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Box Office Guru Preview: Keaton and Kids Hope to Score Touchdown (0 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Feb. 01 2007, 05:14 AM

As the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts get ready to rumble at the Super Bowl on Sunday, Hollywood goes into counterprogramming mode and targets female moviegoers with a pair of new releases.

Box Office Guru Wrapup: "Epic Movie" Conquers Box Office (32 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Jan. 29 2007, 09:32 AM

Proving that there's always money in spoof comedies, Fox's "Epic Movie" shot straight to number one over the weekend in its debut frame beating out three other new releases plus a handful of expanding Academy Award contenders. In fact, the immature laugher outgrossed all five Oscar nominees for best picture combined.

Box Office Guru Preview: "Epic" Comedy Battles Oscar's Finest (5 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Jan. 25 2007, 06:39 AM

A quartet of poorly-titled films will hit the multiplexes on Friday hoping to grab some business opposite a string of acclaimed releases fresh from earning their Oscar nominations.

Box Office Guru Wrapup: Stomp Still Sits at #1 (2 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Jan. 22 2007, 12:48 PM

Box office sales slumped this weekend as the top ten dipped to its worst level in four months with the college dance pic "Stomp the Yard" holding onto the top spot by a thin margin. Moviegoers ignored "The Hitcher," the frame's only new wide release, which posted an underwhelming fourth-place debut.

Box Office Guru Preview: "Hitcher" Aims to Terrorize Moviegoers (5 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Jan. 18 2007, 04:59 AM

After a busy MLK frame which concluded with the Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood lets the dust settle this weekend as only one new film enters wide release - the horror remake "The Hitcher."

Box Office Guru Wrapup: "Stomp" Steps All Over New Releases (3 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Jan. 15 2007, 12:32 PM

Stomping into the number one spot over the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend was the college dance drama "Stomp the Yard," which grossed an estimated $22M in its opening weekend to push three-week champ "Night at the Museum" into second place. Exceeding even the loftiest of expectations, the PG-13 step dancing pic averaged a loud $10,726 from only 2,051 theaters.

Box Office Guru Preview: Can Sony "Stomp" the "Museum?" (4 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Jan. 11 2007, 05:53 AM

Can Ben Stiller and his living artifacts four-peat at the top of the North American box office, or will one of the new releases take the crown over the four-day Dr. Martin Luther King holiday weekend? Ticket buyers will decide.

Box Office Guru Wrapup: Moviegoers Line Up for Museum For Third Straight Weekend (9 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Jan. 08 2007, 09:19 AM

There was no stopping the runaway smash comedy Night at the Museum which North American audiences picked as their favorite film for the third straight weekend. New releases were met with varying levels of success. Both the futuristic saga Children of Men and the high school drama Freedom Writers earned high marks while playing in moderate national play. However, the animated film Happily N'Ever After and the action-comedy Code Name: The Cleaner were both met with soft openings.

Box Office Guru Preview: New Year Brings New Crop of Pics (0 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Jan. 04 2007, 05:49 AM

Three new releases welcome in the new year this weekend, but moviegoers are likely to keep spending their cash on holiday holdovers.

Box Office Guru Preview: "Dreamgirls" Sing Goodbye to 2006 (3 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Dec. 28 2006, 04:56 AM

The final weekend of 2006 will see moviegoers catch up on a jam-packed slate of holiday leftovers as no new films open on Friday.

Box Office Guru Preview: Museum Open For Business Over Crowded Christmas Weekend (1 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Dec. 21 2006, 05:42 AM

Moviegoers will have plenty to choose from over the long Christmas holiday weekend as four new star-driven wide releases hit the marketplace adding to an already crowded marquee.

Box Office Wrapup: Moviegoers Get Jiggy with "Happyness" (23 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Dec. 18 2006, 12:57 PM

Box office heavyweight Will Smith scored his sixth consecutive number one opening this weekend with his new rags-to-riches drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" which raced past two new kid movies to claim the top spot.

Box Office Guru Preview: Dragons and Webs Duke It Out at Theaters (5 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Dec. 14 2006, 05:37 AM

Hollywood studios try to inject some juice into the North American box office this weekend by unleashing three big new releases aimed at getting people back into the habit of going to the movies.

Box Office Wrapup: Moviegoers Choose War, Not Love, as "Apocalypto" Conquers #1 Spot (24 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Dec. 11 2006, 12:29 PM

Mel Gibson ruled the box office once again as his latest directorial effort "Apocalypto" beat out a string of newcomers and strong holdovers this weekend to become an unlikely number one hit.

Box Office Guru Preview: Mel, Cameron, & Leo Battle For #1 Spot (3 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Dec. 07 2006, 05:17 AM

A wave of new releases hits the multilplexes on Friday as the North American box office looks to bounce back after a slugglish weekend and get the final month of the year started with a bang.

Box Office Wrapup: Penguins and Bond Still Rule Multiplexes (9 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Dec. 04 2006, 12:59 PM

Three new releases failed to make much of an impression on North American moviegoers this weekend as the top films at the box office remained the same.

Box Office Guru Preview: "Nativity" Leads Trio of New Releases (0 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Nov. 30 2006, 04:18 AM

The post-turkey blues will kick in as the North American box office should slump this weekend following a busy Thanksgiving holiday frame.

Box Office Wrapup: Penguins March to #1 Again Over Thanksgiving Weekend (6 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Monday, Nov. 27 2006, 12:41 PM

Movie fans feasted on tasty leftovers over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend as the top two films atop the charts remained unchanged from last week. The penguin toon Happy Feet held onto the number one spot while the James Bond actioner Casino Royale followed in second place once again.

Box Office Guru Preview: Turkey Frame Stuffed With New Movies (3 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Thursday, Nov. 23 2006, 10:09 AM

Happy Turkey Day! A crowded marketplace gets even more packed as six new films open or expand nationally over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Box Office Wrapup: Penguins Edge Out Bond For #1 Spot (14 comments)

by Gitesh Pandya on Sunday, Nov. 19 2006, 11:50 AM

In what was a very close race for box office supremacy, the dancing penguin cartoon Happy Feet narrowly edged out a strong debut for the new James Bond actioner Casino Royale for the number one spot in North America this weekend.