Friday; 'Skyfall' Dominates

feedproxy.google.com – Gerard Butler's new romantic comedy places No. 6; there's no slowing down James Bond as"Skyfall" edges past "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" to come in No. 1. 1 week 2 days ago via brucelee

Box Office Report: 'Life of Pi' a Hit in China, Crosses $80 Million Internationally

feedproxy.google.com – Ang Lee's 3D event pic has now earned $132.7 million worldwide -- including $53 million in China. 1 week 4 days ago via theothersenhman

Specialty Box Office: 'Silver Linings' and 'Rust and Bone' Rebound As Market Cools Down

fb.indiewire.com – After two weekends of momentous studio box office that seemed to hinder anticipated limited debuts from the likes of The Weinstein Company's "Silver Linings Playbook," Sony Pictures Classics' "Rust and Bone," Focus Features' "Anna Karenina" and Fox Searchlight's "Hitchcock," the studio numbers cooled and the resulting breathing room provided a nice boost to the noted indies, "Silver Linings" and "Rust and Bone" in particular. 2 weeks 1 day ago via donnieyen

'Twilight' retains top spot with $17 mil; holdovers 'Skyfall,' 'Lincoln' round out top three

variety.com – In its third frame with $17.4 million, Summit's "Twilight" finale, "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," eked out a narrow victory over Sony-MGM's "Skyfall," which grossed an estimated $17 million in its fourth domestic outing. "Part 2" has cumed $254.6 million domestically and counting; "Skyfall" reached $246 million Stateside. The post-Thanksgiving frame usually is one of the slowest moviegoing weekends of the year, though with totals at north of $110 million, this weekend doesn't even rank in the top five slowest frames of 2012. 2 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee

Brad Pitt's 'Killing Them Softly' Dies As Twilight Saga, James Bond, And Steven Spielberg Dominate Again

deadline.com – FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: No change in the three top movies at the domestic box office: Summit Entertainment’s Twilight Saga finale Breaking Dawn Part 2 is #1 for the third weekend in a row, the Eon Productions/MGM/Sony Pictures’ James Bond actioner Skyfall is a close #2, and Steven Spielberg’s Oscar buzzed Lincolnfrom DreamWorks/Fox/Disney is #3.

2 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee

'Life of Pi' Gives Fox Unit Its Second-Highest Opening Weekend in India

feedproxy.google.com – The Ang Lee film, which stars Indian actors Irrfan Khan and Tabu, only drew less than "Avatar" for Fox Star Studios. 3 weeks 22 hours ago via jackiechan

Specialty Box Office: 'Hitchcock' and 'Silver Linings' Underperform Against Mammoth Studio Competition

fb.indiewire.com – In what was overall the biggest Thanksgiving weekend ever, the two specialty films with the greatest expectations underperformed against an unusually high quality batch of studio films. Fox Searchlight opened "Hitchcock" on 17 screens Friday. The film -- which stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife Alma --grossed $300,799 over the weekend for a $17,694 per-theater-average. 3 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan

Box Office Report: 'Breaking Dawn,' 'Skyfall' and 'Lincoln' Lead Record Thanksgiving

feedproxy.google.com – Among new offerings on the holiday menu, "Rise of the Guardians" is soft with $32.6 five-day debut, while "Life of Pi" beats expectations with $30.2 million. 3 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee

Daily Box Office: Friday, November 23, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II

boxofficemojo.com – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 tops Friday's box office with an estimated $17.4 million. 3 weeks 2 days ago via jetli

'Breaking Dawn 2' is No. 1: $141.3M

insidemovies.ew.com – Say what you will about the Twilight series, but you can’t fault it for being inconsistent. The popular vampire franchise’s final installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, scored the eighth biggest opening weekend of all time with a $141.3 million debut. If Summit’s estimates hold up, that’s just a touch ahead of Breaking Dawn – Part 1, which started with $138.1 million last year, and just a touch behind New Moon, which opened with $142.8 million in 2009. 4 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman

Specialty Box Office: 'Silver Linings' and 'Anna Karenina' Debut To Strong But Unspectacular Numbers

fb.indiewire.com – The potential downside to having an extraordinary amount of buzz surrounding a film is the mammoth expectations that come with it. They are definitely imposed upon "Silver Linings Playbook," which opened this weekend -- after a last minute move by The Weinstein Company to push it up a week earlier -- in 16 theaters. 4 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan