Posted 2/7/10 5:40 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Box Office
1. "Dear John" ($32.4 million)
2. "Avatar" ($23.6 million)
3. "From Paris With Love" ($8.1 million)
4. "Edge of Darkness" ($7 million)
5. "Tooth Fairy" ($6.5 million)
At long last, "Avatar" has fallen. James Cameron's widely embraced science fiction epic finally fell from its position at the top of the box office charts this weekend, surrendering the first place medal to newcomer "Dear John," the romantic drama starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Read More...
Posted 1/31/10 4:36 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Box Office
1. "Avatar" ($30 million)
2. "Edge of Darkness" ($17.1 million)
3. "When in Rome" ($12.1 million)
4. "Tooth Fairy" ($10 million)
5. "The Book of Eli" ($8.8 million)
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, "Avatar" once again topped the box office charts this past weekend for its seventh straight weekend victory. Following the $30 million haul, James Cameron's latest film sits atop a domestic money pile worth $594.5 million and is well within days of eclipsing "Titanic's" current record of $600.8 million. Read More...
Posted 1/30/10 1:42 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Box Office
1. "Avatar" ($7.5 million)
2. "Edge of Darkness" ($5.7 million)
3. "When in Rome" ($4.4 million)
4. "The Book of Eli" ($2.5 million)
5. "Tooth Fairy" ($2.3 million)
After seven straight weeks in theaters, you didn't really think that "Avatar" would fall from the top of the charts, did you? James Cameron's science fiction epic continued to barrel ahead of the competition on Friday with a $7.5 million intake, bringing the record-smashing film's cumulative domestic tally up to $572 million. Read More...
Posted 1/24/10 1:40 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Box Office
1. "Avatar" ($36 million)
2. "Legion" ($18.2 million)
3. "The Book of Eli" ($17 million)
4. "Tooth Fairy" ($14.5 million)
5. "The Lovely Bones" ($8.8 million)
James Cameron's "Avatar" easily won its sixth straight weekend at the box office, but the film's victory over its current theatrical competitors is hardly the greatest cause for celebration — that distinction belongs to the Na'vi people's victory over Gotham City's personal superhero, as "Avatar" has officially surpassed Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" as the second highest grossing film of all time at the domestic box office. Read More...
Posted 1/23/10 2:53 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Box Office
1. "Avatar" ($9.1 million)
2. "Legion" ($6.7 million)
3. "The Book of Eli" ($4.9 million)
4. "Tooth Fairy" ($3.5 million)
5. "The Lovely Bones" ($2.6 million)
With six Friday performances under its belt, James Cameron's "Avatar" remains the top dog at the box office, once again pulling out a first place finish worth $9.1 million — and just like the late musician Wesley Willis, "Avatar" is now poised to whoop Batman's you know what. Read More...
Posted 1/19/10 12:00 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in Box Office Poll
The weekly box office results have started to take the shape of a gladiatorial arena. "Avatar" is the champion contender, facing off each week against a new crop of fresh-faced movies that have absolutely no chance of casting a shadow across the phenomenon it has become. Yet. Perhaps the new week will see things change. After all, "The Book of Eli" came closer than any movie released since James Cameron's sci-fi epic to scoring a weekend box office win; it was just $10 million short of "Avatar"'s $41 million.
Three contenders step up to face off against the Na'vi this week. The closest competitor is probably Sony's "Legion," in which Paul Bettany stars as a machine gun-toting fallen angel, humanity's last defense against the Almighty's planned apocalypse. It sounds delightfully loony. I unfortunately haven't been able to check it out yet, but it's my probable pick for the weekend. Read More...
- Michael Pena offered a role in "The Green Hornet." (IESB)
- New details on "Transformers 2" emerge from Hasbro Licensing Summit. (TFW2005)
- Sigh. First "Moby Dick" and now "Rashomon" gets the update treatment. Story will be moved to American courtroom. Producers' souls to be moved to Hell. (Variety)
- "American Psycho" now heading to Broadway. Can the long rumored "Fight Club" musical be far behind? (Variety)
- Now that the Yankees stink again (thank God), Billy Crystal decides to make another movie, will star in "Tooth Fairy" alongside MTV favorite Dwayne Johnson. (Variety)
Posted 6/23/08 12:37 pm EST by Larry Carroll in News
Reporting by Ryan Fisher
From wrestler to action hero to family-friendly comedian, there has never been a career-image turnaround quite like that of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Soon, the "Get Smart" star will begin his next career re-invention, and it will have him trading in all those kicked asses for adorable little wings, a magic wand, and a tinkly noise when he flies when he flies around a room.
"Everything you can possibly imagine," the Rock said of what we can expect from "Tooth Fairy," a comedy that casts the 7-time WWE World Champion as an ordinary man who gets recruited, "Santa Clause"-style, to save the kingdom of dental-dependent flying fairies everywhere. "And then some!" Read More...
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