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We knew it would be big, but not this big — Not even a day into it’s theatrical run, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which officially opened last night at midnight, has already broken box office records, becoming the all-time highest-grossing pic for midnight runs. The movie earned $30 million last night, beat New Moon‘s record of $26.3 million to grab the top slot. And expect more record shattering news as we head into the long weekend. (via Variety)
Knight And Day Opens To the Weakest Box Office Numbers For Tom Cruise’s Action Film In 20 Years – Apparently, America still thinks he’s weird. But don’t worry, Cruise-fanatics, says one box-office analyst, “Look at all the stars who have been jailed or caught in compromising sexual situations and then came back. Many stars do recover. It just may take a lot of time for him.” (via NPR)
Inglourious Basterds continues to do well at box office!
Even though Inglourious Basterds is now in its third week, it’s still doing extremely well at the box office. Over the long weekend it took in over $15 million, landing in second place (after Final Destinations, another movie I’d like to see).
In total it’s made $95,226,000 which is excellent since they’ve now more than cleared the $70 million budget the movie had!
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Discussion post: Can women beat men at the box office?
Life has been quiet for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie lately. Well, from our perspective at least. I’m sure that with six kids life is only quiet at 2 am, but it’s been hush hush for fans the past few days with no further New York City sightings of either Angelina on set or Brad with the kids.
However, today I stumbled across a blurb in the Washington Post asking the question: Can women beat out men at… More »
Benjamin Button does great job at the box office
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is pulling a great showing on the box office results so far! On just Christmas day, it made over $11 million and they’re estimating that it could hit over $45 million by the end of the weekend. It came in second place on its opening day, just behind Marley & Me.
I spend a fair amount of time on Twitter (I’m here if you’d like to follow me – it’s mostly my own… More »