Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/10/27)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 27th Oct 2013 (Sun).

Finally, Gravity was brought down to earth after 3 weeks of beyond cloud nine! It moved down to second place last weekend and the one defy it is a really Bad Grandpa! Bad Grandpa is a R Rated movie and it tops the chart with a whooping $32 millions. 

Another star studded new release, The Counselor (Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz) had a really bad release with only $8 millions. Hence, it managed to stay at the fourth position only.

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/10/20)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 20th Oct 2013 (Sun).

Wow! This week's box office result might be something that even the film distributor for Gravity didn't expect. Gravity is having the strongest holding power in its third week, by only dropping 28% from previous week. That explains why it tops the chart for the third time with $31 millions. It look set to become one of the most successful non-holiday film. 

Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) did pretty well on its second week as well at second spot. Same thing cannot be said for the other 3 new releases though. The horror remake, Carrie  (Chloë Grace Moretz) managed to stay at third spot only with under-performing figure of $17 millions. The Escape Plan (action thriller from Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger) did poorer with mere $9.8 millions. The worst release is The Fifth Estate (Benedict Cumberbatch) making miserable $1.7 millions on its first week (not in the top five movies). 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/10/13)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 13th Oct 2013 (Sun).

As expected, Gravity retains the top spot on its second week with $44.3 millions. The accumulated sales in US alone already crossed the $100 millions mark and it look set to have a steady run. I've watched the movie in IMAX 3D yesterday and immersed myself in the space with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. It is very real (in terms of sensing the outer space) and very inspiring. personally I am giving it a 4.5 stars (out of 5 stars).  

As for the other new release, Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks), it is doing quite with at second place with $26 millions. It is based on a true event and once again Tom Hanks is giving another powerful rendition as a "cast away" figure.

The third new release of the week, Machete Kills (a sequel) doing pathetically at fourth place with only $3.8 millions.

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/10/06)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 6th Oct 2013 (Sun).

As expected, the space calamity theme sci-fi, Gravity took the centre stage last week and claimed the top spot with a whopping $55.5 millions (a personal best for both main stars of the movie, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney). This is the kind of movie that you need to watch it at least in 3D (IMAX 3D is the best) to really immersed yourself into a whole new level of movie experience. Due to my other commitment, I will catch only next week (in IMAX 3D) and I will share my review here soon. 

As for the other new release, Runner Runner (Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck), it is considered a flop bearing in mind of its casts as it managed to claimed the third place with a mere $7.6 millions.  

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/09/29)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 29th Sep 2013 (Sun).

 
Last week, there are a few new releases but the one tops the chart is family-friendly animation sequel, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2. The other more disappointing release is Rush (Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl), which managed to claim the third place at about $10 millions. As for the other two lower budget release, Baggage Claim and Don Jon (written, directed and starred by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) doing reasonably well at 4th and 5th places respectively.  

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/09/22)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 22th Sep 2013 (Sun).

Last week, the new release Prisoners (Hugh Jackman and Jack Gyllenhaal) took the top seat with a promising $21.4. It seems that this emotional and powerful rendition about a helpless father (Hugh Jackman) taking matter on his own hand when his daughter (and her friend) was kidnapped.     
The other new release, Battle Of The Year (Josh Holloway) sis poorly on its opening week with a mere $5 millions. I guess dance musical genre is dying off, slowly. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/09/15)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 15th Sep 2013 (Sun).

James Wan (the Malaysia-born director that brought us The Conjuring and Insidious) did it once again in terrifying the US audience with his latest serving of Insidious Chapter 2 (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne). With a mere $5 millions budget, it gained immediate returns of 8 folds on its opening weekend with mouth watering $41 millions (WOW!). The sad news is, he is leaving the horror genre for good (I still hope this is not true) and his next project is Fast And Furious 7.    

The other new release, a comedy with huge casts, The Family (Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones) did quite well too at second spot with $14.5 millions. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/09/08)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 8th Sep 2013 (Sun).

Last weekend, the only new release Riddick (Vin Diesel's sci-fi vehicle) tops the chart with $18.7 millions, which is within the expectation of the industry.    

One surprising reverse trend last week is Instruction Not Included, whereby it move 2 places up from 5th place (2 weeks ago) to 3rd place (last week). It is a warming sign for small budget foreign language films. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/09/01)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 1st Sep 2013 (Sun).

Last weekend, the new release documentary about the mega boy band that shoot to the stardom in recent years, One Direction - This Is Us tops the chart with $17 millions. Lee Daniel's The Butler (Forest Whitaker) continue its impressive run with $14.7 millions at second place.   

The other new release (foreign film, in Spanish), Instruction Not Included doing quite well at fifth place with $7.5. The reason it did well is because this is a peanut budget project (estimated budget is about $5 millions). 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/08/18)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 18th Aug 2013 (Sun).

Last weekend, the star studded new release, Lee Daniel's The Butler (Forest Whitaker) took the top spot with an encouraging opening of $25 millions. It is a biography of White house butler, Cecil Graines, whom served 8 presidents during his tenure. Other big names in this project are Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams.  

However, another more prominent biography, Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) detailing the life of Apple CEO, Steve Jobs didn't do well at all in the box office, it managed to open at seventh spot with mere $6.7 millions. The other new release, Kick-Ass 2 (sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass) opened in a lower than expected sales of $13.6 millions. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/08/11)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 11th Aug 2013 (Sun).

