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<title>"STAR TREK" SEQUEL SET TO STUN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
"Star Trek:
Into Darkness" arrives in theaters as every studio's dream--a sequel with
more heat than the original. Paramount and J.J. Abrams' reboot beamed up $75M
in its 2009 debut, and went on to gross $257M domestic and $385M worldwide.&nbsp;
While direct
weekend-to-weekend comparisons won't be&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;given that the
sequel drops exclusively in IMAX on Wednesday and goe...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=570'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GREAT" EXPECTATIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Summer is off to a blazing start thank to "Iron Man 3," but
the second weekend of summer is always a bit of a bummer, right? "Dark
Shadows" sort of fizzled in the same spot last year, but that hasn't
stopped &nbsp;Warner Bros. from trying again
with "The Great Gatsby." And this time, rumor has it...they will
succeed. The same can't be said for Lionsgate's "Peeples," which is
flying under t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=569'>more</a><br />
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<title>"MAN" VS HIMSELF</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Ah, summer. Beach blanket bingo, bikini babes, bodacious
boat rides and box office behemoths! What more could you possibly ask for? Well,
besides additional alliterations and &nbsp;"Iron Man 3" opening day-and-date,
you mean?
Becoming more and more common, "Iron Man 3" blasted
off overseas before domestically, racking up $198.4M this past weekend. So,
whether you like it or not, the summer...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=568'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PAIN" MANAGEMENT</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This week is such a tease. Next Friday, Hollywood&rsquo;s summer
season kicks off with &ldquo;Iron Man 3,&rdquo; so don&rsquo;t be surprised if the two new wide
releases this weekend--&ldquo;Pain & Gain&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Big Wedding&rdquo;--are an
afterthought for moviegoers.
Michael Bay has lived and breathed Hasbro's robot jocks the last
six years and during that time, he turned "Transf...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=567'>more</a><br />
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<title>"OBLIVION" OR BUST</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can you smell it? Can you smell the &nbsp;popcorn wafting in your general direction? Summer
blockbusters are just around the corner, but if Universal's "Oblivion"
has anything to say about it, the summer swelter pops off &nbsp;this Friday. Or, Thursday at 8pm, if you wanna
be snarky about it.
Universal's $120 sci-fi endeavor has &nbsp;to be a big hit, and it had better hit #1, as it's
the onl...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=566'>more</a><br />
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<title>URBAN OUTREACH</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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With baseball season now in full swing, it's no surprise that Warner's Jackie Robinson drama, "42," is making a play for audiences. The PG-13 biopic will compete for the top spot this weekend with fellow newcomer "Scary Movie V."
The wild card here is urban audiences: will they cheer for one of the great heroes of African American sports culture or will they settle for the umpteenth spoof of ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=565'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DEAD" SHALL RISE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
The latest &ldquo;Evil Dead&rdquo; received bloody drippin&rsquo;
great reviews when it premiered at SXSW Film Festival this year, and has been
buzzing like Ash&rsquo;s trusty sidekick ever since. It not only has a solid shot to
deliver a #1 opening this weekend, but it will likely out-gross the lifetime
box office of the original trilogy in a single weekend. Anything over $20
million...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=564'>more</a><br />
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<title>"JOE" SET TO REBOOT BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
One of the holiest of holidays is upon us, and three very different films will be competing for a place in audience's Easter baskets. "G.I. Joe 2" will bring the big guns, Stephenie Meyer will attempt to put another spell on tween girls with "The Host" and Tyler Perry unspools "Temptation" to fans that gobble up his films like they are the last Cadbury Cream Egg.&nbsp;
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<title>"CROOD" AWAKENINGS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
James Franco may not be an ideal host for Tinseltown's
biggest awards show, but he sure is Hollywood's leading man of the moment right
now...on both sides of the spectrum. Headlining 2013's biggest box office hit so
far in "Oz," Franco also has media muckrakers bowing down to him for
his seedy turn in "Spring Breakers," the arthouse indie that is
overtaking multiplexes this weekend after it...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=562'>more</a><br />
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<title>RETURN TO "OZ"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Neither the combined magic
of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,"
nor the damsel-in-distress routine of "The Call" will be enough to
unseat "Oz: The Great and Powerful," as it will hover over the top
spot at the box office once again this weekend. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Disney's marketing
machine is in overdrive for "Oz," and so far it's been working, as
the prequel de...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=561'>more</a><br />
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<title>"OZ" SET TO SOAR </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Two new
films enter the theatrical fray this weekend, but from vastly different ends of
the spectrum. Disney has mustered up the courage of a lion, and is confidently
roaring about "Oz: the Great and Powerful," flexing its marketing
muscle, and boasting a sky's-the-limit attitude, while breathing new life into a
hallowed franchise. Mean while, FilmDistrict is just hoping Collin Farrell's ne...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=560'>more</a><br />
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<title>HOW HIGH WILL JACK'S STALK RISE?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
It's spring cleaning time in theaters:
out with the old award winners, and in with the wannabe blockbusters. &nbsp;Four new films will attempt to make you forget
all about "Argo," "Life of Pi," and "Lincoln" as
Hollywood rolls out a fairy tale adaptation ("Jack the Giant Slayer"),
a horror sequel ("The Last Exorcism: Part II"), a teen comedy
("21 & Over"), and a thriller from the dept...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=559'>more</a><br />
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<title>BETWEEN THE ROCK & A "DARK" PLACE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
"Dark Skies" is certainly
the forecast for this weekend's box office, with "Identity Thief"
likely&nbsp;creeping back into the top spot in its third week of release as
Hollywood shuns theaters in favor of congratulating itself on a job well done
this year.
Can't argue there, as a
record-breaking six Best Picture nominees have exceeded $100 million domestically.
Seems audiences and critics...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=558'>more</a><br />
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<title>YIPPEE KI V-DAY! </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s awfully hard to believe that the &ldquo;Die Hard&rdquo;
franchise is entering its fourth decade in theaters&hellip;and we&rsquo;re only five movies
in. That&rsquo;s the sort of output only someone like Terrence Malick could
appreciate. It all began in 1988 with a film that cut to the chase, redefining
what an action flick was all about, and eventually spawning a whole new way of
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<title>"BODIES" TO HAVE BOX OFFICE BITE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The super-est
of football games will be front and center this weekend, and for non-gridiron
fans that can be downright scary. Luckily, it's horror, not inspirational
sports dramas, that's driving Hollywood's box office early in the 2013 season.
With
the high scoring success of "Texas Chainsaw 3D," "A Haunted
House," "Mama," and even "Hansel & Gretel" it's
easy to see why January has Octob...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=556'>more</a><br />
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<title>WILL "HANSEL & GRETEL" HAVE A FAIRY TALE ENDING?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
We all know January
can be a dumping ground for studios--the abysmal openings of "The Last
Stand" and "Broken City" prove that-- but nothing says
"dropping a load" like the combined efforts of this week's releases:
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," "Movie 43," and
"Parker." Theaters are about to be hit with a Mississippi
Mudcloud--that means some down and dirty debuts to you and me.&nbsp;...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=555'>more</a><br />
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<title>CHASTAIN TO INFLICT BOX OFFICE PAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Three new
flicks hit the silver screen this weekend, and although most of the press is being
directed towards Arnold Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand," Lionsgate's
onslaught of action will likely place a distant third behind Universal's chill
pill "Mama" and Fox's thriller "Broken City" starring Mark
Wahlberg. Not only is this weekend tough draw facing each other, but with all the
awards h...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=554'>more</a><br />
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<title>"ZERO"-ING IN ON THE TOP SPOT</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
"Zero
Dark Thirty" is targeting the top spot after three weeks of limited
release and honestly, it will take an army to stop it. Kathryn Bigelow's
follow-up to "The Hurt Locker" has a bazooka of buzz behind it and is
locked into not only the cultural zeitgeist of the day, but is one of those
films that, like "Lincoln," is almost your duty as an jingoistic American
to seek out.&nbsp;
The
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<title>"HOBBIT" OUT OF REACH</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;The Hobbit&rdquo; is
primed to continue its quest this weekend, looking down at five new wide
releases from high atop the box office mountain. While the previous &ldquo;Lord of
the Rings&rdquo; films dropped -30% or less in their second weekend, don&rsquo;t expect
Peter Jackson&rsquo;s latest to hold up quite like those did as reviews and
word-of-mouth aren&rsquo;t nearly as precious...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=552'>more</a><br />
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<title>AN EXPECTED BOX OFFICE "JOURNEY"</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
There is a very good
reason no studio dares open a film this weekend against "The
Hobbit"&mdash;it&rsquo;s going to unleash a box office onslaught. After two
extremely&nbsp;sub-par&nbsp;weekends, moviegoers far and wide will greet Peter
Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" prequel with a level of fanfare not
seen, well, since &ldquo;Breaking Dawn Part 2."
While "The
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<title>"PLAYING" FOR SCRAPS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving
leftovers are Hollywood's traditional meal of choice when serving up the
multiplex masses in the weeks that follow the turkey holiday. It's really a
mini-vacation for studios as they ramp up for the big cinematic crescendo that
is one of the most lucrative weeks of the year--Christmas through New Year's.
If this
weekend's sacrificial flicks fare anything like last weekend, or la...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=550'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SOFTLY" INTO THE NIGHT</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Shall we twiddle our thumbs until &ldquo;The Hobbit?&rdquo; Well, we
have no choice really, as the major studios are on a two-week paid holiday. With
such multiplex momentum built up, it&rsquo;s questionable at best that after the Thanksgiving
feast, there is always a film famine. But, such is the case at the box office
this weekend as just one, nay, two films open in wide release, yet neith...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=549'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TWILIGHT" TAKES ON TURKEY TRIO</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
With discount shopping and mall madness taking precedence
over movies this Friday&mdash;or Black Friday as it&rsquo;s known here in the states&mdash;and
Thanksgiving on Thursday, that means audiences get a special holiday treat a
couple days early as three new wide releases are dished up in multiplexes on
Wednesday: DreamWorks&rsquo; Animation&rsquo;s &ldquo;Rise of the Guardians,&rdquo; Ang...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=548'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TWILIGHT" HANGS BRIGHTLY</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Despite what you may have heard, Abraham Lincoln is no
vampire hunter. After an impressive polling in limited run last weekend, Spielberg&rsquo;s
&ldquo;Lincoln&rdquo; bio-pic expands into wide release, but will be no match for what is unquestionably
the most rabidly anticipated film of the holiday season&mdash;&ldquo;Twilight: Breaking
Dawn Part 2.&rdquo;
In fact, Fandango is already repor...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=547'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SKYFALL" SET TO SOAR</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Bond, James &ldquo;Box Office&rdquo; Bond. Don&rsquo;t you dare cross him&hellip;end of
story. How else do you explain the fact that no other studio even challenged 007
this weekend? As the only new flick in wide release, Sony will surely stir up a
#1 debut, but the question really is, just how high will &ldquo;Skyfall&rdquo; fly? 
We
all know the latest Bond film is always &ldquo;the best&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=546'>more</a><br />
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<title>"WRECK" THE HALLS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Check your local Target aisles...yup...welcome to Candy
Cane Lane. The day after Halloween is now officially the kickoff of Christmas
craziness: the stockings have already been hung, shiny new fruitcakes glisten
and glow, and hark, everywhere you turn...visions of peppermint bark! &nbsp;Oh,
and even though you won't have a tree for over a month, as always, there's enough
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<title>"CLOUD"-Y OUTLOOK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Typically, movies that are released on the final weekend of October
bring the same reactions as when someone plops an apple or that dreadful peanut
butter taffy (the ones in the black and orange wrappers) into your
trick-or-trick bag. More often than not, these monstrosities are greeted with
an audible gag reflex and thrown with gusto directly into street gutters. That
or you give them to y...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=544'>more</a><br />
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<title>CHEAP THRILLS, BIG BILLS--PT. 4</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Cheap thrills don&rsquo;t come any cheaper than Paramount&rsquo;s &ldquo;Paranormal
Activity&rdquo; franchise. Worldwide the first three films in the found footage
horror series have generated a spook-tacular $576 million on a combined budget
of less than $10 million. Not even a trip to Six Flags can compete with that
kind of bang for your buck.
The latest cost just $5 million, matchi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=543'>more</a><br />
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<title>NEESON SET TO SNUFF OUT 5 NEW FLICKS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Let&rsquo;s just get this out of the way: no one is gonna knock
Liam &ldquo;Lockdown&rdquo; Neeson and &ldquo;Taken 2&rdquo; from the top spot at the box office this
weekend. With a dynamo debut of $49 million last weekend, expect a
second-weekend gross that is on par with the first weekend gross of &ldquo;Expendables
2.&rdquo; Probably won&rsquo;t hit $28 million like that rolled out ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=542'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TAKEN" IT "2" THE BANK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Liam Neeson probably
wasn&rsquo;t on the shortlist for &ldquo;The Expendables,&rdquo; but thanks to his recent success
as a box office badass, don&rsquo;t be surprised if he&rsquo;s tapped to join forces with
the aging action heroes brigade when they need a little more muscle&mdash;dramatic or
otherwise&mdash;for the eventual threequel.
It wasn&rsquo;t always this
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<title>SONY'S DOUBLE BILL THRILLS AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Sony's "Hotel Transylvania" is officially a graveyard smash; the new toon spooked up $43 million, checking into the #1 spot at the box office this weekend, while becoming the highest grossing September debut of all-time. 
Featuring the voice talents of Adam Sandler and Kevin James, the long-gestating project was a veritable monster mash, going through six different directors before finall...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=540'>more</a><br />
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<title>SONY DOUBLES DOWN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Sony is rolling out a 1-2 punch this weekend, and by 1-2, we
mean #1 and #2. A studio releasing two movies the same weekend is a rarity, for
sure, but both the adult-themed &ldquo;Looper&rdquo; and the animated &ldquo;Hotel Transylvania&rdquo;
are about as different as you can get and should both do well enough to snag the
top two spots.
&ldquo;Hotel Transylvania&rdquo; should have the most...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=539'>more</a><br />
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<title>AHEAD OF THE "CURVE"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Fall is in the air, and the winds of change are stirring a
cinematic shuffle in theaters this weekend as five films go into wide release,
including Weinstein&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Master&rdquo;&mdash;after a record-breaking exclusive release&mdash;as
it becomes fall&rsquo;s first Oscar contender to try and capture a wide audience.
It will certainly perform well, but doesn&rsquo;t have a chance ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=538'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SAVING MR. BANKS" BEGINS PRODUCTION IN LA</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=537</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;Los
Angeles, Calif., September 19, 2012&mdash;Disney began production today on &ldquo;Saving Mr.
Banks,&rdquo; the account of Walt Disney&rsquo;s twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to
P.L. Travers&rsquo; popular novel, Mary Poppins, and the testy partnership the upbeat
filmmaker develops with the uptight author during the project&rsquo;s pre-production
in 1961. &nbsp;
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<title>"WORDS" AREN'T ENOUGH</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=536</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Summer came to a screeching halt at the box office many
weeks ago, but all of Hollywood looks like it&rsquo;s taking a vacation this weekend with
just two new films heading into theaters&mdash;CBS Films&rsquo; &ldquo;The Words&rdquo; and Summit&rsquo;s &ldquo;The
Cold Light of Day,&rdquo;&mdash;neither of which is expected to top $10 million.
With football-frenzy in full tilt action this wee...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=536'>more</a><br />
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<title>SUMMER'S LAST LAMENT: FOR THE OOGIELOVE OF GOD, NO!</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=535</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
As the summer blockbuster season of 2012 comes to a close
this Labor Day weekend, let us try to appreciate the sacrificial virgins the
studios are throwing into the proverbial volcano. Remember, &ldquo;The Possession,&rdquo; &ldquo;Lawless,&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Oogieloves&rdquo; are taking the fall so that next summer, we are assured of
being thoroughly entertained again by films like &ldquo;Ma...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=535'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EXPENDABLES" LEADS BOX OFFICE BUST</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=534</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Time to put away the lawn darts, roll up the Slip N&rsquo; Slide, and get the BBQ ready for hibernation, because the end of summer is officially here, as the box office was totally schooled this weekend. In fact, the only thing record-breaking this weekend is that all three new films in wide release&mdash;&ldquo;Hit & Run,&rdquo; &ldquo;Premium Rush,&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Apparition&rdquo;&mdash...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=534'>more</a><br />
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<title>BIG GUNS TO LOCK DOWN BOX OFFICE AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The summer box office
is already waving the white flag of surrender as three new flicks try to muscle
up against the big guns of &ldquo;The Expendables 2,&rdquo; although none are expected to
top the $14 million Lionsgate will likely gross on its sophomore mission. By
default, that will give the studio the #1 film two weeks in a row.
In fact, the trifecta
of new films is being dropped off ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=533'>more</a><br />
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<title>WELCOME BACK TO THE GUN SHOW</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Old action heroes never die&hellip;they just get bigger guns. In
the case of &ldquo;The Expendables 2&rdquo; of course, w...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=532'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TOTAL" SCI-FI MISFIRE?</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=531</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
This
weekend the reboot no one asked for, starring the actor no one really cares
for, is looking like it may just erase everyone&rsquo;s mind regarding the mighty box
office failures of &ldquo;John Carter&rdquo; and &ldquo;Battleship.&rdquo; Yes, twenty-two years after
the original &ldquo;Total Recall,&rdquo; Colin Farrell replaces Schwarzenegger as the remake
infiltrates 3,601 theatres. Ul...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=531'>more</a><br />
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<title>BATMAN TAKES GOLD AGAIN - $60M</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=530</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It was a dark night&mdash;er weekend&mdash;at the box office, as all
films in release combined for the second lowest weekend-total yet this summer grossing
just $133 million from top to bottom. However, even though Batman is proving to
be merely mortal, don&rsquo;t blame &ldquo;The Dark Knight Rises&rdquo; as WB&rsquo;s blockbuster stood
at the top of the podium again, easily taking the gold...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=530'>more</a><br />
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<title>BATMAN TO RETAIN BOX OFFICE BELT</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
With the Bat-signal still hanging high over the horizon, it&rsquo;s a
foregone conclusion that &ldquo;The Dark Knight Rises&rdquo; will repeat as box office
champion this weekend after its boisterous $160 million debut. The question
really is: how much will &ldquo;Rises&rdquo; fall? If it&rsquo;s anything like &ldquo;The Dark Knight&rdquo; it
should see a hold in the 50%-range, or around $80...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=529'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE GOES "DARK"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE ONLY NUMBER THAT MATTERS--12
NEVER FORGET.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-puts-box-office-mute-shootings-161636534.html...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=528'>more</a><br />
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<title>"ICE" SKATES TO #1</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[











 













