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By Staff 11/02/09 2:18pm

Box Office Breakdown: Michael Jackson’s Startin’ Something

The most popular costume this Halloween? Nope, not the Slutty Finding Nemo we saw waiting for the subway (though definitely points for trying), but Michael Jackson! The King of Pop posthumously reigned supreme at the box office over the holiday weekend as This Is It grossed $21.3 million to pace a Read More

By Christopher Rosen 10/26/09 1:05pm

Box Office Breakdown: Blair Witch Who? Paranormal Activity Scares Up Big Dough

Everyone expected a horror film to be at the top of the charts on the weekend before Halloween… just not this horror movie. Paranormal Activity landed in first place over the weekend, scaring up $22 million and upsetting Saw VI in the process—the latest edition in the torture porn franchise opened in second Read More

By Christopher Rosen 10/19/09 12:55pm

Box Office Breakdown: Wild Things Go Wild, Law Abiding Citizen Finds Justice

Let the wild rumpus start! Where The Wild Things Are was crowned king at the box office this weekend with a burly $32.4 million. Between Spike Jonze’s film, the better-than-anticipated opening for Law Abiding Citizen ($21.2 million) and the continued growth of Paranormal Activity, this was the highest grossing October weekend Read More

By Christopher Rosen 10/16/09 5:42pm

Opening This Weekend: Spike Jonze Gets Wild, Gerard Butler Breaks the Law and Dan Humphrey Hits the Big Screen

If you’re apartment building is like ours—the December temperatures in October are a problem when the heat isn’t on yet—then you’re going to need someplace warm to hide this weekend. How about the movie theater? In addition to the further expansion of Paranormal Activity, five films hit screens today and, as usual, there Read More

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