- 9/24/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: A Soft Weekend and a Three-Way Tie
End of Watch, Trouble With the Curve, and House at the End of the Street.
Your Box Office Explained
- 9/15/12 /
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A Proposal for Fixing Hollywood’s Box-Office Problem
After a terrible summer, does Tinseltown need a bailout?
- 9/10/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: The Possession Remains Unexpelled From Top Spot
The Jewish demon film wins a scarily weak box office weekend.
- 9/4/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: No One Loves Oogieloves
That's not an exaggeration.
- 8/29/12 /
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Summer 2012 Box-Office Report Card: Action, Genre, and Superhero Edition
The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers, yes. Everything else, meh.
- 8/27/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: So, What’s With This Anti-Obama Documentary?
And what happened to the new Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie?
- 8/24/12 /
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The Summer 2012 Box-Office Report Card: Comedy Edition
We're in the middle of an R-rated renaissance.
- 8/23/12 /
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The Summer 2012 Box-Office Report Card: Indie-Film Edition
The twin indie success stories of the past three months were Moonrise Kingdom and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
- 8/20/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: The Expendables 2 Is Number One With Many Bullets
Whitney Houston's last film also did solid biz.
- 8/13/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Bourne Opens at Top, Yet Below Previous Films in Series [UPDATE]
This weekend's real surprise, though, was Hope Springs.
- 8/6/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Dark Knight Proves Bane to Total Recall’s Existence
The sci-fi remake barely cracked $26 million.
- 7/30/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Dark Knight Wins, But Olympics Dominate
The Dark Knight Rises takes the top spot, but overall box office is down by 25 percent compared to this time last year.
- 7/16/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Ice Age Wins the Mid-Batman/Spider-Man Slot
The fourth entry in the prehistoric animated series made $46 million this weekend.
- 7/9/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: The Amazing Spider-Man Reels in Cash Over July Fourth Week
Savages gets squeezed out, but could it increase its haul this upcoming weekend?
- 7/3/12 /
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Forget Gender, Try Geography: Magic Mike Scores in Red States, Ted in Blue
While gender had a big part to play with the success of both films, another factor played a huge role.
- 6/25/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Pixar’s Brave Is This Weekend’s Hero
Pixar proved it hasn't lost the confidence of moviegoers.
- 6/18/12 /
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Madagascar 3 Scores Second Week Atop Box Office
This weekend's top two grossing movies remain the same as last weekend's.
- 6/11/12 /
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Madagascar 3 Rules the Jungle
And Prometheus is on fire in second place.
- 6/4/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Snow White Defies Expectations, But Here Comes Prometheus
It did better than predicted, but Prometheus's international debut is a warning bell.
- 6/1/12 /
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How Many Years Is Best Between Movie Sequels?
We've studied all the major franchises to see what works and what doesn't.