With the nation watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, The Roommate [RMATE] led the weekend box office with an estimated $15.6 million. The PG-13 rated thriller attracted primarily to young women, as females under the age of 21 made up 66% of the audience.
Sanctum [JCSNC] opened in second place with $9.2 million. While 84% of its ticket sale came from 3D, the cave diving thriller received poor marks its audience.
No Strings Attached [NSATA] finished third in its third weekend, grossing...
Relativity Media has unleashed a redband trailer for the '80s set comedy Take Me Home Tonight [TMHTN] ...straight outta Compton.
The box office gets hit with a double whammy this weekend. Not only will the Super Bowl on Sunday divert the attention of moviegoing audiences, nearly half the country is buried under snow from severe winter weather. Two new films will try to appeal to those not interested in football or wishing for an escape.
Sony Screen Gems targets teens and young adults with the PG-13 rated thriller The Roommate [RMATE]. Friday Night Light’s Minka Kelly [MKELL] and Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester...
Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for the dramedy Win Win [WINWN] on Apple. Paul Giamatti [PGIAM] stars as a down on his lucks attorney who decides to coach high school wrestling. His family takes in a runaway kid who turns out to be a star athlete for his team. Written and directed by Tom McCarthy, the film premiered at this year's Sundance Festival to rave reviews and drew comparisons to The Blind Side as a heart-warming crowd-pleaser.
Universal has unveiled the first trailer for the R-rated comedy Bridesmaids [BRDSM] on Apple. 'Saturday Night Live' alums Kristen Wiig [KWIIG] and Maya Rudolph [MRUDO] play the maid of honor and the bride-to-be respectively as they embark on misadventures and experience pre-wedding hijinks with the rest of the bridesmaids. Produced by Judd Apatow, the R-rated comedy clearly aims to be the female version of The Hangover.
Coming in at the low end of expectations, the exorcism thriller The Rite [TRITE] earned an estimated $15.0 million to top the weekend box office. With word of mouth poor, the film is likely to nose-dive quickly.
Last weekend's number one film, No Strings Attached [NSATA] declined just 31% to $13.7 million for second place. The romantic comedy has banked $39.7 million thus far.
Newcomer The Mechanic [MCHNC] tied for third place with The Green Hornet [GHRNT] in its third outing. Both...
Since moviegoers keeps paying money to see horror films about demonic possession, Hollywood keeps churning them out with The Rite [TRITE] being the latest offering. Anthony Hopkins [AHOPK] stars as a Vatican priest who teaches exorcism to a young American seminary student. Warner Bros. has pulled out all the tricks by marketing the PG-13 rated film as inspired by a true story and revealing Hopkins’ character as possessed by the devil. With audiences always eager to see Hopkins in a...
Roadside Attractions has released the first trailer for the historical drama The Conspirator [CNSPR] directed by Robert Redford [RREDF]. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, seven men and one women were arrested and charged with conspiracy. Robin Wright [RWPEN] plays Mary Surratt who owned the boarding house where the meetings took place. James McAvoy [JMCAV] plays the lawyer who gets the uneviable task of defending her and proving her innocence in the military tribunal.
With the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards announced this morning, HSX traders once again demonstrated their collective predictive prowess. NominOptions were offered in the eight major categories and those Oscar nominations were predicted with a 89% accuracy rate.
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Taking advantage of its status as the only mega-wide new release this weekend, No Strings Attached scored an estimated $20.3 million. The romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher [AKUTC] and Natalie Portman [NPORT] attracted an audience that skewed heavily female at 70%. With good word of mouth, the film should hold up in upcoming weeks.
Last weekend's top film The Green Hornet [GHRNT] declined 46% to $18.1 million. Its total stands at $63.4 milllion.
The Dilemma [DILEM] tailed off 45% to...
