Category Archives: Box Office

Weekend Wrap Up: “Maleficent” is Magnificent

Posted on June 1, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

This May has been a month of one-weekend wonders. Films open to impressive numbers, only to crash hard and being quickly replaced by the next big thing. This weekend proved no different, as last week’s champ, X-Men: Days of Future … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: A Bright Future for the X-Men

Posted on May 25, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

Even the most popular and enduring franchises inevitably begin to erode after enough time. Whether it’s because of just plain viewer fatigue, or a bad installment or two, audiences can begin to turn away. However, every now and then, a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: Godzilla Posts a Monstrous Opening

Posted on May 18, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

The hype train is a wonderful thing. Effective advertising and well-done trailers can go a long way toward boosting a film’s gross. Sentiment toward Godzilla changed from an attitude of “oh, they’re doing another Godzilla movie? The last one sucked!” … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: America Moves in with “Neighbors”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

Coming into this weekend, for the most part The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was expected to hold on to the top spot, though not without at least somewhat of a challenge from the newcomer Neighbors. In the end, the race for … Continue reading →

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May Movie Preview

Posted on April 30, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

As expected, April was the month of Captain America. He led pretty much wire to wire and aside from Rio 2, there really wasn’t a single other noteworthy release for the whole month. May will assuredly not continue that trend. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: Audiences Empower “The Other Woman”

Posted on April 27, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

In the month of Captain America, he couldn’t quite hold on for the very rare fourth weekend on top. Cap’s failure to achieve that honor is mostly because of the surprisingly strong debut of The Other Woman, which handily beat … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: “Captain America” Completes the Threepeat

Posted on April 20, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

Four new wide releases this weekend made for a crowded box office over the Easter holiday, but our top two films ended up being the same ones from last week. From newcomers that were never expected to challenge for the … Continue reading →

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April Movie Preview

Posted on April 4, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

Coming off a decent March, led by the strong performance of Divergent, Marvel is going to attempt to start the summer movie season early with the debut of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which should easily crush all other films … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wrap Up: Audiences Don’t Feel the “Need for Speed”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

I’m sure a lot of box office websites/blogs are going to go with some reference to moviegoers not feeling the need for speed in their weekend wrap ups, and I wish I could’ve come up with something more clever, but … Continue reading →

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March Movie Preview

Posted on March 13, 2014 by TheLegendOfRemy

I know I’m a week late in getting this March preview out. To be honest, I just totally forgot to do it. That said, we’re moving out of the doldrums of February. The days are getting longer, the temperatures are … Continue reading →

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