With Comic-Con hijacking all the movie tweets and
headlines, and Batman still a week away from bursting through the box office,
it was a perfect time for another &ldquo;Ice Age,&rdquo; as Fox&rsquo;s family-centric fourquel
easily slid into the #1 spot with $46 million.
While somewhat disappointing, the opening gross is
in-line with the pre...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=527'>more</a><br />
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<title>FOX SET TO "ICE" COMPETITION</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
As summer&rsquo;s box office heat wave continues, don&rsquo;t expect &ldquo;Ice Age: Continental Drift&rdquo; to provide the chill factor. Fox&rsquo;s four-quel is set to turn up the temperature and take the #1 spot by default, as Blue Sky&rsquo;s animated flick is the only new wide release in multiplexes. Yup, it's "Ice, Ice Baby..." all weekend long.&nbsp;
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<title>AMAZEBALLS "SPIDER-MAN" - $341M WORLDWIDE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=525</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The big question this weekend wasn&rsquo;t whether or not Sony&rsquo;s
latest Spider-Man flick would be #1 (it is), but, rather, how exactly would
audiences respond to a rebooted franchise just five years after the first
trilogy wrapped up and just a decade after Sam Raimi&rsquo;s films began. Well, if
the Cinemascore is any indication: A-
Truth is, &ldquo;The Amazing Spider-Man&rdquo; left a...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=525'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TED" & "MIKE" - BOX OFFICE THUNDER BUDDIES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Apparently fuzzy bears and man candy is exactly what audiences
had been craving all summer, as &ldquo;Ted&rdquo; and &ldquo;Magic Mike&rdquo; both provided some
much-needed early fireworks at the box office, reporting with $54.1 million and
$39.1 million, respectively.
In a summer full of sequels and superheroes, reboots and 3D
retrofits, Universal&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ted&rdquo; and Warner&rsquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=524'>more</a><br />
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<title>DO YOU BELIEVE IN "MAGIC?"</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=523</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The floodgates have
officially been opened on summer 2012, as four new films flow into theatres this
weekend: two comedies, a drama, and banana hammocks galore will expose
themselves in multiplexes. However, Pixar&rsquo;s &ldquo;Brave&rdquo; is expected to be
top banana again, although, Warner&rsquo;s &ldquo;Magic Mike&rdquo; certainly knows a thing or
two about bananas, as it has been givi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=523'>more</a><br />
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<title>FORTUNE FAVORS THE "BRAVE" - $66.7M</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=522</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[

Pixar has done it again...thirteen
straight times, in fact. Their latest, &ldquo;Brave,&rdquo; hit #1&mdash;just like every previous
Pixar release in wide release&mdash;and did it nailing an absolute bulls-eye worth
$66.7 million. And opening in just 10 territories overseas&mdash;17% of the market&mdash;Pixar&rsquo;s
latest hit $13.5 million.
The two other new releases weren&rsquo;t
quit...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=522'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BRAVE" TO WIN HEARTS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Everyone knows the story by now, it&rsquo;s
a tale as old as time&mdash;All twelve of Pixar&rsquo;s previous films have hit #1 at the
box office, and their thirteenth release, &ldquo;Brave,&rdquo; is a lock to continue the
studio&rsquo;s magical run. &nbsp;The only thing in
its way&hellip;another toon!
Toon on toon action is something that
would definitely tickle Roger Rabbit&rsquo;s funny...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=521'>more</a><br />
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<title>"MADAGASCAR 3:" GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH...AGAIN</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=520</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Adam Sandler
and Tom Cruise, once bastions of box office glory, proved to be no match for
the Zoo Crew of &ldquo;Madagascar 3&rdquo; as Paramount&rsquo;s big top tentpole held on to the
top spot for the second weekend-in-a-row earning $35.5 million in ticket sales.
Making matters worse, even &ldquo;Prometheus,&rdquo; which dropped an alarming -60%, topped
both &ldquo;Rock of Ages&rdquo; an...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=520'>more</a><br />
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<title>ZOO CREW SET TO RULE SANDLER & CRUISE </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Multiplexes are banking on legendary $tatu$ this weekend as Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler bring their enormous box
office swagger front and center stage. 
Cruise will jam in Warner&rsquo;s musical &ldquo;Rock
of Ages,&rdquo; set to rock 3,450 arenas, while Sony will spew Sandler&rsquo;s first true
R-rated comedy into 3,030 sites as he teams up with his SNL doppelganger Andy
Samberg in &...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=519'>more</a><br />
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<title>BIG TOP HITS THE TIP TOP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Fox&rsquo;s sci-fi prequel, &ldquo;Prometheus,&rdquo; arrived with all the
hype in the universe, but it was &ldquo;Madagascar 3&rdquo; that brought its buzz crashing down
to earth as Paramount&rsquo;s toon was the greatest show on earth taking the top spot
with an estimated $60.3 million in the US and $75.5 million internationally,
while director Ridley Scott landed landed &ldquo;Prometheus&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=518'>more</a><br />
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<title>PREQUEL VS. THREEQUEL: EVERYONE WINS </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;Prometheus&mdash;are YOU seeing this?&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the big question
going into the first weekend of the summer featuring two legit box office threats
squaring off against each other: the threequel&mdash;&ldquo;Madagascar 3&rdquo; vs. the prequel
(sort of)&mdash;&ldquo;Prometheus.&rdquo;
We already know who&rsquo;s in, as fanboys and sci-fi fanatics
have been on board Fox&rsquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=517'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SNOW WHITE" DWARFS COMPETITION</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=516</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
You don&rsquo;t need to gaze into a magical mirror to find out who
the fairest of them all is; it&rsquo;s &ldquo;Snow White & the Huntsman.&rdquo; Universal&rsquo;s
$170 million endeavor easily seized the domestic box office crown capturing
$56.2 million and giving the studio a much needed fairy tale beginning.
What&rsquo;s most impressive about this debut is that this was the
second ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=516'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SNOW WHITE" TO DETHRONE "MIB"</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=515</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Every so often in Hollywood people like to steal other people&rsquo;s
ideas. Ok, so that&rsquo;s a little bit of an understatement&hellip;it happens all the time.
But truth be told, it&rsquo;s not about the idea, it&rsquo;s all about the execution. When competing
Snow White films were announced, both &ldquo;Mirror Mirror&rdquo; and &ldquo;Snow White & The
Huntsman&rdquo; jockeyed for positio...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=515'>more</a><br />
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<title>"MIB 3" BLACKOUTS "AVENGERS"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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After a
scintillating three weeks &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; were finally defeated by one of the
greatest box office superheroes of all time: Will Smith. Yes, Mr. Box
Office&mdash;starring in his 13th #1 opener&mdash;led the way as &ldquo;Men in Black 3&rdquo; probed
audiences for an estimated $55 million over the traditional weekend and up to $70
million for the 4-day holiday.
It was the...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=514'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVENGERS" SINKS "BATTLESHIP"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Marvelous, simply marvelous. Marvel&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; took
down a triple-team of multiplex marauders, as the superhero mashup easily
three-peated, amassing $55 million in its third straight weekend in the top
spot. With $457 million overall, Marvel&rsquo;s mightiest becomes the #6 all-time
highest grossing domestic film, and #4 worldwide with&nbsp;$1.18 billion.
In its wake...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=513'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BATTLESHIP" SINK OR SWIM?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
This
weekend summer finally shifts into high gear, as three new films overrun multiplexes,
although none dock into port with more baggage than Universal&rsquo;s buzz-weary &ldquo;Battleship.&rdquo;
And neither that, nor &ldquo;The Dictator&rdquo; or &ldquo;What to Expect When Expecting&rdquo; will
have the firepower (or codpieces) necessary to stop &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; which looks
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<title>"AVENGERS" JOINS THE 1%: $1,000,000,000</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=511</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 

The dynamic duo of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton were simply
no match for earth&rsquo;s mightiest heroes as &ldquo;Dark Shadows&rdquo; debuted in a distant
second&nbsp;place--$28.8 million--to &ldquo;The Avengers,&rdquo; which scored the
biggest second weekend ever at the box office grossing an astonishing $103
million.
Witnessing just a -50% drop from its record-shattering
debut of $207 m...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=511'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DARK" DAYS AHEAD FOR BURTON & DEPP</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Usually with each successive summer weekend, the top spot is
reserved for the newest flicks, however with &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; becoming earth&rsquo;s
mightiest box office heroes and debuting with $207 million, there is no doubt
Marvel&rsquo;s super-sequel will once again annihilate the competition&hellip;which just
happens to be Tim Burton and Johnny Depp&rsquo;s &ldquo;Dark Shadows.&r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=510'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVENGERS" ASSAULTS BOX OFFICE RECORD: $200.3M</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=509</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Earth&rsquo;s mightiest heroes have proven to be just that, as
Marvel&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; pulverized Harry Potter&rsquo;s all-time opening weekend box office
record of $169 million, debuting with a marvelous, mind-boggling $200.3
million. Yes, you read that correctly, $200 million in only three action-packed
days. Wham! Bam! Thank you, fanboys&hellip;and fangirls! Your move, B...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=509'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK'S OFFICE: SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
My Top 10 favorite things of summer: no
school, suicide shushes from 7-11, Slip &lsquo;N Slide parties, Cape Cod, black
bathing suit tops w/ cut-off jeans, cruising the beach in convertibles,
badminton, a good book in a swinging hammock, the hum of air-conditioning units
blowing gentle zephyrs up my shorts inside darkened multiplexes, and, of
course, Top 10 lists.
Yes, bikinis, Slurp...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=508'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVENGERS" ASSEMBLE $178.4 MIL OVERSEAS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Hollywood&rsquo;s spring clearance was on full display this
weekend as four new films entered the box office bin and none made more than
$11 million. Marvel&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; seemed to be on everyone&rsquo;s mind, and that&rsquo;s
the one film that didn&rsquo;t open domestically. It did however score a massive haul
of $178.4 internationally since Wednesday&mdash;opening #1 i...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=507'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVENGERS" SCORES $178.4 MIL OVERSEAS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Hollywood&rsquo;s spring clearance was on full display this
weekend as four new films entered the box office bin and none made more than
$11 million. Marvel&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; seemed to be on everyone&rsquo;s mind, and that&rsquo;s
the one film that didn&rsquo;t open domestically. It did however score a massive haul
of $178.4 internationally since Wednesday&mdash;opening #1 i...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=506'>more</a><br />
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<title>SPRING FLINGS OUT FOURSOME</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
With &ldquo;Battleship&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Avengers&rdquo; opening overseas
already, it&rsquo;s hard to imagine that it isn&rsquo;t summer in The States, yet. But, as
foreign grosses now routinely exceed domestic&mdash;60%-40%&mdash;we&rsquo;re going to have to
get used to the rest of the world getting first dibs on our summer blockbusters
while we&rsquo;re left toiling with spring&rsquo;s...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=505'>more</a><br />
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<title>DYAMN, "MAN!"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Earth Day found plenty of green at the box office, as all
three new films outperformed expectations, squarely stamping their carbon
footprints on audiences. It was &ldquo;Think Like a Man&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Lucky One&rdquo; however
that finally ended the 4-week reign of &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; finishing with $33
million and $22.8 million respectively.
Sony&rsquo;s urban comedy&md...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=503'>more</a><br />
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<title>DO YOU FEEL "LUCKY?"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It seems &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; will finally meet competitors it
can&rsquo;t vanquish this weekend in movie theatres as Sony&rsquo;s rom-com &ldquo;Think Like a
Man&rdquo; and Zac Efron&rsquo;s rom-dram &ldquo;The Lucky One&rdquo; look to hold a love-in with one
of them locking down the #1 spot.
Still, it has been a 4-week run on top of the box office
charts that has seen Hollywood&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=502'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HUNGER" STAVES OFF COMPETITION</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[

&ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; ended up dropping more than any other
film in the history of the box office, earning just $4.1 million in its second
weeked&hellip;April Fool&rsquo;s!!!
Gods and fairy tale royalty were no match for the might of &ldquo;The
Hunger Games,&rdquo; as Lionsgate&rsquo;s film phenom held strong in the #1 spot, earning
an additional $63 million in its second weekend...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=501'>more</a><br />
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<title>NEW FILMS NO MATCH FOR "HUNGER"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
With &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; devouring $155 million in its spectacular
debut last weekend, Lionsgate&rsquo;s fan-frenzy flick will easily outpace all
newcomers. That certainly doesn&rsquo;t bode well for Warner&rsquo;s big-budget sequel &ldquo;Wrath
of the Titans&rdquo; and Relativity&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mirror, Mirror&rdquo; which would have very much
liked to snag some of that young fema...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=500'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HUNGER" DEVOURS BOX OFFICE: $155 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Hungry? More like starving! The odds are forever in Lionsgate&rsquo;s
favor as their dystopian fantasy flick &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; devoured a box office
buffet, totaling $155 million. That domestic debut represents the third best opening
of all-time, behind only &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2&rdquo; and &ldquo;The
Dark Knight&rdquo; which totaled $169 million and ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=499'>more</a><br />
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<title>LET THE "GAMES" BEGIN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Munch on this. &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; isn't just hype--it already has
some serious box office bite. Led by record-setting presales--$15 mil and
counting--Lionsgate&rsquo;s teen adventure flick is expected to eat up the
competition this weekend, and soar past $100+ million in its debut.
If it does so, it will become only the 20th film to ever gross
more than $100+ million its opening...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=498'>more</a><br />
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<title>"JUMP" JACKS TOP SPOT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The 80&rsquo;s are officially back in vogue. Sony&rsquo;s retro TV reboot,
&ldquo;21 Jump Street,&rdquo; was the #1 destination for audiences, as the R-rated comedy
scored $35 million in its debut.
&ldquo;Jump&rdquo; stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have become the
latest odd-couple cop buddies, as their take on Fox&rsquo;s TV series that launched
Johnny Depp&rsquo;s career, also rang up...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=497'>more</a><br />
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<title>EZ "$TREET"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The last time we saw Jonah Hill in an R-rated high school comedy
he was sloppy-drunk, Aunt Flow was riding shotgun on his jeans, and he was
running from the cops in his breakout flick, &ldquo;Superbad.&rdquo; Five years later, starring
in &ldquo;21 Jump Street,&rdquo; he&rsquo;s the one on the beat with a badge, and back in high
school disguised as a zit-popping popo.&nbsp;
Based on the 80&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=496'>more</a><br />
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<title>"JOHN CARTER" RULES...JUST NOT NORTH AMERICA</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;John Carter&rdquo; may not be a king in the USA, but he does rule
the world. Disney&rsquo;s big budget sci-fi extravaganza finished a disappointing second
place in the US and Canada, earning just $30.6 mil, however overseas audiences visited
Mars in droves, tallying up $70.6 million. Opening weekend worldwide cume is
$101.2 million.
Domestically though, it was Thneedville, not Mars, ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=495'>more</a><br />
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<title>JOHN CARTER: BOX OFFICE GOD OR GOAT?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Disney is betting Tomorrowland that you will want to take a
trip to the stars with &ldquo;John Carter&rdquo; (sans Mars). The question is, will the
PG-13 sci-fi adventure be akin to the new Star Wars ride or the ill-fated
Rocket Rods? One of the most expensive movies ever produced, &ldquo;John Carter,&rdquo;
arrives (again, not from Mars) to fulfill the 3-D sci-fi prophecy that James
Camero...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=494'>more</a><br />
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<title>DR. $EU$$--70 MILLION!!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Can you feel the summer heat? Spring may be just around the
corner, but don&rsquo;t tell that to Hollywood which unleashed a heatwave at the box
office this weekend courtesy of &ldquo;The Lorax&rdquo; and &ldquo;Project X,&rdquo; as the two new
films combined for over $91 million. &nbsp;
Seems Dr. Seuss is on the loose and has taken the box office
goose. The golden goose, that is. Universal...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=493'>more</a><br />
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<title>"LORAX" TO THE MAX</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
2012 is starting to be a banner year
for movie-going as receipts are up nearly 20% versus this same time last year.
And this weekend should keep the box office ablazin&rsquo; with two huge films set to
bring massive firepower: &ldquo;Dr. Seuss&rsquo; The Lorax&rdquo; and &ldquo;Project X.&rdquo;
Universal&rsquo;s animated Dr. Seuss tale
comes from the creators of &ldquo;Dispicible Me,&rdquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=492'>more</a><br />
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<title>"VALOR" IS VICTORIOUS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Who needs actors when you have real-life Navy SEALs? Relativity&rsquo;s
gamble paid off, as their war thriller, &ldquo;Act of Valor&rdquo; shot to #1 with $24.7
million its opening weekend, and relegated Tyler Perry&rsquo;s latest, &ldquo;Good Deeds&rdquo; to
second in command with $16 million. The napalm fell far from the tree though,
as the two other new releases &ldquo;Wanderlust&rdquo; a...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=491'>more</a><br />
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<title>MR. "DEEDS" GOES TO WAR</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
On the eve of Hollywood&rsquo;s biggest show, The Academy Awards, four
new flicks enter the box office spotlight. Although they will all be thoroughly
forgotten when Oscar rolls out its ballots for next year, a couple should be
able to topple headlines before the glitz and gloss of Tinseltown&rsquo;s finest descends
upon the nation. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The last couple weeks, all of the new release...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=490'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SAFE HOUSE" BREAKS "VOW"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;There was a flip flop at the tip top, as &ldquo;Safe House&rdquo; stole the #1 spot from last week&rsquo;s champ &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; $23.9 million to $23.6 million. Meanwhile, Nicolas Cage felt the burn as &ldquo;Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance&rdquo; rode off with just $22 million and Reese Witherspoon&rsquo;s &ldquo;This Means War&rdquo; finished fifth with $17.5 million. 
Separated b...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=489'>more</a><br />
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<title>IS CAGE STILL ALL THE RAGE?</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=488</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
President&rsquo;s Day Weekend brings some
chain to ease your pain as Nicolas Cage rides the &ldquo;Ghost Rider&rdquo; sequel into
theatres and Reese Witherspoon tries to hook her ball and chain up to Chris &ldquo;Capt.
James T. Kirk&rdquo; Pine and Tom Hardy in the romantic action flick, &ldquo;This Means
War.&rdquo; 
In 3,189 love bunkers, Fox&rsquo;s ode to
love on the run probably won&r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=488'>more</a><br />
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<title>AUDIENCES TAKE "VOW"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Moviegoers are officially in love with Hollywood again, as
they doted on the box office this weekend, with all four new flicks debuting with
a combined $131 million. It was Sony&rsquo;s rom-dramedy, &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; that ultimately
received the most Valentine&rsquo;s as it topped $41.7 million, but Denzel Washington&rsquo;s
&ldquo;Safe House&rdquo; was close behind locking down a massi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=487'>more</a><br />
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<title>"VOW" SET TO WOW</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=486</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In multiplexes, it&rsquo;s officially Valentine&rsquo;s Day Weekend&mdash;or Stupid Cupid Weekend if you prefer&mdash;and with four new flicks all expected to perform well, it should be a box office love fest for all involved. In fact, there&rsquo;s a very real possibility of all new films debuting with $20+ million.
The action orgy of 2012, which already counts in the half-dozen films with &ldqu...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=486'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Forget Giants vs. Patriots, this weekend was all about found footage vs. Harry Potter&mdash;and they both came out victorious, big-time. The Super Bowl of cinema saw Fox&rsquo;s &ldquo;Chronicle&rdquo; and CBS Films&rsquo; &ldquo;The Woman in Black&rdquo; square off with both competitors topping the $20 million mark, and in doing so, each of them grossed more in their first three days of release t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=485'>more</a><br />
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<title>LO-FI SUPER HEROES AIM TO FLY HIGH</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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The
story so far in 2012 has been all about found footage. No other genre has polarized
audiences more of late, but the bottom line is the bottom line in Hollywood,
and the $1million chill pill, &ldquo;The Devil Inside,&rdquo; shocked the nation the first
weekend of the year grossing $33 million-- with one of the best January debuts
ever. Fox puts a new spin on the genre by thrusting superp...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=484'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GREY" BRIGHTENS BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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John McClane ain&rsquo;t got nothin&rsquo; on Liam Neeson. He kicks ass;
it&rsquo;s that simply, really. After dying hard in &ldquo;Taken&rdquo; and &ldquo;Unknown,&rdquo; Hollywood&rsquo;s
new action star at age 59, whitewashed the box office competition again this
weekend with Open Road Films&rsquo; &ldquo;The Grey,&rdquo; biting off $20 million to easily nab
the #1 spot.
Neeson and direc...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=483'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GREY" LOOKS TO WHITEWASH COMPETITION</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
BIG SALE! MUST END TODAY! STORE CLOSING! 2 FOR 1! Yes, it&rsquo;s
beginning to look a lot like the Sunday morning circulars at multiplexes as two
of the three new flicks hitting theatres this weekend are &ldquo;flashing their wares&rdquo;
at a considerable discount. Lionsgate&rsquo;s romantic action pic &ldquo;One For the Money&rdquo;
and Summit&rsquo;s thriller &ldquo;Man on a Ledge&rdquo; ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=482'>more</a><br />
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<title>"UNDERWORLD" LEADS ACTION ONSLAUGHT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
They say action is the antidote to despair. This was true
for movie goers this weekend, as action was the endgame, with 4 of the Top 5
films being high-flying, butt-kicking, blood-spilling action flicks.
Sony&rsquo;s fourth incarnation of the vampire-werewolf saga &ldquo;Underworld&rdquo;
was #1 as &ldquo;Awakening&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t show any signs of audience fatigue pulling in $25.4
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<title>"UNDERWORLD" SET TO RULE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=479</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The box office battlefield is more crowded
than the IRS will call line at a Republican caucus as four new films go to war
this weekend. One of them literally, as George Lucas makes his swansong (if you
believe the rumor mill) producing &ldquo;Red Tails,&rdquo; while Sony unleashes another
chapter of vampires vs. werewolves with &ldquo;Underworld: Awakening,&rdquo; and Relativity
goes for ar...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=479'>more</a><br />
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<title>WAHLBERG: BELLE OF THE BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The eternal question of beauty vs. beast has been answered: beast. &nbsp;Mark Wahlberg bested the belle of the ball as Universal&rsquo;s R-rated action thriller &ldquo;Contraband&rdquo; scored the #1 spot with $24 million, while Disney&rsquo;s re-release of &ldquo;Beauty and the Beast 3D&rdquo; finished second with $18.4 million
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<title>"BEAUTY" GETS A MAKEOVER</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Tinseltown
drops three new films into multiplexes this weekend: Warner&rsquo;s spiritual singing
drama &ldquo;Joyful Noise,&rdquo; Universal&rsquo;s action-flick &ldquo;Contraband,&rdquo; and Disney&rsquo;s
second attempt at 3D retro-glory, &ldquo;Beauty and the Beast 3D.&rdquo;
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just the second weekend of the year and with &ldquo;Beauty and the Beast 3D&rdquo; we&rsquo;re already...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=477'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DEVIL" BEDEVILS BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
2012 is off to a sizzling start at the box office thanks to holiday
holdovers and a deal with the devil. Paramount&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Devil Inside,&rdquo; an R-rated
found-footage horror flick, possessed audiences and scared up an estimated $34.5
million in the #1 spot; the third-best January debut ever behind &ldquo;Cloverfield&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Star Wars: Special Edition.&rdquo; &nbsp;All...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=476'>more</a><br />
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<title>TOP 11 BOX OFFICE "FAILS" OF 2011</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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TOP 11 BOX OFFICE &ldquo;FAILS&rdquo; OF 2011
#11&mdash;BUCKY LARSON:
BORN TO BE A STAR (Sony)&mdash;The long and short of it is this: Adam Sandler can
make Sony do whatever he wants. Releasing a sex romp about porn that stars Nick
Swardson proves this without a doubt. Hey, at least it wasn&rsquo;t the story of a
lonely jizz mopper...although I believe Danny McBride might have that in the
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<title>HOLLYWOOD'S LAST HURRAH</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas&hellip;every multiplex
you go. Yes, the last great box office spending spree begins mid-week, as five
new flicks hit theatres by Christmas Day: Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo&rdquo; debuts at 7pm on Tuesday, while Spielberg&rsquo;s motion-capture animated
film, &ldquo;The Adventures of Tintin,&rdquo; finally hits North Am...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=474'>more</a><br />
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<title>SEQUELS FALL SHORT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sequels were supposed to save the day this weekend, but it turned into a free fall in theatres as both &ldquo;Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows&rdquo; and &ldquo;Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked&rdquo; failed to attract audiences that their predecessors were able to. 
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&ldquo;Sherlock 2&rdquo; tracked down $40 million, which was off 36% of the original&rsquo;s debut, while &ldquo;Alvi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=473'>more</a><br />
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<title>SEQUELS: THE SAVIORS</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The Grinch hasn&rsquo;t quite stole Christmas from Hollywood-Whoville
yet, but it will be up to sequels to save the day. Yes, three holiday heavy-hitters&mdash;&ldquo;Sherlock
Holmes 2,&rdquo; &ldquo;Mission: Impossible 4,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Alvin & the Chipmunks 3&rdquo; arrive
just when the box office needs cheering up the most.
&ldquo;Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows&rdquo; arrives with ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=472'>more</a><br />
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<title>2011: TOP 10 GROSSING FILMS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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TOP 10 FILMS - DOMESTIC (US &
CANADA)
1.&nbsp;&nbsp;
HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PT. 2 (WB) - $381 mil
2. &nbsp; TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE
MOON (PARAMOUNT) - $352 mil
3. &nbsp; THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING
DAWN, PT. 1 (SUMMIT) - $260 mil*
4. &nbsp; THE HANGOVER: PART II (WB) -
$254 mil
5. &nbsp; PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON
STRANGER TIDES (DISNEY) - $241 mil
6. &nbsp; FAST FIV...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=471'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE BUST</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is a time when the box office is supposed to be humming, not bumming. Outside of Thanksgiving weekend, audiences have said &ldquo;Bah, humbug!&rdquo; to films, as the overall box office posted its worst overall weekends of the year, back-to-back this week and last&mdash;last weekend totaled $81 million, while this weekend looks to top out at $75 million.
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<title>"TWILIGHT" THREE-PEATS</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=469</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shopping took precedence over movie-going this weekend as Hollywood&rsquo;s annual post-Thanksgiving slump featured only leftovers in theatres and left &ldquo;Twilight: Breaking Dawn&rdquo; in a position to three-peat.
&ldquo;Breaking Dawn&rdquo; certainly didn&rsquo;t suck as it took down another $16.9 million in its third weekend, and $247 million to date, however the overall box office was sta...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=469'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TWILIGHT" TAKES TURKEY TROT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and a hungry family around the table are the traditional staples of Thanksgiving. At the box office this holiday weekend, family was well represented with three new flicks catering just to them, yet none could bite off more than &ldquo;Twilight: Breaking Dawn&rdquo; which led the box office for the second weekend in a row with $42 million over the wee...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=468'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BREAKING DAWN" BUSTS B.O. -- $139.5 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
The box office is bloodletting, once again. &ldquo;The Twilight
Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1&rdquo; sucked down $139.5 million in its debut and as
fourth film in the franchise became the fifth-best opening of all-time. &nbsp;
It would seem the Twilight series has hit the glass ceiling
though, as the sequel, &ldquo;New Moon,&rdquo; hit $142 million when it debuted over the
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<title>"IMMORTALS" CONQUERS BOX OFFICE FOES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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Swords & sandals and Sandler took the box office by storm, knocking Puss from high atop his box office scratching post, as "Immortals" and "Jack and Jill" debuted 1-2 with $32 million and $26 million, respectively, while "Puss in Boots" finished a close third with $25.5 million.
Relativity Media, which began distribution just&nbsp;one year ago, had their biggest debut ever with the R-rated hist...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=466'>more</a><br />
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<title>CAN SWORDS & SANDLER BEAT "BOOTS"?</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=465</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend, Adam Sandler and &ldquo;Madam&rdquo; Sandler offer their version of a Doublemint twins commercial&nbsp;as they go up 3,438+ hills with Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Jack and Jill.&rdquo; While it may look like an SNL parody, Sandler routinely opens sub-par flicks (&ldquo;I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry,&rdquo; &ldquo;Grown Ups&rdquo;) to the tune of $30+ million. I mean, the man has been r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=465'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PUSS" OUT-DUELS COMEDY FOES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Comedy duos took a back seat to a cat with a hat&hellip;and boots, as DreamWorks Animation&rsquo;s &ldquo;Puss in Boots&rdquo; out-dueled Ben & Eddie and Harold & Kumar to swipe the #1 spot for the second weekend in a row with an estimated $33 million.&nbsp;
Universal&rsquo;s much ballyhooed &ldquo;Tower Heist&rdquo; failed to go all the way to the top, grossing $25 million in second place, and...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=464'>more</a><br />
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<title>COMEDIES LOOK TO BOOT "PUSS"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Ho. Ho. Ho. &lsquo;Tis the season. Whaaaaa? Already? Well, have you been to your local Target or Walgreens lately? If you didn&rsquo;t know any better, you&rsquo;d think there were only 10 shopping days left until Santa&rsquo;s sleigh hits the airstreams, not the 50+ days that we actually have. Hollywood is also jumping the gun on Xmas as it kicks into holiday mode with two new comedies this wee...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=463'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BOOTS" WALKS OVER COMPETITION</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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With the haunting season in full-effect, it was a kitty in kickers that won best costume at the box office party, as Paramount&rsquo;s &ldquo;Puss in Boots&rdquo; snatched the top spot with $34 million. Others weren&rsquo;t so fortunate as Johnny Depp&rsquo;s second attempt at dressing up as gonzo beat-poet Hunter S. Thompson was dud-on-arrival in fifth place with &ldquo;The Rum Diary&rdquo; swa...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=462'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PUSS" TO FIND "BOOT"-Y</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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This weekend DreamWorks Animation's &ldquo;Shrek&rdquo; spin-off, "Puss in Boots," will easily snatch the #1 spot with an estimated $47 million in the box office kitty. Debuting in an ultrawide 3,900+ theatres, and without any animated competition until "Happy Feet Two" rolls out in late November, this should be the cat's meow (my apologies) for some time.
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<title>"PARANORMAL" TAKES SOLE POSSESSION OF BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Audiences were in the mood for a good old fashioned goosing, and that's just what they got as Paramount's "Paranormal Activity 3" wiggled up $54 million--a gross nearly identical to the rest of the Top 10 combined! Ghastly! In fact, the threequel outperformed the sequel's opening by over 25% as the low-budget spookfest showed no sign of audience fatigue. Not only was it the biggest October debut...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=460'>more</a><br />
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<title>SEISMIC "ACTIVITY"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Paramount&rsquo;s low-budget wunderkind, &ldquo;Paranormal Activity 3,&rdquo; is primed to treat audiences with more of the same tricks used in the two previous efforts. If it ain&rsquo;t broken&hellip;don&rsquo;t F*#@ with it! Expect the close encounter of its third kind to spook up $36 million in 3,000+ --which would be down slightly from the $40 million debut of the sequel.&nbsp;Together, the o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=459'>more</a><br />
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<title>"STEEL" KO'S 80'S REMAKES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The 80&rsquo;s have been over for decades, but you wouldn&rsquo;t know it looking at the marquees in multiplexes which have Reagan-era remakes &ldquo;Footloose&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Thing&rdquo; prominently displayed. &nbsp;Totally tubular&hellip;only not so much.
Neither the dancing shoes of &ldquo;Footloose&rdquo; or the alien-infested scare tactics of &ldquo;The Thing&rdquo; had enough punch...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=458'>more</a><br />
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<title>80'S FLASHBACK WEEKEND</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Break out your Rubik's Cubes, make room for Max Headroom, and pull up your leg-warmers because this weekend two 80&rsquo;s remakes and a comedic reheat (one that seems as though could have been made in the Reagan era) look to get totally tubular at the box office.&nbsp;
Get ready to cut loose, footloose, and kick off your Sunday shoes (damn you, Kenny Loggins!), as Paramount hopes to have...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=457'>more</a><br />
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<title>FEEL THE "STEEL" </title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The box office belt was a hoisted high by Disney&rsquo;s Rock &lsquo;em Sock &lsquo;em robotic fighting film, &ldquo;Real Steel,&rdquo; which socked away $27.3 million in its debut. A distant second, was George Clooney&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Ides of March&rdquo; which filibustered its way to a modest $10.4 million.&nbsp;
DreamWorks and Disney spent an estimated $110 million on Hugh Jackman&rsquo;s ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=456'>more</a><br />
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<title>"REAL" DEAL?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The fall season usually brings multiplexes many tricks, but few treats for public consumption, however this weekend Walt Disney drops what they hope will be a real sweet deal as they release one of the more expensive live-action films October has ever seen in &ldquo;Real Steel,&rdquo; starring Hugh Jackman.
Yes, "Real Steel" is basically Rock &rsquo;em Sock &rsquo;em Robots come to life on the ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=455'>more</a><br />
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<title>DISNEY DOODLES IN 3D</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DISNEY AND DISNEY&bull;PIXAR FAVORITES POISED TO RETURN TO 
THEATERS IN 3D
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&lsquo;Beauty and the Beast,&rsquo; &lsquo;Finding Nemo,&rsquo; &lsquo;Monsters, Inc.&rsquo; and &lsquo;The Little Mermaid&rsquo; Will Make 3D Theatrical Debut in 2012 and 2013&nbsp;
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BURBANK, Calif. &ndash; October 4, 2011 &ndash; On the heels of the phenomenal success of The Lion King 3D &ndash; whic...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=454'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DOLPHIN" FLIPS INTO FIRST</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Four new films were left fighting for box office scraps as holdovers were the order of the day this weekend at the box office with &ldquo;Dolphin Tale,&rdquo; &ldquo;Moneyball,&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Lion King&rdquo; again taking the top three spots.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Dolphin Tale&rdquo; leapt from third to first, jumping through the brass ring in its second weekend with $14.2 million. Warner&rsquo;s...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=453'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DREAM" A LITTLE DREAM</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend prepare for, yes, another four new flicks, as "Dream House," "What's Your Number?," "50/50," and "Courageous" all hit multiplexes, however unless one of these genre pics over-performs, it&rsquo;s doubtful they will be able to knock off &ldquo;Moneyball,&rdquo; &ldquo;Dolphin Tale,&rdquo; or the third weekend roar of &ldquo;The Lion King (3D).&rdquo; 
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<title>"KING" STILL REIGNS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Four new films in multiplexes were no match for Disney's king of the jungle, as "The Lion King" roared again at the top spot this weekend, easing off just 27% and grossing $22.1 million. With a waterhole worth $61.6 million so far, Disney is probably reconsidering pulling this out of theatres after their two week engagement as originally planned, even though it will be released in home markets on ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=451'>more</a><br />
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<title>YOU'RE SO "MONEYBALL," BABY</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Since the beginning of the fall season, Hollywood has rolled out four new wide releases each weekend, and this Friday studios continue the trend as "Moneyball," "Dolphin Tale," "Abduction," and "Killer Elite" all look to mix-up the Top 10 once again. However, the difference with this weekend's crop of films is that all should debut in the Top 5.
Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Moneyball&rdquo; seems lik...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=450'>more</a><br />
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<title>"KING" OF THE HILL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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That old Disney magic is back. After fourteen years, &ldquo;The Lion King (in 3D),&rdquo; roared back into theatres with an impressive $29 million, easily taking the #1 spot and finally delivering some good news for 3D exhibition.&nbsp;
The other newcomers did moderate to brisk business as &ldquo;Drive&rdquo; revved up $11 million, while &ldquo;Straw Dogs&rdquo; could only muster up $5 million ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=449'>more</a><br />
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<title>WILL "LION" ROAR AGAIN?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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This weekend is a box office blitzkrieg as another four new films enter multiplexes. Theoretically, all could contend for the top spot as last week's champ, "Contagion," will likely drop to around $13 million. However, this is September, so let's not expect too much out of these newcomers. &nbsp;
&ldquo;The Lion King&rdquo; may be one of the most beloved Disney toons in recent history, but giv...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=448'>more</a><br />
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<title>"CONTAGION" TRANSMITS $23.1 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The weekend after Labor Day is traditionally the lowest overall grossing weekend of the year at the box office, and 2011 was no exception. With three out of the four new releases tanking, only Warner&rsquo;s &ldquo;Contagion&rdquo; was able to infect audiences as it easily took the #1 spot with $23.1 million knocking Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Help&rdquo; from the top spot after a three week run....<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=447'>more</a><br />
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<title>RAGIN' "CONTAGION" </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The first weekend of fall actually offers two films that may do some decent business. Sure, it is the much anticipated beginning of gridiron madness, but both Warner&rsquo;s &ldquo;Contagion&rdquo; and Lionsgate&rsquo;s &ldquo;Warrior&rdquo; have appeal that &ldquo;Bucky Larson&rdquo; and &ldquo;Creature&rdquo; would kill for. &nbsp;
Warner Bros. initially had set their star-studded thriller fo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=446'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HELP" THREE-PEATS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Labor Day weekend is summer&lsquo;s last stand at the box office, and as per the usual, it turned out to be reminiscent of Custer&lsquo;s Last Stand as the three new films--&ldquo;The Debt,&rdquo; &ldquo;Shark Night 3D,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Apollo 18&ldquo;--all failed to crack $10 million in their debuts. Yes, Hollywood has officially settled into fall mode and football has returned as the marquee...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=445'>more</a><br />
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<title>SECOND "HELP"-INGS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It was the slowest weekend by far at the box office all summer, as the fall freeze seems to have arrived early and chilled theatres overnight. Still, the only hot ticket around, &ldquo;The Help,&rdquo; topped the box office for the second week in a row with $14.3 million, dropping just 28%.&nbsp;
Total for Disney&rsquo;s late summer hit is $96 million and counting, as Labor Day will bring more ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=444'>more</a><br />
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<title>THEATRES GO "DARK"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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This weekend the summer slow-down comes to sluggish stall as another three castaways&mdash;&ldquo;Colombiana,&rdquo; &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Be Afraid of the Dark,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Our Idiot Brother&rdquo;&mdash;enter theatres.
Last weekend saw four films falter at the box office, and this latest crop doesn&rsquo;t look to light anyone&rsquo;s pants on fire, which should leave Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=443'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HELP" WANTED</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Summer is officially over&hellip;if the box office is any indication. Four new films entered multiplexes and not one of them could muster over $12 million. What, is this September already?&nbsp;
Still, there is some good news amidst these dogs of summer, as Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Help&rdquo; eased just 21% in its second weekend to claim the #1 spot with $20.4 million. The film based on the b...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=442'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BARBARIAN" AT THE BOX OFFICE?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The summer swelter is winding down and that means Hollywood is dumping flicks on us like two-day-old churros in a back-alley dumpster. This weekend, four new films enter multiplexes with three of them boasting a third-dimensional boost&hellip;and one of those even going so far as to offer us what we&rsquo;ve all been waiting a lifetime for: 4D! Only &ldquo;The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=441'>more</a><br />
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<title>"APES" FENDS OFF FOURSOME</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Primates beat their chest at the box office for the second weekend in a row as &ldquo;Rise of the Planet of the Apes&ldquo; socked away another $27.5 million and fended off &nbsp;Walt Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Help&ldquo; which cleaned up in second place with $25.5 million.
Warner&rsquo;s &ldquo;Final Destination 5&rdquo; settled for third place with $18.4 million, while Sony&rsquo;s R-rated te...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=440'>more</a><br />
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<title>WHEN DAMN, DIRTY "APES" ATTACK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It&rsquo;s on like Donkey Kong as primates are primed to thump theatres this weekend. Fox launches what is widely regarded as the last real blockbuster film of the summer in &ldquo;Rise of the Planet of the Apes,&ldquo; and while it doesn&rsquo;t have the above-the-line talent that Tim Burton&rsquo;s &ldquo;Planet of the Apes&rdquo; did when it debuted with $68 million back in 2001, it does have...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=439'>more</a><br />
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<title>SMURFS COWBOY UP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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There is a fine line between smurfy and non-so-smurfy. With the top spot up for grabs this weekend, Sony&rsquo;s kiddie flick featuring the likes of Papa Smurf and Smurfette held their own and then some against Indiana Jones and James Bond, as both &ldquo;The Smurfs&rdquo; and &ldquo;Cowboys & Aliens&rdquo; found $36 million. 
Who ends up on top is anyone&rsquo;s guess as &ldquo;The Smurfs&rdqu...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=438'>more</a><br />
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<title>COWBOYS, ALIENS, & SMURFS--OH MY!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[James Bond and Indiana Jones in the same flick? How could any studio not pass that up? They couldn&rsquo;t. Unfortunately, &ldquo;Cowboys & Aliens&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t a franchise crossover, but rather a genre mash-up that seems destined to saddle up to a ho-hum debut at the top of the box office coral this weekend. 
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<title>CAPPY: THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It was supposed to be the summer of superheroes, instead 2011 has turned into the summer of 17 and over. R-rated comedies have taken over multiplexes with &ldquo;The Hangover: Part II,&rdquo; &ldquo;Bridesmaids,&rdquo; &ldquo;Bad Teacher,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Horrible Bosses&rdquo; all becoming huge hits, while &ldquo;Thor,&rdquo; &ldquo;Green Lantern,&rdquo; and &ldquo;X-Men: First Class&rdquo; ha...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=436'>more</a><br />
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<title>ALL HAIL "HARRY POTTER"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It all ended all right, with the biggest weekend gross the world (and wizarding world) has ever seen. &ldquo;Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2&rdquo; conjured up a record-breaking $168.5 million as Potterheads closed out the series in style topping &ldquo;The Dark Knight&rdquo; which held the most hollowed record in the box office books since 2008 when it scored $158 million.
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<title>HARRY POTTER CASTS FINAL BOX OFFICE SPELL</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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IT ALL ENDS. Yes, for Muggles, magic practitioners and studio execs alike, the culmination of the Harry Potter series with &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2&rdquo; this weekend comes with great joy and extreme sadness as filmdom&rsquo;s most successful franchise wraps up its extraordinary tale. With nearly $6.4 billion in worldwide receipts, no doubt it will be quite some time ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=434'>more</a><br />
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<title>COMEDY DUO LOOK$ FOR LAUGH$</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It&rsquo;s a battle royale of belly laughs at the box office this
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million as comedy has been the hot ticket this summer.&nbsp;
Warner Bros. R-rated &ldquo;Horrible Bosses&rdquo; enters multiplexes
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<title>"TRANSFORMERS" ROLLS OUT TO $97.4 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It was a box office BBQ, and the robots did all the cooking. Autobots and Decepticons took over multiplexes for the third time, as the threequel, &ldquo;Transformers: Dark of the Moon,&rdquo; powered up $97.4 million over the traditional three-day weekend and looks to roll out to $116 million over the extended holiday. Since its release on Tuesday, the Paramount release will have grossed nearly ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=432'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TRANSFORMERS" BRINGS BOX OFFICE BOOM</title>
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It wasn&rsquo;t quite the big bang that &ldquo;Transformers: Revenge of
the Fallen&rdquo; was, but the threequel, &ldquo;Transformers: Dark of the Moon,&rdquo; did light
up the box office on its first day of release collecting $37.7 million. It also
made an additional $5.5 million on Tuesday night 3-D previews, sparking its
total to $43.2 million going into Thursday.
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<title>"CARS 2" HITS TOP SPEED: $68 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Walt Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Cars 2&rdquo; easily took the checkered flag this weekend at the box office, lapping the competition with $68 million, and making Pixar perfect in the process by opening each of their 12 films in the #1 pole position. &nbsp;Also taking a victory lap was Sony&rsquo;s R-rated comedy &ldquo;Bad Teacher,&rdquo; starring Cameron Diaz, which earned an A+ and a ton of gold-st...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=430'>more</a><br />
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<title>"CARS" TO TAKE SECOND VICTORY LAP</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Pixar and head honcho John Lasseter has always said the story comes first when making their films, and it&rsquo;s very hard to argue that point when you look at their impressive library of films; they have such depth of structure they could each be a blueprint for a master class in screenwriting. C&rsquo;mon, raise your hand if you&rsquo;ve cried at a Pixar flick&hellip;&nbsp;
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<title>"GREEN" FLASHES, FADES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Green is the color of money and &ldquo;Green Lantern&rdquo; made more cash than any other film this weekend shining brightly (for now) with $52.6 million. Meanwhile, the other new opener, &ldquo;Mr. Popper&rsquo;s Penguins,&rdquo; waddled into third place with $18.2 million proving Jim Carrey&rsquo;s career is literally and figuratively for the birds these days.
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<title>"LANTERN" LOOKS TO CAST BOX OFFICE GLOW</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DC Comics is lagging far behind mighty Marvel Comics in terms of successful comic book adaptations, however Warner Bros. is obviously hoping to change that shining the light of one of their premiere spandex clad heroes, &ldquo;Green Lantern,&rdquo; into theatres this weekend.
Unfortunately, these superhero pics don&rsquo;t come cheap, and you really only get one shot to launch a franchise. Wait, ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=427'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SUPER" SIZE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although the Top 5 movies at the box office all look like sequels with their extended titles, digits and Roman numerals, one of the most original flicks of the summer, J.J. Abrams&rsquo; &ldquo;Super 8&rdquo; unspooled atop the charts this weekend with an estimated $37 million and $38 million since its Thursday sneaks.
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<title>"SUPER" SECRET </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a world full of exploitation and in-your-face pop-up ads, this weekend brings multiplex marauders something they almost never get during the summer season: the experience of being surprised. J.J. Abrams&rsquo; &ldquo;Super 8&rdquo; will unspool in 3,200+ theatres this weekend, and audiences, for the most part, don&rsquo;t exactly know what they&rsquo;re getting. And that&rsquo;s the point. I...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=425'>more</a><br />
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<title>"FIRST CLASS" NOT BUSINESS CLASS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;X&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t exactly mark the sweet spot for Fox, but &ldquo;X-Men: First Class&rdquo; did take the brass ring at the box office with $56 million this weekend. While that is $2 million more than the original &ldquo;X-Men&rdquo; film opened with in 2000, when adjusted for ticket price inflation, the &ldquo;X-Men&rdquo; of eleven years ago would&rsquo;ve grossed $79 million in today&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=424'>more</a><br />
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<title>DOES "X" STILL MARK THE SPOT?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Fox&rsquo;s &ldquo;X-Men: First Class&rdquo; is the lone entry into multiplexes this weekend, so expect top notch numbers for the prequel, which is also a reboot, and the fifth incarnation in the X-men franchise.
The original debuted with $54 million at the turn of the century eleven years ago, and ended up grossing nearly $300 million worldwide on a mean, lean budget of just $75 million.
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<title>"HANGOVER" CURES BOX OFFICE WOES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The Wolf Pack is back&hellip;in a big way. WB&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Hangover: Part II&rdquo; was the life of the party at the box office over Memorial Day weekend as the R-rated sequel scored $86.1 million over the traditional 3-day period, and is estimated to pull in nearly $107 million for the 4-day stretch. Combined with its Thursday haul, its 5-day total will balloon to $138.5 million.
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<title>"KUNG FU," "HANGOVER" SEQUELS TO DOMINATE </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a sequel city block party as &ldquo;Kung Fu Panda 2&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Hangover: Part II&rdquo; drop into multiplexes for the extended Memorial Day weekend holiday each jumping the gun and rolling out Thursday, instead of the traditional Friday. 
Both will improve on their predecessor&rsquo;s debuts, which were $60 million and $45 million respectively. &nbsp;Look for Po and his clan...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=421'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PIRATES" CONQUERS THE WORLD: $346 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Captain Jack is back&hellip;and so is his fabulous booty. Box office booty, that is. Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides&rdquo; keelhauled the competition sailing into port with an estimated $90.1 million in its domestic debut, and $256 million overseas in just five days of release. &nbsp;&nbsp;
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<title>THE "TIDE" IS HIGH</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Avast, ye box office bilge rats! Four years since his last voyage, Johnny Depp once again ventures into the high seas, solo this time, as &ldquo;Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides&rdquo; sails into theatres all by its lonesome. With no other film daring to duel at the box office, Walt Disney will see a keelhauling of grand proportions for the $200 million sequel. &nbsp; &nbsp;
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<title>"THOR" THUNDERS AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Lightning never strikes twice in the same spot, but thunder just did. Bridesmaids and vampires were no match for Marvel&rsquo;s famed Norse god, as &ldquo;Thor&rdquo; hammered the competition for the second weekend in a row, swinging up $34.5 million, and thwacking &ldquo;Bridesmaids&rdquo; and &ldquo;Priest&rdquo; aside in the process.
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<title>WILL IT BE A VAMPIRE WEEKEND?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[







