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Weekend Box Office: “Moonrise Kingdom” breaks PSA record, “Men in Black 3” tepidly tops chart

“Men in Black 3” may have won the weekend, but its $70 million four-day take was not anywhere near what studio Sony was hoping for. Thus, the real box office story this weekend is “Moonrise Kingdom”, which managed to be the 14th biggest movie of the Memorial Day Holiday despite playing in just four theaters. Wes […]

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Weekend Box Office: Sub-headline? We don’t need no stinkin’ sub-headline

The reason this piece doesn’t need a sub-headline is because you already knew that The Avengers took the #1 spot, zooming over everyone else ala Iron Man in the photo above. Let’s just get to the chart already. No. Title Weekend Per Theater Average Total 1 Marvel’s The Avengers $55.1M $12.958 $457.1M 2 Battleship $25.3M $6,856 $25.3M

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Friday Box Office: Five-Year Engagement a non-starter, Think Like a Man remains juggernaut

The box office may have been cooking last weekend, but it appears that the kitchen is now closed. Last week’s big winner Think Like a Man reclaimed the #1 spot, trouncing the competition from four new films, including the Jason Segel/Emily Blunt rom-com The Five-Year Engagement, which I had pegged to gross a strong $26 million

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