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more about #boxoffice Jesse Astle: ...They were actually wondering if the sequel to Alvin and the Chipmunks would beat Avatar? Really?! Not that I'm a huge fan of Avatar (it was ok), b... more » firstanointed: K'PLA!!!! HUZZAH!! EAT THAT haters!!! Plus the millions more it's earning worldwide. Wow is that a lot of green to swallow. Make a vegetarian's eyes b... more » ProgHead777: Titanic's box office performance was downright freakish. Not even The Dark Knight ever posed any real threat to Titanic's worldwide record. more » Vexxarr: I want to WANT to see this movie. I just can't dredge up the emotional energy to see it. Please somebody tell me that I MUST see Avatar. Right now - f... more » ManchuCandidate: At least I can take comfort there is no Celine Dion song to attack my ears for the next six months. more » SynicVance2.0: I must admit that I haven't seen either the Alvin and the Chipmunks Movies, but should their success be seen as a sign of the apocalypse or not? more » loudlyquiet: So can you tell me again how the Movie People are freaking out about torrenters killing the movie industry? more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: I doubt it will catch "Titanic." I don't know that it's going to have the same appeal with women since it lacks DiCaprio and a Victorian story of for... more » Roklimber: All I know is that I'm never ever again paying the outrageous amount of 28 dollars to see a movie, no matter how good it may be. I live in Denmark. M... more » korybing: I would have seen Avatar this weekend, but our independent theater finally got The Road and we saw that instead, since Avatar will most likely be in t... more » FrankN.Stein: Word of Mouth? I don't think so. Avatar has been so overly hyped in advance that everyone who didn't hear of it, must have lived in a cave for half a ... more » joetato: This is actually the plot of the next disaster movie about a disaster movie that fails because everyone is snowed in. It will be called The Day After... more » PVIII: SNOOOOWWWWW!!! Cameron is cursed! This happened on Aquaman too! more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Rotten Tomatoes has it at $73M as of now. I don't really understand how they get these estimates since obviously the weekend isn't over yet. more » Makidian: Car brokedown last weekend so we had to move date night until next Saturday, so unless Ohio gets a snowstorm we will be there with our 3D glasses on g... more » branmuffinofethics: Many theaters on the east coast were shut down this weekend due to the snowpocalypse (at least they were in the DC Metro area!)... more » Cash907Censored: Didn't it gross 262 million worldwide? I'd say it's doing fine so far. I saw it last night, and it was unfreakingbelievably good. Plan on seeing it re... more » tralfaz23: entire east coast got snowed on, blame nature more » sgtzim: Don't forget the foreign market, though. Avatar made $160 million overseas this weekend. more » frankystainz: One other thing... the if-you-haven't-seen-it argument expressed liberally in these comments is completely invalid. In 2009, and especially with this ... more » -
#avatartriumphant
Avatar Rules An Especially Big Christmas Box Office
The competition (including singing chipmunks and the world's greatest detective) was tough, but Avatar still came out on top of this weekend's box office. All the more impressive, considering it was the biggest weekend haul in US cinema history. More » -
#avatar
Avatar: It's Not This Weekend That Counts, Luckily
Surprisingly, given the hype ahead of time, it's looking like Avatar won't break I Am Legend's December opening weekend box office record. Have movies not been changed forever after all, or is there something else going on?
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#district9
District 9 Wins The Weekend, Cost-Effective Award
It's not just one of the most anticipated movies released this summer, but District 9 may also turn out to be one of the most profitable, having made almost half of its budget back within its first day of release. More » -
#gijoe
GI Joe Rises At Box Office
Despite expectations of disaster and controversy over a lack of mainstream reviews, GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra looks like it's going to be a hit after all, opening with a surprising $22.3 million box office take on Friday.
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#transformers
Transformers Comes So Close To Taking Record...
...But not close enough. Surprising many - and frustrating Paramount executives, no doubt - Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is now expected to fall just short of the five-day box office record set by last year's The Dark Knight. More » -
#startrek
Star Trek Cruises Into 100 Top Grossing
Star Trek isn't just the most successful movie of 2009 to date (although it achieved that particular milestone at the end of last week), it's also already one of the 100 highest domestic box office grosses of all time. Boldly going, indeed. More » -
#terminatorsalvation
Ben Bests Bale At Box Office
Apparently, killer robots can be defeated by animated inanimate objects. At least, that's one conclusion to be drawn from Friday's US box office, which saw Terminator Salvation outgrossed by Night At The Museum 2. More » -
#watchmen
What Does Watchmen's Weekend Mean?
Watchmen's opening weekend gross of $55.7 million was, depending on whom you listen to, either a triumph or a disappointment. But what really happened this weekend, and what does it mean? More » -