Lately, the second weekend slot of summer has been a wild card, and that is no different this year as two very different flicks vie for inclusion in the summer box office race.
Universal goes for a girly gross-out, with their R-rated chick flick &ldquo;Bridesmaids.&rdquo; So, is this really &ldquo;The Hangover&rdquo; for women, as advertised? Looks that way, now if only the &ldquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=417'>more</a><br />
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<title>"THOR" THWACKS THEATERGOERS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Valhallelujah! The summer blockbuster season has finally arrived. &ldquo;Thor&rdquo; dropped his mighty hammer in multiplexes this weekend, and struck up a thunderous debut of $66 million, easily throttling &ldquo;Fast Five&ldquo; in its second weekend, which revved up $32.5 million.&nbsp;
Marvel&rsquo;s latest high-profile comic book adaptation, released through Paramount, came with an estimat...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=416'>more</a><br />
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<title>"THOR" SWINGS FOR THE FENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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This weekend the power of summer finally punches its way into multiplexes. Oops. Wait. Been there. Done that. Hmmm. Sorry, Thor. Regardless of Vin Diesel & Co. stealing a bit of Thor&rsquo;s thunder, Paramount and Marvel&rsquo;s newest comic book flick will lord over the land, although it will be hard pressed to top last weekend&rsquo;s $86 million debut of &ldquo;Fast Five.&rdquo; The mighty ha...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=415'>more</a><br />
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<title>"FAST FIVE" FLOORS IT: $83.6 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Did you hear? Summer is officially here. Sorry Thor, someone stole your &nbsp;thunder. And that someone smells like gas. Diesel, actually. Vin Diesel&rsquo;s &ldquo;Fast Five&rdquo; took the checkered flag at the North American box office this weekend, racing up an astonishing $83.6 million.
Speaking of the Norse god, overseas &ldquo;Thor&rdquo; dropped his hammer like it&rsquo;s hot, with a th...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=414'>more</a><br />
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<title>LIFE IN THE "FAST" LANE </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Summer is rumbling just around the corner, but you&rsquo;d think it was burning rubber right outside your digs with the traction &ldquo;Fast Five&rdquo; will have at the box office this weekend. Once upon a time, Universal had slated this fifth edition of &ldquo;Fast & Furious&rdquo; for June; however, they wisely moved it forward into April, as the previous installment busted out with the best Ap...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=413'>more</a><br />
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<title>"RIO" EGGS TYLER PERRY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The biggest Easter surprise of all: Tyler Perry didn&rsquo;t find the golden egg. His latest, &ldquo;Madea&rsquo;s Big Happy Family,&rdquo; was clipped by those pesky birds of &ldquo;Rio&rdquo; which fluttered to the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row chirping to the tune of $26.8 million.
Tyler Perry was close behind with $25.7 million, but with his Madea character fron...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=412'>more</a><br />
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<title>TYLER PERRY FILLS "BIG" EASTER BASKET</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The Easter Bunny ain&rsquo;t got nothin&rsquo; on Tyler Perry. &nbsp;Yes, this
weekend TP rolls (oh, c&lsquo;mon that&rsquo;s good) out his latest Madea flick, &ldquo;Madea&rsquo;s
Big Happy Family,&rdquo; and with it Lionsgate will easily take the box office
bounty: $37 million on 2,288 screen.
While the screen count seems low, it is about average as Perry&rsquo;s
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<title>"RIO" DE DINERO</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Audiences flocked to warmer climates this weekend as &ldquo;Rio&rdquo; was the hot ticket at the box office grossing $40 million. Fox&rsquo;s animated film from the creators of &ldquo;Ice Age&rdquo; held off &ldquo;Scream 4,&rdquo; which finished a disappointing and distant second with $19.2 million. &nbsp;
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<title>"SCREAM 4" & "RIO" -- TRICKS & TWEETS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spring blooms into summer before our very eyes at multiplexes this weekend, and it couldn&rsquo;t have come at a better time for the movie biz, as the box office is flat-lining compared to last year, down nearly 20%. &nbsp;
Weinstein and Dimension Films bring back the one and only ghostface killer (SPOILER: ok&hellip;so there were two), who made ironic horror hot in the 90&rsquo;s, as &ldquo;Scre...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=409'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HOP" CAN'T BE STOPPED</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Easter arrives as late as possible this calendar year, however that couldn&rsquo;t have worked out any sweeter for Universal which saw their Easter-inspired hit, &ldquo;Hop,&rdquo; take the box office bunny bounty for the second weekend in a row, finding another $21.6 million. Total now stands at $68 million with the holiday still two weeks out.&nbsp;
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<title>BRAND APPEAL</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend Batman finally returns to the big screen! &nbsp;And by Batman, of course, I mean Russell Brand&nbsp;boozing it up in a Dark Knight costume as he stars as the ridiculously wealthy man-child, &ldquo;Arthur.&rdquo; Expect Brand&rsquo;s British invasion upon multiplexes to be complete as&nbsp;the comedic rebake&nbsp;and last week&rsquo;s box office topper, &ldquo;Hop,&rdquo; in which&nbsp...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=407'>more</a><br />
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<title>OH, "HOP"-PY DAY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Yo, Peeps! Hip, hop and the bunny don&rsquo;t stop. Easter arrived early this weekend, as Universal&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hop&rdquo; jumped to the top spot at the box office gathering an estimated $38.1 million in its debut.
The two other new wide release claimed second and third as Summit&rsquo;s sci-fi thriller &ldquo;Source Code&rdquo; computed $15 million in the runner-up slot, while Film District...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=406'>more</a><br />
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<title>HIP, "HOP" & IT DON'T STOP</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Easter Bunny bounces into town early as Universal&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hop,&rdquo; starring James Marsden and Russell Brand as the CGI wascally wabbit, look to drop a golden egg at the box office. &nbsp;As strange as it may seem, filmdom has yet to really capitalize on the candy-centric holiday, and this may be the family-friendly flick that finally cashes in. If it can open well, it will have a ful...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=405'>more</a><br />
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<title>"WIMPY" SCHOOLS "SUCKER PUNCH"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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pencil-necked geek on means having the #1 film in North America as Fox&rsquo;s &ldquo;Diary
of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules&rdquo; strong-armed $24.4 million in its debut. 
The sequel to
last year&rsquo;s hit kid&rsquo;s flick unexpectedly took the top spot from Zack Snyder&rsquo;s
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&ldquo;Sucker Punch&rdquo; and the sequel &ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules&rdquo; will no doubt top the box office&nbsp;charts with a solid one-two punch this weekend, but the real question is which one will actually take the top spot. Sure, &ldquo;Sucker Punch&rdquo; has Zack Snyder (&ldquo;300,&rdquo; &ldquo;Watchmen&rdquo;) at the helm and a hefty advertising campaign behind it,...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=403'>more</a><br />
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<title>TAKE IT TO THE "LIMIT"</title>
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Invading aliens and desert denizens were no match for the power of Bradley Cooper&rsquo;s mind waves as his new thriller &ldquo;Limitless&rdquo; debuted with a surprisingly potent $19 million, snatching the #1 spot a the box office from &ldquo;Rango&ldquo; and &ldquo;Battle: LA&rdquo; which finished second and third with $15.3 million and $14.6 million respectively.
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<title>"BATTLE" PROBES AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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It was supposed to be a battle for the ages, fanboys vs. fangirls, only the fangirls never showed up for the tussle; proving once again, that without Edward and Jacob&hellip;what&rsquo;s the point? Instead, it was &ldquo;Battle: Los Angeles&rdquo; which scorched the box office with $36 million, easily fortifying the #1 spot, while &ldquo;Red Riding Hood&rdquo; showed little teeth, hunting down j...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=401'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BATTLE" ROYALE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The ultimate box office showdown is upon us: Fangirls vs. Fanboys! &nbsp;Warner Bros. launches &ldquo;Red Riding Hood,&rdquo; the first &nbsp;live-action fairy tale released in theatres since Disney turned the genre into Hollywood&rsquo;s fastest growing trend with &ldquo;Alice in Wonderland&rdquo; grossing over a billion dollars worldwide last spring. &nbsp;Meanwhile, Sony goes straight for the j...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=400'>more</a><br />
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<title>AUDIENCES TANGO WITH "RANGO"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Big stars and intriguing concepts were the name of the game at the box office this weekend as Johnny Depp (albeit an animated one) and Matt Damon veered off their traditional courses and combined for a one-two punch that connected with audiences to the tune of nearly $60 million.
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Nickelodeon Movies&rsquo; &ldquo;Rango&rdquo; easily scaled to the top of the charts with $38 million; the lar...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=399'>more</a><br />
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<title>"RANGO" A GO GO</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=398</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[March is upon us and the film biz is in dire need of a monster hit, as current totals have 2011 off the torrid pace of 2010 by 25%--$1.3 billion vs. $1.74 billion. While much of 2010&rsquo;s fast start was due to &ldquo;Avatar,&rdquo; Disney opened &ldquo;Alice in Wonderland&rdquo; exactly one year ago to an unheard of $116 million, which kept exhibitors happy all month long.&nbsp; That kind of ea...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=398'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GNOMEO" STEALS THE SHOW</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo? Why atop the box
office charts, fair Juliet. Miramax&rsquo;s toon &ldquo;Gnomeo & Juliet,&rdquo; in its third
week of release, hopped to the top spot, grossing $14.2 million and denied WB&rsquo;s
new comedy &ldquo;Hall Pass,&rdquo; which finished second with $13.4 million.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Nic Cage took 3D exhibition
off-road and off the charts as &ldquo;Drive Ang...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=395'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PASS"-IVE AGGRESSIVE WEEKEND IN STORE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=394</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Brothers Farrelly have not opened a film north of $20 million since 2001&rsquo;s &ldquo;Shallow Hal.&rdquo; In fact, they&rsquo;ve only done it twice in their careers, the other being Jim Carrey&rsquo;s &ldquo;Me, Myself, and Irene.&rdquo; That one actually had more to do with Carrey than the Farrelly Brothers, as even their biggest box office hit, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s Something About Mary,&rd...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=394'>more</a><br />
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<title>"UNKNOWN" COMMODITY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All but one of the presidents of the United States could probably relate to Liam Neeson&rsquo;s latest conquest: an old white dude taking charge and leading the nation. &ldquo;Unknown,&rdquo; the new thriller from Warner Bros., did indeed top the tower of box office power over President&rsquo;s Day Weekend as it pardoned $21.7 million.
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<title>SANDLER TAKES TOP BILLING FROM BIEBER</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Bieber Fever nearly got the best of Adam Sandler. The teen
singing sensation belted out an estimated $30.2 million with his 3D concert
movie, &ldquo;Justin Bieber: Never Say Never&rdquo; while The Sandman&rsquo;s latest &ldquo;Just Go
With It&rdquo; is estimated to drop $31 million over the Valentine&rsquo;s Weekend. Love
certainly works in mysterious ways.
Out of the gate, Paramount&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=392'>more</a><br />
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<title>LEAVE IT TO "BIEBER"</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel an itch? Does your body ache? Are you rockin&rsquo; a hairdo that makes you look like a Fancy Nancy? Well, then you, my childhood chum, may have a case of Bieber Fever. And the only cure&hellip;is more Bieber. Yes, Paramount unleashes &ldquo;Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,&rdquo; the G-Rated 3-D biopic that follows the latest teen singing sensation on tour, in hopes that it will spread...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=391'>more</a><br />
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<title>"ROOMMATE" HAS GAME </title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=390</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Filmdom fumbles! Fumblerooski! Fumble-aya! With the Super Bowl front and center on everyone&rsquo;s mind, movies got sacked hard this weekend, as only one film in release earned more than $10 million. 
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That film was Sony&rsquo;s teen thriller &ldquo;The Roommate,&rdquo; which took the top bunk at the box office as the PG-13 film bedded $15 million in its debut. Made for less than $10 mill...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=390'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE "ROOMMATE" SITUATION </title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=389</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony is looking to score big time during the weekend of the big game with their teen thriller &ldquo;The Roommate.&rdquo; &nbsp;Last year they offered up a sweet dish in the teary drama &ldquo;Dear John,&rdquo; which proved to be irresistible to womankind everywhere, surprising the industry with a massive debut of $30 million.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<title>"RITE" AID</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It was a bedeviling time at the box office for
everyone, as the winter doldrums have the overall box office down over 10%
versus last year, however Academy Awards nominations provided some of their
traditional &ldquo;bumps&rdquo; and no film benefitted from that more than &ldquo;The King&rsquo;s
Speech&rdquo; which jumped 41%, finishing fifth with $11.1 million.
The top spot at the box offi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=387'>more</a><br />
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<title>"THE RITE" STUFF</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=386</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend a couple old dogs show off their old tricks, as the leads of the two wide releases&mdash;Anthony Hopkins and Jason Statham&mdash;tread territory that is very familiar to audiences.
Hannibal Lecter gets his holy on, as Hopkins goes creepy again in Warner Bros. &ldquo;The Rite,&rdquo; which features him as an American&nbsp;priest who travels to Italy for a little Exorcism 101. Guess wh...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=386'>more</a><br />
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<title>"ATTACHED" ATTRACTS AUDS</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=382</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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Who wants to watch people have casual sex? Well, if the
people doing the dirty deed are Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, enough peeping
toms to make &ldquo;No Strings Attached&rdquo; the #1 movie this weekend, that&rsquo;s who.
Paramount&rsquo;s R-rated comedy was the only new major studio film in wide release
and slept its way to the top spot with an estimated $20.3 million.
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<title>"HORNET" BUZZES BOX OFFICE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=380</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Buddy films drove the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday box
office this weekend, as Seth Rogen/Jay Chou and Kevin James/Vince Vaughn debuted
in the top two spots. But it was the superheroes that have the swagger, as &ldquo;The
Green Hornet&rdquo; stung audiences to the tune of $33 million and an estimated $40.5
million over the 4-day period making it #1, while &ldquo;The Dilemma&rdquo; finished...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=380'>more</a><br />
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<title>"HORNET" SET TO STIR NEST</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=379</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Go Green. Studios have obviously been listening to the environmental zeitgeist that has been sweeping the nation this past decade and they finally deliver in 2011, offering up &ldquo;The Green Hornet&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Green Lantern&rdquo; in the same year. &nbsp;In fact, 2011 is so chalk full of superhero spandex this summer, including &ldquo;Thor,&rdquo; &ldquo;X-Men: First Class,&rdquo; and ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=379'>more</a><br />
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<title>GRITTY PERFORMANCE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=377</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Determination. Perseverance. Fortitude. True Grit. It was a
wild ride, but the third time was the charm for Coen Bros. &ldquo;True Grit&rdquo; as it
finally took over the top spot at the box office from &ldquo;Little Fockers&rdquo; earning
$15 million versus $13.7 million.
With $110 million in three weeks of release, Paramount has
the first western to gross over $100 million&mdash;and the C...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=377'>more</a><br />
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<title>WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE "SEASON?"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The top three spots should remain relatively untouched, with &ldquo;Little Fockers,&rdquo; &ldquo;True Grit,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Tron: Legacy&rdquo; taking win, place and show. However, with the Coen Bros. western outperforming Universal&rsquo;s comedy threequel during the week, there may be a flip-flop in the top spot. 
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<title>NEW YEAR, SAME "FOCKING" STORY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Everything old is new again. Sort of. Call it box office
d&eacute;j&agrave; vu. With no new wide releases it was the same-old, same-old atop the
charts as &ldquo;Little Fockers&rdquo; rung in the New Year with $26.2 million, making the
Universal threequel the top film two weeks in a row. &ldquo;True Grit&rdquo; held its own
too, riding shotgun once again with $24.5 million.&nbsp;
Hold...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=373'>more</a><br />
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<title>"FOCKERS" AND "GRIT" BRING BOX OFFICE JOY</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=372</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Holidays are all about family, and &ldquo;Little
Fockers&rdquo; was the movie that everyone could agree on. Universal&rsquo;s PG-13
threequel was #1 at the box office over the Christmas holidays wrapping up $34
million and $48.3 million since its bow on Wednesday.
With an estimated budget of well over $100
million, the studio needed Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro to deliver the goods, and th...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=372'>more</a><br />
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<title>HAPPY "FOCKING" HOLIDAYS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Universal&rsquo;s threequel &ldquo;Little Fockers&rdquo; will likely take the top spot from &ldquo;Tron: Legacy&rdquo; over the Christmas holiday weekend, but not without a fight. &ldquo;Fockers&rdquo; debuted with a pretty focking good $7 million on Wednesday, however&nbsp;&ldquo;Meet the Fockers&rdquo; delivered a really focking good $12 million when it opened at relatively the same time six yea...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=371'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TRON" TURNS ON AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
28 years is one of the longest stretches between sequels
that Hollywood has ever seen, but it was worth the wait, as &ldquo;Tron: Legacy&rdquo;
illuminated the box office, powering up $43.6 million&mdash;a whopping 24% of that total
coming courtesy of IMAX theatres.&nbsp;
In a single weekend, Walt Disney&rsquo;s sci-fi sequel has already
grossed more than the original &ldquo;Tron,&rdquo; wh...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=370'>more</a><br />
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<title>SAG Nominations 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2010) &mdash; Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards&reg; for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center&rsquo;s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood. The 17th Annual Screen Actor...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=368'>more</a><br />
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<title>TRON 2--ELECTRIC BOX OFFICE BOOGALOO?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With the Christmas holiday just around the corner, four new releases&nbsp;will bring much needed holiday cheer into&nbsp;theatres: &ldquo;The Fighter,&rdquo; &ldquo;How Do You Know,&rdquo; &ldquo;Tron: Legacy,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Yogi Bear.&rdquo; 
A few months ago, &ldquo;Tron&rdquo; would have figured to be #1 with relative ease; however the gap has been closing over the last couple weeks, as &ld...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=369'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DAWN" OF THE DEAD</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Audiences went sight-seeing this weekend, but opted for stay-cations as both &ldquo;The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Tourist&rdquo; disappointed in their debuts.&nbsp; 
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<title>"DAWN" OF A NEW DAY</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend audiences will undoubtedly return to the enchanted world of Narnia, as Fox&mdash;instead of Walt Disney&mdash;releases the third film of C.S. Lewis&rsquo; saga, &ldquo;The Voyage of the Dawn Treader&rdquo; in 3,500+ theatres. While likely not matching the debut of the original&rsquo;s $65 million or the sequel&rsquo;s $55 million, $40 million is not out of the range of possibility for...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=365'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TANGLED" FLIP FLOPS WITH POTTER</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Oh, what a tangled web the box office weaves. In the fight
for Thanksgiving leftovers, &ldquo;Tangled&rdquo; came up as the top dish, grossing an
estimated $21.5 million, becoming the first film of the year to not open #1 yet
still make it back to top the charts. With only one new wide release in
theatres after the Turkey Day festivities, it was the calm before the Christmas
storm, and Harr...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=364'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE WEINSTEIN CO. LINES UP “PIRANHA” SEQUEL   </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Christmas has come early for fans of &ldquo;Piranha 3D.&rdquo; No, the
horror comedy, which became an instant cult classic when it was released in
theatres this past summer, still won&rsquo;t appear under trees this holiday season
as it doesn&rsquo;t arrive on video until Jan. 11, 2011, but a sequel will be
released next fall and it&rsquo;s already making waves. &nbsp;
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<title>"POTTER" TOPS "TANGLED"...BY A HAIR</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
No way around this: things are getting a bit hairy (or is it Harry?) in the fight
for the top spot at the box office, one that may not be decided until Monday
morning. Regardless of the outcome, audiences were quite thankful for wizards
and princesses over the Thanksgiving holiday as &ldquo;HP7P1&rdquo; and Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Tangled&rdquo;
earned a combined $100 million over the tr...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=360'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DEATHLY" DASHING DEBUT--$125 MIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s not the size of the wand; it&rsquo;s the magic
it creates. Well, if that&rsquo;s true, Harry Potter has one helluva magic stick,
because &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1&rdquo; conjured up $125.1
million over the weekend, easily surpassing the debuts of the six previous
installments and creating a calamity at cinemas, as it is estimated to have the
second-best o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=358'>more</a><br />
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<title>ON "HALLLOWS" GROUND</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the end is nigh! &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,&rdquo; otherwise known as &ldquo;HP7P1,&rdquo; is on track to conjure up the best debut the series has ever seen this weekend. Not even the dark forces of Lord Voldemort can stop the spell that &ldquo;HP7P1&rdquo; will cast on Muggles far and wide: $125 million! The biggest weekend opening the Harry Potter serie...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=356'>more</a><br />
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<title>NO ONE CAN DEFEAT "MEGAMIND" </title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Little green men are so pass&eacute;. Blue is
definitely the new green in terms of aliens invading the box office as &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Megamind&rdquo; can both attest to.
DreamWorks&rsquo; animated film held off three
newcomers and topped the box office for the second straight weekend, zapping
another $30 million from theatergoers, while dropping just 35% and amassing
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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Paramount&rsquo;s broadcast comedy &ldquo;Morning Glory&rdquo;
jumped the gun to maximize the Veteran&rsquo;s Day holiday, opening on Wednesday, but to a
lackluster $1 million. The PG-13 film may fare better on Thursday, as many
government agencies are shut down for the holiday. However, don&rsquo;t expect
anything more than a fifth place finish over the traditional weekend: $12
million.
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<title>"MEGA" MILLIONS JACKPOT: $47.6 MILLION</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Tis&rsquo; the season to be jolly&hellip;.fa la la la la&hellip;la la la la. At
least that&rsquo;s what studio execs are already humming after three new releases
took the Top 3 spots at the box office, combining for $100 million and kicking
off Hollywood&rsquo;s holiday season in grandiose style.
Leading the charge was Will Ferrell and his giant blue head.
His latest comedic endeavor, &ldqu...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=353'>more</a><br />
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<title>"MEGA" MILLIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s the unofficial start of the holiday season for Hollywood, and studios are dishing out three new wide releases that look to debut with a combined $100 million at the box office this weekend.
DreamWorks Animation hopes to use their galactic powers of persuation to lure in movie-goers&nbsp;to their latest CGI toon, &ldquo;Megamind.&rdquo; Featuring the comedic superhero stylings of Will...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=351'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE ANNUAL STATE OF HORROR ADDRESS</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boo-hoo! The haunting season is now just a smashed pumpkin, its innards strewn along the curb, and the holiday season, at least according to major retail outlets and Hollywood, officially began at 12:01am November 1st. &nbsp;As we look back at the fall box office, as expected, the two horror heavyweights were &ldquo;Paranormal Activity 2&rdquo; and &ldquo;Saw 3D&rdquo;&mdash;both which will add ma...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=350'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PARANORMAL" POSSESSES BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Haunting season is officially open, and &ldquo;Paranormal Activity
2&rdquo; is the ghost with the most. The sequel to last year&rsquo;s breakout hit demonized
audiences over the weekend, as Paramount&rsquo;s cheap-o chill pill scared up a
frighteningly potent $41 million.
Made for around $1 million, the &ldquo;found footage&rdquo; phenomenon
has already made back its budget 41 times o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=348'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PARANORMAL" POSSESSES AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Haunting season is officially open. &ldquo;Paranormal Activity 2&rdquo;
demonized audiences on Friday, as Paramount&rsquo;s cheap-o chill pill scared up $20
million on its opening day of release. This includes $6 million from Thursday&rsquo;s
midnight showings.&nbsp;
Made for around $1 million, the &ldquo;found footage&rdquo; phenomenon
has already made back its budget 20 times over in a si...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=347'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PARANORMAL" WILL POSSESS BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike its predecessor, which rolled out in limited release, &ldquo;Paranormal Activity 2&rdquo; haunts 3,216 venues this weekend and is going straight for the jugular. Much is expected from Paramount&rsquo;s sequel which follows the &ldquo;found footage&rdquo; format of the original, and judging by the trailers, is a chip off the ol&rsquo; shock block: $35 million. &nbsp;
Last fall, &ldquo;Paran...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=346'>more</a><br />
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<title>"JACKASS" PUNKS BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
This weekend was action-packed as the boys of &ldquo;Jackass&rdquo; and the elite elderly force of &ldquo;Red&rdquo; took #1 and #2 at the box office, combining forces for over $70 million in receipts.
Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry pranksters just went from balls-to-the-walls funny, to balls-in-your-face funny, as Paramount&rsquo;s threequel, &ldquo;Jackass 3D&rdquo; delivered an eye-p...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=344'>more</a><br />
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<title>NOWHERE BOY: A CHART-TOPPER</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Every so often a small film comes along that is simply pitch perfect. The 
Weinstein Company&rsquo;s &ldquo;Nowhere Boy,&rdquo; directed by first-time feature filmmaker Sam 
Taylor-Wood, is one such film. While it just happens that the drama, set in the 
mid-1950&rsquo;s, features one the most important icons in musical history in John 
Lennon, his teenage angst is merely the chorus for the ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=343'>more</a><br />
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<title>"NETWORK" STAYS CONNECTED</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
It was a close horse race at the box office, but last weekend&rsquo;s champ, &ldquo;The Social Network,&rdquo; sprinted across the line first, holding off &ldquo;Life As We Know It&rdquo; and &ldquo;Secretariat&rdquo; for the photo finish. &nbsp;&nbsp;
With an additional $15 million David Fincher&rsquo;s Facebook film dropped just 31% (a Top 10 best) and held off four new flicks in the process,...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=342'>more</a><br />
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<title>SECRETARIAT: WIN, PLACE, OR SHOW?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Step right up and place your bets, prognosticators of the playbill, as this weekend three new horses are looking to win, place, and show in theatres.&nbsp; However, they will have to deal with weekend #2 of Sony&rsquo;s hit drama, &ldquo;The Social Network,&rdquo; which is also eyeing the top spot. 
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Walt Disney likely has the inside track for #1, trotting out their sports drama, &ldquo;Se...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=341'>more</a><br />
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<title>"NETWORK" CONNECTS WITH AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hey, are you on Facebook? Apparently, one out of every two Americans is. So it should come as no surprise that Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Social Network,&rdquo; the drama based on the inception of the uber-popular social media site, &ldquo;friended&rdquo; $23 million this weekend, making it the most &ldquo;liked&rdquo; film of the weekend.&nbsp; It was a horror show for the other two new releases as ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=340'>more</a><br />
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<title>WILL "NETWORK" MAKE CONNECTION?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Three new films launch wide this weekend, but none drop with more notoriety than Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Social Network.&rdquo; Director David Fincher&rsquo;s topical drama, starring Justin Timberlake (&ldquo;Dick in a Box&rdquo;), Jesse Eisenberg (&ldquo;Zombieland&rdquo;) and Andrew Garfield (the new Spider-Man), details the inception of Facebook and its founders, painting a tale of megalomaniac...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=339'>more</a><br />
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<title>TOP 10 VIDEO GAMES THAT SHOULD BE MOVIES</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony&rsquo;s zombie horror show, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, the fourth incarnation of the video game adaptation franchise, debuted better than all previous installments recently and has also delivered record-breaking grosses worldwide, totaling over $200 million in just seventeen days of release, making it the top earner of the series. &nbsp;&nbsp;
With a fifth film in the works, RESIDENT EVIL has...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=337'>more</a><br />
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<title>"STREET" HITS SWEET SPOT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The stock market was bullish this weekend, as &ldquo;Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps&rdquo; was the hot commodity at the box office in its debut, clipping the wings of &ldquo;Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga&lsquo;Hoole&rdquo; with relative ease. In fact, those that trade stocks in Owl markets are urged to sell, sell, sell.
Greed is good, very good&hellip;even two decades later. Oliver Sto...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=336'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GUARDIANS" LOOKS TO BLOCK "STREET"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fall floodgates open this weekend as two films, Zack Snyder&rsquo;s animated &ldquo;Legend of the Guardians&rdquo; and Oliver Stone&rsquo;s &ldquo;Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,&rdquo; both debut in upwards of 3500+ theatres. That&rsquo;s a huge number for early fall and expect both to do boffo box office&hellip;for September, anyway. 
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<title>KING OF THE "TOWN"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Fall
has officially taken flight in Hollywood, as four new films entered the fray
this weekend, all landing in the Top 5. 
The
days of Ben Affleck bashing are gone, baby, gone; in fact, now he&rsquo;s a bonafide
triple threat in Tinseltown. His second directorial effort, &ldquo;The Town,&rdquo; which
he also starred and co-wrote, was #1 at the box office this weekend, pilfering
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<title>"TOWN" LIGHTS UP BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The days of Ben Affleck bashing are gone, baby, gone; in fact he&rsquo;s a bonafide triple threat in Tinseltown. His second directorial effort, THE TOWN, which he also starred and co-wrote, was #1 at the box office on Friday, grossing an estimated $8.3 million. The WB crime drama, set in his home town of Boston, looks to haul in around $22 million over the weekend. 
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<title>Foursome Falls Into Theatres</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 
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This weekend,
summer&rsquo;s films are officially on clearance sale, as four new releases jump into
the fall fray. Surprisingly, for the most part, they look like they could snag
very different demographics, making them all successes in their own right. 
Much maligned
Ben Affleck has taken his career by the horns recently, as he had surprising
critical success directing his younge...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=331'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EVIL" AIN'T DEAD</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
&ldquo;Knocking heads&rdquo; means something completely different to football fans and zombie fans. With both on full display this weekend, and with Hollywood dishing out only one new wide release, was there ever any doubt that Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Resident Evil: Afterlife&rdquo; would scare the bejesus out of the box office? It did. The fourth in the franchise debuted as the #1 film, splat...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=330'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EVIL" GOES FOURTH</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With only&nbsp;one new release slated to invade multiplexes, Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Resident Evil: Afterlife,&rdquo; expect the fourth film&nbsp;in the horror franchise to easily&nbsp;put a strangle-hold on&nbsp;the #1 spot.&nbsp;Get to Vegas, pronto, as the video game inspired&nbsp;chill pill&nbsp;is a guaranteed winner-winner-chopped up-dinner!&nbsp;
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<title>SUMMER BOX OFFICE: TOP 10 LISTS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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TOP 10 SUMMER FILMS 2010:&nbsp;DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE

