Five weeks after its release, DreamWorks' animated 3-D film How to Train Your Dragon jumped back to No. 1 at the box office over the weekend, thanks to slow overall ticket sales and a loyal contingent of young fans.
With its $15 million from the weekend, Dragon has now earned $178 million domestically.
Apparently, Jennifer Lopez' The Back-up Plan was just that. The $35 million romantic comedy, which co-stars Alex O'Loughlin, earned just $12.3 million in its opening weekend. In third place was Date Night ($10.6 million in week 3)...
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Lionsgate’s comic book-based, controversially titled Kick-Ass won the weekend box office, bringing in $19.8 million in its opening weekend.
The film sneaked past No. 2 How to Train Your Dragon, which in its fourth week pulled in $19.6 million for a domestic total of $158.2 million.
In third place was the Tina Fey-Steve Carrell comedy Date Night ($16.7 million in its second week), followed by Death at a Funeral ($16.2 million in its opening weekend).
Rounding out the top five was Clash of the Titans, whose box office take fell...
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They may play just an average middle-age couple, but Tina Fey and Steve Carrell were the titans of the box office this weekend.
The stars of Date Night edged out the 3-D, big-budget remake of Clash of the Titans, marking the second straight No. 1 film for Fey (Baby Mama, 2008). Date Night earned $27.1 million in its opening weekend, followed closely by Clash, which earned $26.9 million in its second week.
In third place was DreamWorks' animated 3-D hit How to Train Your Dragon, posting an excellent third-week...
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There was only one titan at the box office this weekend: Warner Bros.' Clash of the Titans, the star-studded remake of the 1981 mythology film.
Clash, shot in 3-D and starring Avatar's Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, took in $61.4 million in its opening days, crushing the Easter weekend record of $40.2 million (Scary Movie 4, 2006).
Three of the top five were 3-D films. In addition to Clash, DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon came in third ($29.2 million in its second week) and Alice in Wonderland held the fifth spot ($8.3 million in its fifth week for a total of $309.8...
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It took a boy and his dragon to finally knock Alice and the Mad Hatter off their pedestal.
The DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon raked in $43.3 million at the box office this weekend after opening on 2,178 theaters in 3-D. More than 11 percent of that take, or $5 million, came from IMAX theaters.
After three weeks in the top spot, Alice in Wonderland fell to second with a weekend total of $17.2 million. The film has grossed $293.1 million domestically.
R-rated retro '80s/sci-fi flick Hot Tub Time Machine took the No. 3 spot on its opening weekend ($13.65 million), followed by The Bounty Hunter...
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Disney's Alice in Wonderland dominated the box office for the third straight week, earning $34.5 million over the weekend to increase its total take to $265.8 million.
The Tim Burton pic is just the second film in 18 months to lead the box office charts for three straight weeks, the most recent being Avatar with its rare seven-week run at the top. Before that it was Tropic Thunder in summer 2008.
In second place was Fox's Diary of a Wimpy Kid, based on the kids' book series by Jeff Kinney, earning $21.8 million in its first week. Right behind was Sony's The Bounty Hunter with $21 million, followed by...
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Disney's Alice in Wonderland grabbed the No. 1 spot at the box office for a second week in a row, and also garnered some top honors for director Tim Burton.
The hit film earned another $62 million, bringing its domestic total to $208.6 million. That makes it Burton's highest grossing film to date, surpassing the $206.5 million earned by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, another collaboration with Johnny Depp.
The film is also making a splash abroad with $221 million in foreign ticket sales bringing its worldwide total to $429 million.
Alice also left its competitors in the dust. Second place went to Matt Damon...
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There's no surprise here. Martin Scorsese's latest thriller, Shutter Island, dominated the weekend box office.
The Scorsese/DiCaprio combination again proves to be a recipe for success, with the film pulling in $40.2 million over the weekend. Originally scheduled to premiere in October 2009, the film drummed up press attention and encountered little competition by debuting last weekend.
In second place is the President’s Day weekend record-breaking film, Valentine’s Day, earning $17.2 million in its second week in release.
Now in its 10th week in release, Avatar stays in the race claiming third place with...
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Debuting on its namesake weekend, romantic comedy Valentine's Day drew in a whopping $66.9 million over the four-day weekend, breaking the previous record of $52 million held by 2007's Ghost Rider.
The ensemble flick boasts a crowd of A-list actors including Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Shirley Maclaine, Jessica Alba, Tayor Lautner and Taylor Swift, to name a few.
In second place, children's fantasy flick Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief debuted with $38.8 million, and in third place The Wolfman starring Benicio del Toro and Emily Blunt...
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There’s a new No. 1 film in town.
Romantic drama Dear John edged Avatar out of the top spot, which it had held for seven weeks. In its debut weekend the film, adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, made $32.4 million, earning itself the title of biggest Super Bowl weekend debut ever. (Watch the trailer below.)
In second place, Avatar raked in $23.6 million in its 8th week in release, and From Paris with Love starring John Travolta, took third with $8.1 million in its debut weekend.
Rounding out the top five are Edge of Darkness, earning $7 million in its second week in release, and family flick...
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For the seventh week in a row Avatar has claimed the box office's top spot, earning another $30 million this past weekend.
In the number two spot, Edge of Darkness starring Mel Gibson earned $17.12 million, and in third place romantic comedy When in Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel earned $12.065 million.
The Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne Johnson took fourth place for a second week in a row earning $10 million, and Book of Eli rounded out the top five with $8.8 million.
The week ahead holds several big debuts, including action-flick From Paris with Love starring John Travolta....
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This weekend update is starting to sound like a broken record, but we can't argue with the numbers: "Avatar" is number one again bringing in $36 million.
The James Cameron flick shattered another record this week, becoming the second highest domestically grossing film of all time. The film already claimed the title of second highest internationally grossing film several weeks ago. "Avatar's" sister-flick "Titanic" holds the top spot in both categories.
Separated by only $2 million, "Avatar" is expected to overtake "Titanic" this week.
In its debut weekend, second place went to "Legion" with $18.2 million.
"Book of Eli" dropped...
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