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Weekend Box Office Report: R-rated Rules the Weekend

Jacob Hall — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:57:22 +0000

When ‘Prometheus‘ opened big last month, there was the usual “Ah, so R-rated movies can perform well at the box office!” discussion that tends to happen every year or so. Well, that has nothing on this weekend, which found two R-rated movies topping the box office. And it’s not like ‘Ted‘ and ‘Magic Mike‘ just did okay either…both films opened big, blowing away expectations and leading the charge in one of the most interesting box office weekends of the summer so far.

Can a Math Formula Predict Box Office Success?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:20:03 +0000

Putting a marquee name in a new movie is never a guarantee of success. But if a group of Japanese physicists are to be believed, there actually is a mathematical formula for predicting box office gold.

Weekend Box Office — 'Mission: Impossible'

Shauna Wright — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:12:40 +0000

‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ the fourth movie in the popular franchise, ruled the box office with an iron hand last week. With a $31.2 million haul over the New Year’s holiday, Tom Cruise and company again reigned supreme.