1. TOY STORY 3 (Walt Disney) - $408 mil
2. IRON MAN 2 (Paramount) - $312 mil
3. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Summit) - $298 mil
4. INCEPTION (Warner Bros.) - $278 mil
5. DESPICABLE ME (Universal) - $241 mil
6. SHREK FOREVER AFTER (Paramount) - $238 mil
7. THE KARATE KID (Sony) - $176 mil
8. GROWN UPS (Sony) - $160 mil
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<title>SUMMER IN REVIEW: BOX OFFICE 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just like BP&rsquo;s massive oil slick, traces of summer are slip-sliding away at the box office. Of course, the season of swelter doesn&rsquo;t officially conclude until September 21st, but Labor Day is the end of the summer season for Hollywood.&nbsp; And it went out, as it usually does, with a whimper.&nbsp; The #1 film, &ldquo;The American,&rdquo; scored just$13 million, and in doing so, becom...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=327'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AMERICAN" IDOL</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Labor Day weekend is often summer&rsquo;s last hurrah to grab fun in the sun, which is why this stretch of early September is consistently one of the slowest weekends of the year at the box office. However, that didn&rsquo;t stop Hollywood from releasing three major new films, all of them R-rated. Performing the best of the bunch, &ldquo;The American,&rdquo; was also the lowest grossing topper o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=326'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GOING," GOING, GONE...</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Summer is over&hellip;bummer! Labor Day weekend officially signals the end of summer at multiplexes, yet three new films attempt to jump on the box office bandwagon and ride into the summer sunset. &nbsp;
Jumping the gun, was THE AMERICAN, which opened with $1.6 million on Wednesday. The assassin thriller has George Clooney going ballistic with Focus Features looking to shoot up $15 million over ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=325'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TAKERS" SWIPES #1 SPOT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a horror show at the box office this weekend, however it turned out to be anything but that for &ldquo;Takers&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Last Exorcism,&rdquo; both of which&nbsp;exceeded expectations by grossing over $20 million in their debuts, and finishing #1 and #2 respectively. Nope, the only scary debut was James Cameron&rsquo;s &ldquo;Avatar: Special Edition&rdquo; which fi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=324'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EXORCISM" LOOKS TO EXTRACT "EXPENDABLES"</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Topping the pack this weekend should be Lionsgate again, however not with &ldquo;The Expendables,&rdquo; but with the PG-13 rated&nbsp;&ldquo;The Last Exorcism.&rdquo; The low budget horror show (reportedly made for&nbsp;less than a couple million), shot documentary style, looks like just the scare audiences seek late in the summer game as it enters 2,846 venues. Remember, Sony's "The Exorcism ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=323'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EXPENDABLES" EXTENDS DOMINANCE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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At Target, Wal-Mart, and every other superstore, you may be noticing clearance sales abound in your local shopping meccas. Pineapple gelatin molds...3 for $5.00?!?! Sold! Glow-in-the-dark garden gnomes just $5.99!! Get some!! Well, it&rsquo;s no different for Hollywood as the sun sets on endless summer days at the box office. Yup, it was a regular old fire sale this weekend, as no less tha...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=321'>more</a><br />
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<title>WILL IT BITE...HARD?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Hollywood goes bargain basement, as summer clearance sales begin; no less than five films are dropped into wide release as studios try to get the most bang out of your summer bucks.
Wednesday saw the &ldquo;Twilight&rdquo; spoof, &ldquo;Vampire&rsquo;s Suck,&rdquo; slurp down $4 million, and it will likely finish the traditional 3-day weekend with around $11 million, and $18 million overall. No...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=320'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EXPENDABLES" BLOW UP BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Testosterone topped estrogen this weekend as Sylvester Stallone&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Expendables&rdquo; blew up the box office, commandeering an estimated $35 million, while Julia Roberts&rsquo; &ldquo;Eat, Pray, Love&rdquo; &nbsp;took faith in $23.7 million, earning the runner-up spot. &nbsp;
Visions of Viagra and steroids (alleged) fueled Sly&rsquo;s $85 million production, as his greatest hits...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=319'>more</a><br />
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<title>"EXPENDABLES" BLOWS UP BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Testosterone topped estrogen this weekend, as Sylvester Stallone&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Expendables&rdquo; blew up the box office commandeering an estimated $35 million, while Julia Roberts&rsquo; &ldquo;Eat, Pray, Love&rdquo; &nbsp;earned $24 million in the runner-up spot. &nbsp;Lionsgate&rsquo;s action extravaganza shot up $13 million on Friday, compared to $8.5 for Sony&rsquo;s female-drive...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=318'>more</a><br />
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<title>TESTOSTERONE VS. ESTROGEN VS. RAGING HORMONES</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend will likely be the most boffo box office August has seen in quite some time. With three new titles expected to play solidly to three very different demographics, expect audiences to come out to multiplexes in full force. 
THE EXPENDABLES
Leading the charge is Sly Stallone&rsquo;s greatest hits film, &ldquo;The Expendables.&rdquo; Proving that old action heroes never die, they just g...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=317'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GUYS" AND DOLLARS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the immortal words of 90&rsquo;s Dutch trance artists Human Resource: &ldquo;In other words sucker, there is no other.&rdquo;
Yes, Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Other Guys&rdquo; dominated the weekend box office, arresting $35.6 million and finally toppling the three week run of Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s &ldquo;Inception,&rdquo; which finished in the runner-up slot. &nbsp;The action-comedy, which wa...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=316'>more</a><br />
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<title>"GUYS" EYE PRIZE</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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THE OTHER GUYS
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will no doubt hit #1 with a bullet this weekend, as their action/comedy&nbsp;sets its sights on&nbsp;a wide demographic and has been receiving rave reviews. Although Ferrell has had a somewhat bumpy ride as one of today's top working comedians, when he teams up with his go-to director, Adam McKay, he usually scores big time.&nbsp;Previously,&nbsp;t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=314'>more</a><br />
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<title>"INCEPTION" THREEPEATS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It rained cats and dogs and schmucks in multiplexes, but not even a torrential downpour of new films was enough to wash out &ldquo;Inception&rdquo; from the top spot. The sci-fi tsunami continued its wave of domination in the marketplace as the Warner Bros. film swiped first place for the third consecutive weekend with $27.5 million.&nbsp;
The dream continues for the brainy blockbuster, down ju...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=313'>more</a><br />
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<title>"INCEPTION" EYES THREEPEAT</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A trio of new wide releases will&nbsp;trot into the marketplace&nbsp;at the domestic box office this weekend, although "Inception" will likely threepeat with around $28 million, which would be a drop of 34%. The second weekend of Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s sci-fi thriller saw it ease just 32%. 
Warner Bros. &ldquo;Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore&rdquo; will be unleashed in the most theatr...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=311'>more</a><br />
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<title>"INCEPTION" RUBS OUT "SALT"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Reoccurring dreams are usually nightmares, but not so for Warner Bros. and &ldquo;Inception,&rdquo; which dreamed a blissful little dream, as&nbsp;the film&nbsp;topped the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row, snatching $43.5 million. Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s sci-fi actioner has now grossed $143 million in ten days of release, and is one of the most critically acclaimed blockbust...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=310'>more</a><br />
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<title>WEEKEND PREVIEW: WILL SALT LICK INCEPTION?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SALT
Sony goes for the jugular as &ldquo;Salt&rdquo; peppers audiences with the suddenly hot topic of Russian spies. Or is that just trumped up press from the Sony hype machine? Whatever the case, commies are red hot right now. And with that said, Angelina Jolie returns to the action arena as the title character, but is her presence enough anymore to turn an adult-themed action drama into the nex...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=309'>more</a><br />
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<title>IMMACULATE "INCEPTION"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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The dream is real, alright. Yes, it was a dream debut for Christopher Nolan 
and Warner Bros. as &ldquo;Inception&rdquo; easily stole the top spot, grossing $60.4 
million over the weekend. The opposite was true for Walt Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sorcerer&rsquo;s 
Apprentice&rdquo; which failed to cast a spell on audiences, conjuring up just $17 
million in third place.
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<title>DREAM DEBUT DESTINED FOR "INCEPTION"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE 
The Mouse House debuted "The Sorcerer&rsquo;s Apprentice" on Wednesday to a mediocre $3.7 million, much the same as Tom Cruise did with &ldquo;Knight and Day&rdquo; debuting midweek.&nbsp;That film went on to gross just $20 million over the weekend.
It&rsquo;s pretty obvious Disney&rsquo;s live action flicks are struggling this summer domestically, as &ldquo;Prince of ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=307'>more</a><br />
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<title>DOWN RIGHT "DESPICABLE"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's all about the kids this summer, as another animated feature
debuted in the #1 position this weekend. "Shrek Forever After," "Toy
Story 3," and now "Despicable Me" have all taken home the box office
crown. The unexpected hit from Universal scored an estimated $60.1
million this weekend, delivering the studio their first topper of the
season. With the PG-rated "The Karate Kid" and "The Las...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=306'>more</a><br />
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<title>MIDNIGHT MADNESS: "ECLIPSE" SUCKS DOWN $30 MILLION</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Summit Entertainment&rsquo;s box office blood-sucking threequel, TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE, descended on the fanatical masses at midnight, as it debuted with an estimated $30 million and topped the highest grossing midnight movie of all-time, TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, which earned $26.3 million last fall.
Showing absolutely no signs of franchise fatigue, the single-day record of TWILIGHT: NEW MOON&rsquo;s $72 ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=303'>more</a><br />
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<title>Box Office Obits Week #26</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[