Last weekend, all the 4 new releases performed pretty well and wallop the US box office with encouraging sales. As expected, Elysium (Matt Damon, Jodie Foster) tops the chart with $30.4 millions. Equally outstanding (in terms of sales) is the R rated comedy, We're The Millers (Jennifer Aniston , Jason Sudeikis) came in second with $26.6 millions. 

The other two releases, Planes (spin-off from the cars animation) and Percy Jackson : Sea Of Monsters (sequel to 2010's Percy Jackson And The Olympions : The Lightning Thief) came in third and forth. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/08/04)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 4th Aug 2013 (Sun).

The Wolverine is not able to retain the crown last weekend and succumbed to the new release, 2 Guns (by Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) for the second spot. However, the other 3D new release, The Smurfs 2's opening is not as promising. It is at third place with $18.2 millions.

The Conjuring continues its impressive run and made a milestone by crossing the $100 millions mark last weekend. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/28)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 28th Jul 2013 (Sun).

As expected, last week's only new release, The Wolverine, tops the chart over the weekend. However, this highly anticipated sequel opened with a lower than expected figure of $55 millions. (Personal note: I've watched the movie in 2D and can fully understand why there is no beast size success as there is simply LACK OF SURPRISE!).   

The Conjuring is holding well at second place with $22.1 millions. It seems that a sequel or even a trilogy of this surprise horror hit is unavoidable.

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/21)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 21st Jul 2013 (Sun).

It seems that US audience just can't get enough of horror movie. After the surprise hit of the low budget horror movie, The Purge a few weeks ago, The Conjuring took over and become the new big thing in the horror movie scene. With its minion size of budget ($13 millions), the Kaiju size of opening weekend ($41.5) is three-folds of its investment. I am pretty sure that Warner Brothers is laughing their way to the bank now! 

The other new release, Turbo (3D animation) performed decently at third place with $21.5 millions. However, same thing cannot be said for the surprise flops of the week, Red 2 (Bruce Willis) and R.I.P.D (Rest In Peace Department). Red 2 managed to open at the fifth place with $18.5 millions while R.I.P.D merely earned $12.8 millions on its opening weekend and not even at the top 5 of the chart. 

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/14)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 14th Jul 2013 (Sun).

Last week, the highly anticipated Pacific Rim aka the two thousands five hundreds tones of awesomeness (or awfulness depending whether you are a fanboy or not) released with an disappointed sales of mere $37.3 millions and managed to reach the third spot. Despicable Me 2 remains at the North pole with solid holding power and the other new release from Adam Sandler, Grown Ups 2 opened strongly at second place.

Having said that, Pacific Rim did much better in the international markets and as at press time, the overall accumulated international sales (including USA) reached US$91 millions.

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/07)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 7th Jul 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : The verdict is out and it is official that Cowboy is of no match to the super cute minions. Last weekend, Despicable Me 2 (representing the minions) stormed the US Box office with a whopping $83.5 millions while the cowboy representative, The Lone Ranger (Johnny Depp) claimed the second spot with mere $29.4 millions. During the same period, the smaller budget sleeper hit, The Heat, doing awesomely at third place with $25 millions.

Next week, all eyes are on the upcoming 200+ tonnes of awesomeness, The Pacific Rim! My guess is that it will be a monstrous size of opening (in the range of $150 to $160 millions range on its first week)

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/06/30)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 30th June 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : This week, the two A-list releases, White House Down (Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx) and The Heat (Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy) are of no match to the reigning Monsters. In short, Monster University retained t和e top spot with $45.6 millions in its second week. The Heat is at the surprise second spot with $39.1 millions (performed much better that the industry estimate). This week, the most surprising "flop" is the White House Down, it took in only $24.9 millions over the weekend and managed only at the forth place.  

Next week, two of the most anticipated new releases are The Lone Ranger (Johnny Depp teamed up with Jerry Bruckheimer [director from the Pirates Of The Caribbean fame] once again on this action packed cowboy movie) and the Despicable Me 2 (ooooh,, the cute minions.... ba-na-naaaaaa).

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/06/23)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 23rd June 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : Monsters and Vampire overtook the man of steel and top the chart over the weekend. The long overdue sequel of Monster Inc (2001), Monster University released with a monstrous sales of $82 millions. The other new release, Brad Pitt's vampire vehicle, World War Z was having a stunning opening weekend too (with $66 millions in sale).  

With this, the superman sequel, Man Of Steel, dropped to the third place with second week earning of $41.2 millions.

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/06/16)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 16th June 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : As expected, the newly crowned chart topper is non other than the newly released Superman reboot, Man Of Steel. In fact, it has crashed the June opening weekend sales record of all time with a whopping $117 millions. I've just watched it in IMAX 3D and I must say that I am pretty happy with what I've seen. However, just like any other superhero movie, there are bounds to be fans/critics have something to complaint about whichever way it was being presented. For example, my friend Ben has given his longest and most honest negative review of Man Of Steel here. 

The other R-rated new release, This Is The End (James Franco, Jonah Hill) did quite well at second place with $20.7 millions.   

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Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/06/09)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 9th June 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : This week, the newly crowned top movie, The Purge (Ethan Hawke) scares the movie goers to a storming beginning. From the producer of Paranormal Activity and Sinister, this new release horror movie with wild and bizarre concept proved once again that horror genre is here to stay. How weird is the storyline, you may ask. Check out the following short synopsis of the movie (source: imdb.com) and decide for yourself:

In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.

Another cool stats about The Purge is that it was produced with a mere budget of $3 millions and already earned more than 12 folds on its opening week ($36.4 millions). How cool is that?

The other new release, The Internship (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) did not do well though. Managed to stay at fourth place with merely $18.1 millions. 

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