Iron Man 2
This past weekend marked Iron Man2&rsquo;s decent from the box office top ten after eight weeks and into the position of being behind the first installment. To date Iron Man 2 has grossed $307 million domestically.&nbsp; The first Iron Man (2008) left the top ten after nine weeks having grossed $309 million.&nbsp; The opening weekends were both in early May, but diffe...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=302'>more</a><br />
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<title>SAME OLD "STORY"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hollywood A-listers Adam Sandler and Tom Cruise are no match for Woody and Buzz. &ldquo;Toy Story 3&rdquo; continued its dominance at the box office in its second weekend of release, as the Pixar toon roped up $59 million, dropping 47% from last weekend.
With $226 million in its toy chest in 10 days, and $100 million in limited release internationally, Disney is set to have one of the most profit...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=301'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE "STORY" REMAINS THE SAME</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is highly unlikely that &ldquo;Toy Story 3&rdquo; will cede the top stop this weekend as two solid, yet not blockbuster, properties enter the fray in &ldquo;Knight and Day&rdquo; and &ldquo;Grown Ups.&rdquo;&nbsp;A 45% drop would give Pixar's&nbsp;threequel an additional $60 million in its toy chest and should easily be enough to write chapter two at the box office.&nbsp;

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<title>AUDIENCES LOVE "STORY"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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It was indeed a storybook ending for Pixar, as &ldquo;Toy Story 3,&rdquo; which Disney is claiming to be the last in the series, opened with $109 million. Far and away the #1 film of the weekend, the three-quel, starring Buzz and Woody, is the eleventh Pixar film in a row to open #1, and the first to ever surpass $100+ million in its debut.&nbsp;
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<title>"STORY"BOOK ENDING?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After a decade-long absence, the toys are back in town, as Pixar goes for the trilogy-capper with their beloved &ldquo;Toy Story&rdquo; series. The third incarnation looks to pull off the ultimate curtain call--$100+ million. Is it possible? No Pixar film has ever surpassed $70 million in its debut, however, this one is in 3-D and features Buzz Lightyear and Woody--two of the most cherished charac...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=298'>more</a><br />
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<title>"KARATE" KICKS IT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Radical, dude! Break out your Rubik&rsquo;s cubes and parachute pants, it seems the 80&rsquo;s are alive and kicking in 2010. Two guilty pleasures from the Reagan era, &ldquo;The Karate Kid&rdquo; and &ldquo;The A-Team,&rdquo; led the box office brigade this weekend grossing nearly $82 million combined. Can &ldquo;Pac-Man,&rdquo; &ldquo;Max Headroom,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Alf: Fur-st Contact&rdquo; be...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=296'>more</a><br />
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<title>A-TEAM: CASE FILE</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;A&rdquo; in A-Team may just stand for Awesome. It could also stand for Absurd, Amuck, Amusing, or Annihilation. In other words: everything you would expect from a big, loud summer popcorn film. Above all though, the &ldquo;A&rdquo; stands for Action. Action-freakin-packed. This is the grenade the summer movie season has been waiting for.
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<title>"SHREK" THREEPEATS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Four new films entered the fray this weekend, yet none had the gusto to match DreamWorks&rsquo; green giant. &ldquo;Shrek Forever After&rdquo; was the number one film in the nation for the third straight weekend as the animated sequel roared up $25.3 million, bringing its seventeen-day total to $183 million. 
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<title>THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER BEGIN...</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend is&nbsp;summer&rsquo;s first grab bag of flicks to hit multiplexes, as four new features make a grab to bag your cash. 
Fox&rsquo;s kiddie friendly &ldquo;Marmaduke&rdquo; looks to lead to the pack, as the Owen Wilson comedy lifts its leg in 3,213 theatres and should see grosses of $24 million--which will come close&nbsp;to&nbsp;fetching the top spot from&nbsp;the third weekend of "S...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=293'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SHREK" OUTSELLS "SEX"</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It may have been a weekend to create memories for most, but it was one Memorial Day weekend that Hollywood would rather forget. The overall box office was the lowest in a decade and attendance was one of the lowest on record for the holiday. The culprits?  The two new films in release, &ldquo;Sex and the City 2&rdquo; and &ldquo;Prince of Persia,&rdquo; underperformed, grossing $31 million ($37 mi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=292'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SEX" STRUTS OUT WITH $14.2 MILLION</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The glitzy gals of &ldquo;Sex and the City 2&rdquo; showed off their bling-bling on Thursday, as the sequel rolled out the red carpet with $14.2 million for Warner Bro--$3 million of that coming from midnight screenings. Go fangirls!
That&rsquo;s quite a bit lower than the $26 million the original debuted with, however that film opened on a traditional Friday, and went on the gross $57 million ov...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=291'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SEX" WILL $ELL</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day weekend is always one of the strongest of the summer, and this year, like last year&rsquo;s battle between &ldquo;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&rdquo; and &ldquo;Terminator: Salvation,&rdquo; will see two worthy competitors chasing the all-mighty box office dollar. 
The unofficial start of summer features the fashionista gal pals of &ldquo;Sex and the City 2&rdquo; a...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=290'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SHREK" GOES OGRE THE TOP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ho, ho, ho&hellip;green giant! As predicted, DreamWorks Animation&rsquo;s big green ogre conquered multiplexes as &ldquo;Shrek Forever After&rdquo; grossed $71.5 million over the weekend--body-slamming the competition. The film, released by Paramount, is the fourth in the series that stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz.&nbsp;
The other wide opener, Universal&rsquo;s SNL-inspired &ldq...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=288'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SHREK" BOLDLY GOES FOURTH</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Green of mega-proportions will be oozing out of theatres this weekend, as DreamWorks Animation rolls out their 800-pound ogre &ldquo;Shrek Forever After&rdquo; in over 4,000 theatres. Billed at &ldquo;The Final Chapter,&rdquo; (Hmm&hellip;so was Friday the 13th Part IV&ldquo;) the fourth entry in the series that has grossed over $2.2 billion worldwide will likely deliver a knock-out box office&nbs...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=287'>more</a><br />
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<title>"IRON MAN" FENDS OFF "ROBIN HOOD"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Robin Hood&rsquo;s arrows plinked harmlessly off Iron Man&rsquo;s gold-plated suit as they dented, but did not pierce the armor of &ldquo;Iron Man 2,&rdquo; which was the #1 film for the second weekend in a row at the domestic box office, hauling in an additional $53 million. Russell Crowe and his merry men, with their &lsquo;roided out retelling of &ldquo;Robin Hood,&rdquo; was runner up, targeti...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=285'>more</a><br />
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<title>ALL GOOD IN THE "HOOD?"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend, another sequel&nbsp;takes the stage, as &ldquo;Gladiator 2&rdquo;&hellip;er&hellip;&ldquo;Robin Hood&rdquo; and his merry men attempt to rob theatre-goers of their money and give it to Russell Crowe and Universal. Hmm. That seems wrong somehow. With Crowe and director Ridley Scott reteaming for the fifth time, and a decade after they catapulted to Oscar glory with &ldquo;Gladiator,&r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=284'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice had a huge opening weekend, raking in $116.1 million domestically at the box office on 7,400 screens at 3,728 sites--making it the highest grossing weekend on record for the month of March.&nbsp; It marked Tim Burton&rsquo;s highest opening weekend to date and Johnny Depp&rsquo;s second highest behind the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&rsquo;s Chest.&nbsp; This film ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=283'>more</a><br />
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<title>INVINCIBLE "IRON MAN"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Strike while the iron is hot&hellip;red hot. That&rsquo;s the proverbial wisdom in Hollywood, and that&rsquo;s just what Marvel and Paramount Pictures have done, unleashing &ldquo;Iron Man 2&rdquo; unto the masses, just two years after the original blazed a new trail and brought the comic book character and Robert Downey Jr. himself to the top of the A-list. Opening in more theatres than any film ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=281'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Slurpees are the first true barometer of the summer&rsquo;s hottest films. Don&rsquo;t believe me? Look no further than your local 7-11. When you &ldquo;wheeze da juice&rdquo; and proceed to let the magical, candy ice flow into your enormous &ldquo;Iron Man 2&rdquo; character cup you&rsquo;ll realize summer is just around the corner--tomorrow, in fact.
The original "Iron Man" hauled in $318 domes...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=280'>more</a><br />
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<title>"NIGHTMARE" SCENARIO</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is a dream for arguably the biggest, baddest horror icon of the 80&rsquo;s, as Freddy Krueger has been reborn. Warner Bros. franchise reset of &ldquo;A Nightmare on Elm Street&rdquo; shredded the competition, scaring up $32.2 million--$15.8 million on Friday, $10.5 million on Saturday and an estimated $5.8 on Sunday-- and easily man-handling the #1 spot at the box office this weekend.
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<title>"DRAGON" CONQUERS BO FOES</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
With titles like &ldquo;The Losers&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Back-Up Plan,&rdquo; these films were doomed to be box office punch lines--and they certainly lived up to the challenge as each delivered weak debuts. That opened the door for &ldquo;How to Train Your Dragon,&rdquo; fresh off its near victory at the box office last weekend, to score the #1 spot in its fifth smash weekend, firing up $15 mil...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=276'>more</a><br />
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<title>"KICK-ASS" BOOTS "DRAGON"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Upset special...Almost! In a recount, Paramount&rsquo;s &ldquo;How to Train Your Dragon,&rdquo; which reported $20 million on Sunday, came in with $19.6 million, while "Kick-Ass" punched up $19.8 million taking #1&nbsp;slot this weekend.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Dragon" ignited its smoldering box office and nearly roared back to the top of the charts in its fourth week of release. That's one well-trained drago...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=275'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A KICK-ASS KOMMENTARY: NOT TO BE KONFUSED WITH PROPAGANDA OR A REVIEW
There is a time-honored tradition for comic book superheroes that goes something like this: an underappreciated average-Joe suddenly has access to superhuman abilities, dons a spandex outfit, and decides to fight evil-doers incognito, on his/her own terms. The story of &ldquo;Kick-Ass&rdquo; follows many of these formulaic arch...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=274'>more</a><br />
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<title>Spring and Summer Indies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every summer in the midst of the box office bonanza, a small underdog of a film crops up and takes everyone by surprise.&nbsp; Released in the summer of 2002, My Big Fat Greek Wedding caught on through word of mouth and went on to gross an astounding $241 million domestically at the box office.&nbsp; While most sleeper hits don&rsquo;t reach that level, many of them do very well and manage to make...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=273'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TITANS" TURNS DOWN "DATE"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Date Night&rdquo; and &ldquo;Clash of the Titans&rdquo; waged a war against each other, and&nbsp;a winner has officially been declared.&nbsp;&ldquo;Date Night,&rdquo; which Fox reported grossing $27.1 million on Sunday morning, ended up with just $25.2 million when actual grosses were tabulated on Monday. "Titans"&nbsp;weekend estimate of $26.8 came in much closer&nbsp;to the actual gross o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=272'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SUMMER PREVIEW 2010
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There is no doubt that summer 2010 is going to be a scorcher at the box office.&nbsp; Nearly half of the yearly box office tally is racked up during the summer months.&nbsp; Kids are out of school.&nbsp; People are on vacation and want an escape&mdash;even if it is only 2 hours at the local Cineplex. Not to mention, Hollywood lines up blockbusters like airplanes descen...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=271'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TITANS" UNLEASHED</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A basket of golden eggs was found by audiences as a trio of new releases--&ldquo;Clash of the Titans,&rdquo; &ldquo;Why Did I Get Married Too?&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Last Song&rdquo;--all cracked the top five in the box office hunt this Easter weekend.
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Remakes are the order of the day in Hollywood, and retrofits may be, too, if CLASH OF THE TITANS (in mind-numbing 3-D!!!) is blessed by the box office Gods. No doubt, a strong opening is in store for French director Louis Leterrier (&ldquo;Transporter 2&ldquo; &ldquo;The Incredible Hulk&ldquo;), however this is a big budget action epic that ultimately falls flat. It certainly makes a lot of noise,...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=269'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A year ago, when Universal's FAST & FURIOUS rolled out with $71 million opening weekend, it was almost as if the summer season had been extended from the first weekend in May to the first weekend in April. Not too long ago, we actually had to wait until Memorial Day weekend until we got the Blockbuster treatment from Hollywood. Well, it's just a matter of time before we start pitching tentpoles ye...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=268'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DRAGON" DELIVERS BO FIRESTORM</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Despite the heat of both new competitors, apparently a hot tub is no match for a fire-breathing dragon. DreamWorks Animation and Paramount burned up the box office as the animated &ldquo;How To Train Your Dragon&rdquo; shot to #1 with $43.3 million. Meanwhile, 80&rsquo;s poster boy, John Cusack, and his band of merry&nbsp;time travelers&nbsp;mustered just $13.6 million in third place. Gues...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=267'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DRAGON" AND "HOT TUB" DIVE INTO UNCHARTED BO WATERS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Expect both &ldquo;How to Train Your Dragon&rdquo; and &ldquo;Hot Tub Time Machine&rdquo; to deliver an infusion of major moola to the box office and quite possibly go 1,2...topping "Alice in Wonderland," which has had a lucrative three week reign on top. 

The best looking film Dreamworks Animation has&nbsp;ever produced is headed to #1 without question. Sure, it may not be the second coming of...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=266'>more</a><br />
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<title>"ALICE" THREE-PEATS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If Jennifer Aniston, Jude Law, or a Wimpy Kid were in 3-D, they may have had a shot at taking the top spot at the box office. Too bad they&rsquo;re not. &ldquo;Alice in Wonderland&rdquo; nabbed #1 for the third time in as many weekends as Disney&rsquo;s third dimension juggernaut grossed another $34 million, dropping just 45% and amassing an eye-popping total of $265 million. That $200 million bud...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=264'>more</a><br />
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<title>"WONDERLAND" WINS AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[3-D is the real "king of the world" right now...as&nbsp;far as the box office is concerned.&nbsp;Four newcomers braved the&nbsp;battle, but none could take off the head of the almighty ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Tim Burton&rsquo;s 3-D fantasy pic earned an estimated $62 million in its second weekend--a drop of just 47%, while amassing a towering total of $208 million.
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<title>"ALICE" ENCHANTS AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What did Walt Disney expect to find when they sent Alice down the rabbit hole? Adventure? Fame? Fortune? Well, they might as well have found Scrooge McDuck&rsquo;s buried treasure, because Tim Burton&rsquo;s 3-D rendering of ALICE IN WONDERLAND debuted with an unprecedented&nbsp;$116&nbsp;million this weekend. It's officially official if you didn't already know it: 3-D is ALL the rage. It's madnes...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=262'>more</a><br />
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<title>"SHUTTER" SHAKES COMPETITION</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rookies &ldquo;Cops&rdquo; and &ldquo;Crazies&rdquo; were on the loose this weekend, but the kooky pair of R-rated releases didn&rsquo;t have the firepower, nor the ka-razy, to unseat Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio from atop the box office charts.
In its second weekend, &ldquo;Shutter Island&rdquo; scared up an estimated $22 million to remain the top draw as the Paramount release eased jus...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=260'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thrills, chills, and spills. &ldquo;Shutter Island&rdquo; delivered it all as the fourth Martin Scorsese/Leonardo DiCaprio collaboration washed up $40 million in its debut weekend; easily the best opening of their respective&nbsp;careers. Paramount originally scheduled the R-rated, high profile, $75 million production for October, but with the surprising success of the studio&rsquo;s &ldquo;Parano...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=259'>more</a><br />
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<title>"VALENTINE'S" FINDS LOVE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Where&rsquo;s the love? Apparently, at the box office. All three new releases were greeted with mucho gusto this weekend as VALENTINE&rsquo;S DAY, PERCY JACKSON, and THE WOLFMAN debuted 1, 2, 3, with a combined gross of over $110 million. Usually there are hits and misses when multiple films are released, but cupid nailed all three this go-round. 
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<title>"JOHN" OUSTS "AVATAR"</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Utopia is officially over for AVATAR and James Cameron, as JOHN had his way with the blue people of Pandora. No, not Travola, the other one. After a seven week run at the top of the box office charts, Sony countered Super Bowl weekend with a weepy love story, DEAR JOHN, and kicked off the Na&rsquo;vi from high atop their perch.
Screen Gem&rsquo;s romantic tear-jerker cried a river--an estimated $...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=256'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor Mel can stop AVATAR. James Cameron&rsquo;s unstoppable epic eased just 14% in its seventh straight weekend on top of the box office and grossed another $30 million. The Na&rsquo;vi collective has now gathered $594 million domestically and nearly $2 billion worldwide. And folks, when Academy Award nominations are announced Tuesday, expect another true blue bump. ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=251'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AVATAR is the #1 BO film in the world--$1.858 billion...and counting!
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Records were made to be broken&hellip;and James Cameron&rsquo;s &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; is living up to the challenge. This weekend, the film celebrated its sixth consecutive weekend at the top of the charts; a feat not accomplished since 1997, when &ldquo;Titanic&rdquo; cruised to 15 straight weekends at #1. Now surely, Fox&rsquo;s sci-fi epic won&rsquo;t be able to match that tally, but it is looki...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=249'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVATAR" IS UNSTOPPABLE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[James Cameron and Fox finally had a little competition for the top spot at the box office as Warner Bros. unleashed THE BOOK OF ELI over MLK Jr. weekend. &nbsp;However, when all was said and done it wasn&rsquo;t Denzel Washington that was the last man standing, it was the Nav&rsquo;i&hellip;again. 
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is only one story at the box office, and it continues to rewrite the record books. &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; scored its fourth #1 weekend in as many weeks as it grossed $48.5 million for an out-of-this-world total of $429 million. Internationally, "Avatar" grossed $143 million this weekend with a total now eclipsing $900 million. Worldwide James Cameron&rsquo;s juggernaut has already earned $1.33...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=238'>more</a><br />
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<title>DGA Nominations Announced</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial
Achievement in Feature Film for the year 2009 (January 07, 2010)
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LOS ANGELES, CA: Directors
Guild of America President President Taylor Hackford today announced the five
nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature
Film for 2009.
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<title>Online Film Critics 2009 Awards</title>
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Online Film Critics 2009 Awards
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Best Picture The Hurt LockerBest Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt LockerBest Actor Jeremy Renner, The Hurt LockerBest Actress Melanie Laurent, Inglourious BasterdsBest Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglourious BasterdsBest Supporting Actress Mo'Nique, PreciousBest Original Screenplay Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious BasterdsBest Adapte...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=236'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVATAR" ECLIPSES $1 BILLION WORLDWIDE</title>
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<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; has done the impossible--$1 billion ($670.3 million foreign, $352.1 million domestic) in just 21 days of release. With an additional $133.5 million in foreign territories and $68 million in North America this weekend, James Cameron&rsquo;s epic has now crossed the hallowed $1 billion mark, making it the only film to do so in 2009, and highest grossing film released in 2009, un...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=235'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVATAR" OUT DUELS "SHERLOCK"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The King of Rock N Roll will always be Elvis Presley, but the King of the World brought a true-blue Christmas to Hollywood, as James Cameron&rsquo;s epic sci-fi blockbuster, &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; brought down the house for the second straight weekend grossing an estimated $75 million--off just 3% from its debut weekend. The total for Fox&rsquo;s new flagship now stands at $212 million domestically ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=234'>more</a><br />
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<title>"AVATAR" BLASTS OFF</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$232 MILLION WORLDWIDE
&ldquo;Titanic&rdquo; never had an opening like this. James Cameron&rsquo;s &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; easily took the top spot at the box office as the master tactician, the movie magician, conjured up $73 million from moviegoers--for the biggest debut of his career. Fox&rsquo;s sci-fi opus grossed $27 million on Friday, $25.6 million on Saturday, and an estimated $20.3 million ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=233'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PRECIOUS
This film drew rave reviews at last years Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Lionsgate.&nbsp; Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey saw the film and agreed to put their names on it as executive producers, lending the film a huge media platform.&nbsp; Precious opened in limited release and the buzz began to build.&nbsp; Positive word of mouth and reviews helped.&nbsp; Precious achieved a...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=230'>more</a><br />
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<title>New TRON: LEGACY poster!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It may be one year away, but that hasn't slowed down interest from film fans.&nbsp; TRON LEGACY hits theaters on December 17th, 2010 in Disney Digital 3D&trade; and IMAX&reg; 3D.&nbsp;
The cast for this sci-fi adventure includes Jeff Bridges & Bruce Boxleitner who are reprising their roles from the original TRON made in 1982.&nbsp; New additions to the cast include Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=224'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PRINCESS" OF POWER</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Disney&rsquo;s first traditionally animated film in over five years, &ldquo;The Princess and the Frog,&rdquo; hopped to the top spot at the box office with an estimated $25 million over the weekend. After two weeks of exclusive release in New York and Los Angeles, the toon jumped into wide release in 3434 theatres and averaged $7,000+ per. While not the robust grosses that usually accompanies fa...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=225'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Couples Retreat
Vince Vaughn has a knack for comedy and a proven track record of box office success with it too as the grosses from Wedding Crashers ($209 million), The Break Up ($118 million), Fred Claus ($72 million) and Four Christmases ($120 million) will attest.&nbsp; His latest film Couples Retreat opened on October 9th with $34.3 million on 3,800 screens.&nbsp; This ranks as the highest gr...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=222'>more</a><br />
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<title>AWARDS WATCH</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The awards season has begun.&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s take a look at the timeline ahead:
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December 3rd &nbsp;National Board of Review winners announced http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/
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December 15th Golden Globe Nominations announced
December 16th &nbsp;SAG Nominations announced
December 28th AMPAS Ballots mailed
January 7th DGA Nominations announced
January 11th WGA Nominations announce...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=223'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BLIND SIDE" ECLIPSES "MOON"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The turkeys trotted out of the gate a bit late, but make no mistake--they have come to roost at the box office. While this is traditional in the post-Thanksgiving weekend, its surprising to see all three new wide releases unable to capitalize on the feeding frenzy that has enraptured movie theatres this fall.&nbsp; Three new films (&ldquo;Brothers,&rdquo; &ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s Fine&rdquo; and &...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=221'>more</a><br />
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<description><![CDATA[THE BOX
This film was directed by Richard Kelly, whose earlier effort DONNIE DARKO has gone on to become a cult favorite.&nbsp; Unfortunately THE BOX doesn&rsquo;t seem destined for the same fate.&nbsp; The reviews were tepid and garnered at total of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.&nbsp; Opening weekend brought in only $7.6 million on 2,800 screens which is far below standard expectations for most thrill...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=220'>more</a><br />
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<title>"NEW MOON" SHINES ON</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was leftovers for Thanksgiving this weekend at the box office. There were three new films dished up over the holiday, and although none of them turned out to be turkeys, they weren&rsquo;t able unseat the top three movies from last weekend--&rdquo;New Moon,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Blind Side,&rdquo; and &ldquo;2012.&rdquo;
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<title>SHOOT THE "MOON"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$140 MILLION DOMESTIC, $258 MILLION WORLDWIDE.
When someone is bitten by a vampire and allowed to live they become immortal--much like the Twilight franchise. And we&rsquo;re talking about some serious box office bite, here! The blood-sucking sequel became one of the top tier franchises over the weekend as &ldquo;New Moon&rdquo; gathered an estimated $140.7 million over the weekend--placing it be...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=218'>more</a><br />
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<title>"NEW MOON," NEW RECORDS</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$71 MILLION OPENING DAY!
$26 MILLION MIDNIGHT SHOWINGS!
Twi-hards now have two box office records to call their own: Best Midnight Opening and Best Single Day Opening. The highly anticipated sequel to "Twilight" sucked $26.3 million from movie-goes at 3,514 midnight screenings according to distributor Summit Entertainment, and scored an estimated $71 million on Friday&nbsp;at 4,024 sites.
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS: WEEK #46</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAW VI

SAW VI showed blood loss at the box office and had the lowest opening in the history of the franchise with a $14.1 million dollar weekend on 4,000 screens.&nbsp; The first SAW film opened in 2004 with $18.3 million which was impressive at the time and launched the franchise.&nbsp; The first installment eventually grossed $55 million domestic and $47 million foreign for a worldwide total ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=216'>more</a><br />
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<title>"2012": The Year We Make Money</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to the Mayan calendar, the end of the world isn&rsquo;t officially until December 21, 2012...which will give Sony just enough time to ready a sequel for their disaster film to end all disaster films, &ldquo;2012,&rdquo; which debuted with a massive $65 million domestically and a colossal $160 million internationally. In fact, according to the studio, &ldquo;2012&rdquo; is the highest gro...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=215'>more</a><br />
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<title>"TWILIGHT" SHINES AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SUCK ON THIS
On the eve of what is expected to be a $100 million weekend for&nbsp;Bella&nbsp;and the "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon," Summit Entertainment is re-releasing the original film into 2,000+ theatres on Thursday, November 19 for an exclusive one-showing-only. This is an unprecedented move by the studio that Stephenie built, but one which will likely&nbsp;suck some major&nbsp;cash out of t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=214'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS: WEEK #45</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Amelia
The role of pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart seemed tailor made to land two-time Academy Award winner Swank another Oscar nomination.&nbsp; Amelia also boasted a high profile cast and a production budget around $40 million.&nbsp; In spite of this, the film crashed and burned at the box office.&nbsp; Amelia opened to $3.9 million dollars on opening weekend, not even finishing within the t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=213'>more</a><br />
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<title>"CHRISTMAS" PRESENT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Only 47 shopping days until Christmas. That&rsquo;s the message Walt Disney sent this to consumers this weekend as their&nbsp; latest spin on Charles Dickens&rsquo; classic yarn, &ldquo;A Christmas Carol,&rdquo; rang in the holiday season with a $31 million bow and easily gift-wrapped the #1 spot.
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<title>KING OF POPCORN</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["THIS IS IT" TOTALS $101 MILLION WORLDWIDE
The haunting season is over, but Michael Jackson continues to thrill audiences from beyond the grave. Sony&rsquo;s $60 million pre-concert warm-up became the #1 movie over the weekend as the documentary &ldquo;This Is It&rdquo; had a curtain call of $21.3 million.
Since it rolled out into theatres late Tuesday night, the Michael Jackson memorial has bel...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=211'>more</a><br />
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<title>"PARANORMAL" JUMPS JIGSAW</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Psst! Wanna hear something really scary? The jig is officially up for Lionsgate and the &ldquo;Saw&rdquo; franchise. Jigsaw&rsquo;s jugular got sliced and diced by &ldquo;Paranormal Activity&rdquo; as the Paramount film, now in its fifth weekend, finally took the top spot with $22 million. &ldquo;Saw VI&rdquo; was cut in two, as it took second with $14.8 million, with the lowest debut in franchise...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=210'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whip ItThis film had loads of publicity and great advance word of mouth (not to mention 82% on Rotten Tomatoes), but sadly failed to captivate audiences on that all important opening weekend.&nbsp; Whip It was directed by Drew Barrymore and featured Ellen Page in her follow up role to the smash Juno, but opened to a mere $4.7 million at 1,720 sites.&nbsp; The advertising positioned the film as hip...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=209'>more</a><br />
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<title>GHOULS GONE "WILD"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Independent filmmaking meets Hollywood family fare&hellip;and the results are truly magical. Indie director Spike Jonze and Warner Bros. collaborated on the $80 million adaptation of Maurice Sendak&rsquo;s beloved children&rsquo;s book, &ldquo;Where the Wild Things Are,&rdquo; with fantastic results, as the film tromped up $32 million, easily taking #1.&nbsp;
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<title>"COUPLES" FINDS B.O. PARADISE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buddies Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau finally hit the big time at the multiplexes. Their third outing as comedy co-stars proved particularly potent as &ldquo;Couples Retreat&rdquo; heated up audiences to the tune of $35 million over the weekend--easily checking into the box office penthouse. Universal was in a soft spot, as theirs was the only new film in wide release&hellip;something that almost n...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=207'>more</a><br />
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<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;9&rdquo;
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<title>SCHLOCK ROCKS BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Z-grade made the A-grade this weekend as Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Zombieland&rdquo; took the top spot at the North American box office, grossing an estimated $25 million in over 3,000 sites.&nbsp; Horror-comedy is a notoriously tough sell in the marketplace, but credit Sony&rsquo;s amusing marketing campaign that made this zombie flick a must-see.
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<title>A Look at Modern Day Theatrical Movie Going</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here at Exhibitor Relations, we were invited to attend a conference recently on Movie Goers and where movie marketing trends are going in 2010 and beyond.&nbsp; The event was hosted by Gordon Paddison&rsquo;s new company, Stradella Road.&nbsp; Mr. Paddison was formerly the head of digital marketing at New Line Cinema and works with Peter Jackson.&nbsp; NRG conducted the interviews and the research...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=204'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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&ldquo;District 9&rdquo;
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one of the big surprises of the summer.&nbsp; &ldquo;District 9&rdquo; opened on August 
14th to $37.4 million dollars with 4,000 screens at 3,049 sites.&nbsp; 
There was a great advance marketing campaign on the film that featured 
mysterious &ldquo;Humans Only&rdquo; signs in certain areas of the city along with a toll 
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Forecast: Meatballs&hellip;lots and lots of meatballs! Sony took aim at families and hit a box office bull&rsquo;s eye, as their 3-D animated film, &ldquo;Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,&rdquo; rolled up $30.1 million ($18 million of that from 3-D venues) over the weekend, making it far and away the #1 film in North America.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s not easy getting a foothold into the world of animati...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=202'>more</a><br />
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<title>"BATTLESHIP" ON THE GRID</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;You sunk my battleship!&rdquo; Believe it or not, those familiar words will be coming soon to a theatre near you; July 1, 2011, in fact. Universal has set the table for a Fourth of July weekend BBQ for &ldquo;Battleship,&rdquo; which is based on the classic Hasbro board game of the same name. Will this be a big &ldquo;hit&rdquo; or a massive &ldquo;miss?&rdquo; Well, as of now, the Peter Be...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=201'>more</a><br />
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<title>TYLER PERRY IS "BAD" TO THE BONE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tyler Perry does bad all by himself at the box office&hellip;quite well. His latest African-American ensemble dramedy, &ldquo;I Can Do Bad All By Myself&rdquo; grossed an estimated $24 million--making it far and away the #1 film in the nation. Perry, the prolific writer/director/star, based in Atlanta, has consistently put out two films per year since 2007, totaling in more than $275 million in re...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=200'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Summer Indie Rundown
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This summer robots, wizards and aliens have been staples of the box office.&nbsp; These films arrived with a torrent of publicity that often drowned out smaller films that didn&rsquo;t have powerful studio resources.&nbsp; That having been said, a few independent films managed to break through and make an impact.&nbsp; While some of these may not be Indie in the pures...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=199'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DESTINATION" KNOWN</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Labor Day weekend turned out to be a summer&rsquo;s end snoozer at the box office, as none of the three new wide releases could knock &ldquo;The Final Destination&rdquo; from its perch at the top spot. The Warner Bros. thriller grossed $15.4 million over the 4-day span ($50 million total), narrowly edging out &ldquo;Inglourious Basterds,&rdquo; with $15 million in its third weekend. Quentin&rsquo;...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=198'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DESTINATION" THRILLS AUDIENCES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE FINAL DESTINATION: $28 MILLION
Two horror sequels opening headless to headless proved to be a box office boon, as "The Final Destination" and "Halloween 2" combined to gross nearly $45 million over the weekend. Warner Bros.&nbsp; fourth film of the FD franchise raced to the top spot, gouging $28 million from audiences with the added appeal of 3D, while Weinstein&rsquo;s "Halloween 2" placed t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=197'>more</a><br />
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<title>Oscar Watch 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An Advance Look at the Oscars
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There are still 4 months left before the end of 2009.&nbsp; As is the custom, films that are more serious in nature and Oscar contenders are usually all set for a fall release.&nbsp; So far this summer The Hurt Locker has emerged as a strong contender.&nbsp; Summit will have to work hard to make sure this film stays in the minds of the voters in the coming mo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=196'>more</a><br />
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<title>SIEG HEIL, "BASTERDS"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You basterd! $37.6 MILLION!
Quentin Tarantino is a bonafide box office basterd. Just ask his cinematic celluloid-mate Robert Rodriguez. Tarantino&rsquo;s latest joint, "Inglourious Basterds," stormed the charts to take the #1 position over the weekend, grossing $37.6 million in Nazi gold, while Rodriguez&rsquo;s kiddie flick, "Shorts," was squished like a bug, finishing sixth in its debut with ju...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=195'>more</a><br />
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<title>"DISTRICT" IN THE ZONE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$37 MILLION
Aliens have invaded the box office! Sony&rsquo;s "District 9" shot to the top spot, as the R-rated sci-fi/actioner abducted $37 million from moviegoers over the weekend. Flying under the radar until San Diego&rsquo;s ComicCon, the Peter Jackson produced film cost just $30 million and utilized a clever ad campaign that drummed up some serious buzz over the last couple weeks. Based on t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=194'>more</a><br />
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<title>MJ'S CONCERT FILM UNSPOOLS THIS FALL</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shamon! Sony and Columbia Pictures wasted no time setting a release date for their Michael Jackson film that incorporates eighty hours of concert rehearsal footage they reportedly paid $60 million for.&nbsp; The Gloved One is set to take silver screens by storm this fall on All Hallows&rsquo; Eve Eve&mdash;that&rsquo;s October 30th FYI&mdash;as the film will feature Jackson&rsquo;s final performan...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=193'>more</a><br />
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<title>MIGHTY "JOE"</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[G.I. JUGGERNAUT
&ldquo;Yo, Joe!&rdquo; That was the familiar rally cry heard around multiplexes this weekend as &ldquo;G.I. Joe&rdquo; stormed the box office, lifting the Paramount title to the top spot with $56.2 million. Considering the hefty price tag for the 80&rsquo;s cartoon adaptation (rumored to be $175 million) this comes as a relief to the studio which did not screen the film for critic...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=192'>more</a><br />
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<title>"FUNNY" MONEY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["FUNNY PEOPLE" = $23 MILLION
Judd Apatow can add another #1 hit to his ha-ha hit list, as &ldquo;Funny People&rdquo; laughed and cried its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with an estimated $23.4 million. For an Adam Sandler comedy, this is on the low-end of the scale, for an R-rated, 2 &frac12; hour dramedy, this is a solid opening. Also debuting, Fox&rsquo;s kiddie flick, &l...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=191'>more</a><br />
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:31:29 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HP6 FIVE-DAY HAUL: $159 MILLION  Harry Potter waved his magic wand and conjured up nearly $80 million over the weekend, and $159 since its opening on Wednesday. &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,&rdquo; the sixth film in the series, bowed to a series best $58 million on opening day, and saw grosses steadily average $26 million over the weekend period. In comparison, &ldquo;Harry Potter...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=190'>more</a><br />
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<title>WILD ABOUT "HARRY"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:33:54 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" grossed an estimated $58.3 million its first day of release according to distributor Warner Bros. That princely sum will go down in the record books as the fourth best single day gross of all-time.&nbsp;  Only "The Dark Knight" ($67 mil), "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" ($62 mil), and "Spider-Man 3" ($59 mil) have scored more coin on their debut day. ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=189'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;POTTER&quot; STIRS UP MAGICAL MIDNIGHT</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:58:35 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$22.2 MILLION!!!!!

Movie Muggles take heed...your box office records are already being broken by the magic of Harry Potter's wand. Warner Bros. estimates that the latest installment of the Harry Potter franchise, &quot;The Half-Blood Prince&quot;&nbsp;debuted with&nbsp;$22.2 million&nbsp;from 3003 locations at midnight screenings, making it the top grossing midnight opener of all-time.&nbsp;
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<title>&quot;BRUNO&quot; ON TOP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:25:18 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BRUNO BAGS $30 MILLION

&ldquo;Bruno&rdquo; proved too sexy for the competition as he shook his little tush to the tune of $30 million at the box office this weekend and was the #1 film. Sacha Baron Cohen&rsquo;s R-rated comedy--which Universal paid $42 million just for the distribution rights--pushed the envelope in over 2700 theatres and single-handedly brought the homoerotic sexual experience...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=187'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;ICE AGE&quot; AND &quot;TRANSFORMERS&quot; TUSSLE ENDS IN TIE. FOR NOW.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:27:04 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a 4th of July showdown--one that won&rsquo;t be decided until early Monday morning apparently. &ldquo;Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs&rdquo; and &ldquo;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&rdquo; are both battling for the top spot with both films grossing an estimated $42.5 million. Don't be surprised if the edge goes to Fox&rsquo;s animated trilogy-capper come Monday, as Sunday business ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=186'>more</a><br />
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<title>ADAM SANDLER/SETH ROGEN SWITCHEROO</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:46:23 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony announced the shuffling of two high-profile pictures today. Adam Sandler&rsquo;s ensemble film, &ldquo;Grown Ups,&rdquo; moves from spring to summer, and is now set to debut June 25, 2010. Currently, it is the only film scheduled for release on that weekend.&nbsp;

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<title>&quot;TRANSFORMERS&quot; BLOWS UP BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:04:25 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TRANSFORMERS $112 MILLION 3-DAY, $201 MILLION 5-DAY

Fireworks aren&rsquo;t supposed to go off for another week--try telling that to &ldquo;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,&rdquo; which exploded onto the box office scene with riotous retort: $112 million over the weekend, and $201 million since its debut on Wednesday. The 5-day opening gross is second only to &ldquo;The Dark Knight&rsquo;s&r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=184'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;FALLEN&quot; TOPS $60 MILLION OPENING DAY</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:13:33 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY: $28.6 MILLION
FRIDAY: $36.7 MILLION 


&ldquo;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&rdquo; exacted its unique brand of revenge at the box office, as the mega-blockbuster sequel grossed an estimated $60 million&nbsp;on opening day, including $16 million from midnight&nbsp;screenings.

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<title>&quot;PROPOSAL&quot; POPS TOP</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:55:38 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE PROPOSAL #1

Sandra Bullock popped the question to moviegoers: Will you go see me in another romantic comedy? The answer was a resounding, &ldquo;Yes!&rdquo; as her latest, &ldquo;The Proposal,&rdquo; took the #1 spot at the box office with an estimated $34 million. By leaps and bounds, the Walt Disney release is the highest opening of her long career, doubling up her previous best, &ldquo;P...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=182'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HANGOVER&quot; LINGERS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:51:05 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;PELHAM&quot; OPENS IN THIRD, &quot;IMAGINE&quot; BOMBS

Turns out &ldquo;The Hangover&ldquo; is the cure for what ails moviegoers, as the R-rated Warner Bros. comedy has become a true sensation dropping just 26% and grossing $33 million in its second weekend. Overall, the $25 million comedy has grossed $105 million in just ten days. &ldquo;The Hangover&rdquo; and &ldquo;Up&rdquo; held onto...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=181'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HANGOVER&quot; DRINKS &quot;LOST&quot; UNDER THE TABLE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:22:44 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;UP&quot;&nbsp;DROPS to #2, &quot;THE HANGOVER&quot; is #1

It was all about getting lost this weekend at the box office, and with Will Farrell stuck in the space-time vortex at the box office, it was a wild bachelor party in Vegas that found true riches this weekend. Warner Bros. &ldquo;The Hangover&rdquo; cashed out with an estimated $43.2 million, meanwhile Universal&rsquo;s TV reboot &l...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=180'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HANGOVER&quot; LOOMS LARGE OVER &quot;LOST&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:58:47 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hollywood officially has its first misfire of the summer. Reviews trampled it, and the T-Rex wasn&rsquo;t enough to convince moviegoers that &ldquo;Land of the Lost&rdquo; was actually &ldquo;Jurassic Park IV.&rdquo; Will Farrell&rsquo;s TV reboot grossed a tired $7 million on Friday night, and looks to find just $20 million over the 3-day span. Kaboom! Bomb City!

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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:21:12 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Universal Studios is stretching filmmaking to the absolute limit. Today they announced April 15, 2011 as the release date of the feature film &ldquo;Stretch Armstrong,&rdquo; based the iconic stretchy doll of the 80&rsquo;s. Universal has a six-year deal in place with Hasbro that may bring other toy lines to the big screen including: Battleship, Candy Land, Clue, Monopoly, Ouija, and Magic: The Ga...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=178'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;UP&quot; RISES TO TOP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:14:05 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$68 MILLION

Pixar&rsquo;s streak cannot be popped&hellip;or topped. With each of their previous nine releases, and now their tenth, each animated film has opened #1. Pixar&rsquo;s latest masterpiece turned in a masterful performance at the box office this weekend, as &ldquo;Up&rdquo; debuted in the stratosphere with an estimated $68 million. As far as Pixar toons go, this places the Walt Disney...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=177'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;UP,&quot; UP AND AWAY?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:44:37 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Make way for the return of the summer season&rsquo;s most bankable product: Pixar. Walt Disney&rsquo;s latest 3-D animation, &ldquo;Up&rdquo; will debut in over 4000+ theatres this weekend and will easily be #1. Although a much tougher sell than &ldquo;Wall-E&rdquo; or even &ldquo;Ratatouille,&rdquo; expect nothing less than a $50 million debut.&nbsp;

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<title>FIGHT &quot;NIGHT&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 16:41:36 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BEN STILLER&nbsp;AND&nbsp;CHRISTIAN BALE&nbsp;1-2 PUNCH:&nbsp;$97 MILLION

The battle of the box office over Memorial Day weekend--THE DOUBLE BILLA THRILLA--was a slugfest worthy of its namesake. Two heavyweight Hollywood sequels squared off and ultimately Fox&rsquo;s &ldquo;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&rdquo; out-lasted &ldquo;Terminator: Salvation&rdquo; to take the title. Be...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=175'>more</a><br />
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<title>A &quot;NIGHT&quot; TO REMEMBER</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 15:33:41 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[STILLER AND BALE OVERHAUL BOX OFFICE

&ldquo;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&rdquo; and &ldquo;Terminator: Salvation&rdquo; are engaged in a heavyweight battle for the top spot at the box office over this long Memorial Day Weekend as both films have come out of the gate in explosive fashion--&ldquo;Night&rdquo; grossing an estimated $15 million on Friday night and &ldquo;T4&rdquo;...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=174'>more</a><br />
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<title>MIDNIGHT &quot;SALVATION&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:58:58 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christian Bale and the resistance got off to a decent start at midnight, as &quot;Terminator: Salvation&quot; grossed an estimated $3 million&nbsp;late Wednesday evening according to Warner Bros.&nbsp;While the heavily hyped summer sequel was&nbsp;not as strong as &quot;Star Trek&quot; previews,&nbsp;which debuted with $4 million, shows began at 7pm for the crew of the Enterprise, whereas &quot;T4...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=173'>more</a><br />
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<title>SUPER SUMMER SHOWDOWN</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:32:27 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE DOUBLE BILLA THRILLA: TERMINATOR VS. MUSEUM

Let's get ready to rumble, popcorn fanatics. Two of summer&rsquo;s heavyweight sequels go mano y mano, as &ldquo;Terminator: Salvation&rdquo; and &ldquo;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&rdquo; square off over Memorial Day weekend. Never before have two such potent franchises done battle the same weekend.&nbsp;

The original &quot;M...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=172'>more</a><br />
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<title>BIBLE&#39;S BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:48:52 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[STATE OF PLAY&nbsp;

The film opened with $14.1 million on 3,200 screens. This was a better opening than BODY OF LIES, another recent thriller in the same vein. Intelligent films aimed at an adult audience are never an easy sell, but this opening was average among the genre of political thrillers. The marketing relied heavily on the murder, political intrigue and the big name cast as a draw. The...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=171'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;ANGELS&quot; TAKES FLIGHT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 16:02:34 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL PRAISE: $104.3 MILLION
WORLDWIDE: $152.3 MILLION

Maybe they should have brought back Tom Hanks&rsquo; mullet; a little more controversy would&rsquo;ve helped, too. Sony&rsquo;s religious thriller &ldquo;Angels & Demons&rdquo; took the top spot at the box office, but grosses were far from heavenly domestically&nbsp;for the sequel to the smash hit, &ldquo;The Da Vinci Code.&rdquo; ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=170'>more</a><br />
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<title>FALLIN&#39; &quot;ANGELS&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 15:26:57 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;Angels & Demons&rdquo; debuted with an estimated $16 million on Friday, which places weekend estimates around $46 million for the Ron Howard directed sequel. While not a sacrilegious opening, it is no doubt much softer than its predecessor, which arrived amidst a flurry of zealous protests and on the heels of being one of the most talked about books of the decade. No doubt this...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=169'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;ANGELS&quot; DESCEND</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:11:59 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony's &quot;Angels & Demons&quot; has theatres all to itself this weekend, but will grosses be sacred or sacrilege? Well, most everyone is in agreement that this film lacks the liftoff power of Dan Brown's ultra-successful &quot;The Da Vinci Code,&quot; but most reviewers are in agreement that this is actually a better film. No doubt, Tom Hank's 'do' is an improvement over his Ape Drape--or Canad...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=168'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;FOOTLOOSE&quot; REMAKE FINDS GROOVE</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:54:54 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kick off your Sunday shoes. Loose, &ldquo;Footloose&rdquo; is rebooting into theatres June 18, 2010. And hey, if Walkmans, leg warmers, and cheesy 80&rsquo;s clothing wasn&rsquo;t in vogue now, no doubt it will be next summer, as both &quot;The A-Team&quot; and &quot;The Karate Kid&quot; open the weekend previous. I pity the fool who doesn't believe the 80's are back! &quot;Flashdance&quot; and &q...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=167'>more</a><br />
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<title>FOX BOOKS TRIP TO &quot;RIO&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:13:22 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[20th Century Fox announced April 8, 2011 as the release date of Blue Sky Animation&rsquo;s newest 3-D animated film, &quot;Rio.&quot; The story centers on a nerdy macaw that leaves the comforts of his cage in small-town Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro. 

Carlos Saldanha, who was born in Rio, is at the helm. Beginning with &quot;Ice Age&quot;&nbsp;Saldanha has a hand in directing every Blue...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=166'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:03:40 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FAST & FURIOUS 
This film shattered all expectations with an opening weekend of $71 million, making it the biggest April debut on record. It opened on 5,200 screens at 3,461 theatres and out-grossed the previous franchise outing FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT in a mere 3 days. The first installment THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001) starred Vin Diesel and Paul Walker and opened with $40.1 million wit...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=165'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;TREK&quot; GOES BOLDLY</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 16:25:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE FINAL FRONTIER&nbsp;- $76.5 MILLION, $112 MILLION WORLDWIDE

George Lucas, watch your back. &ldquo;Star Trek&rdquo; has boldly gone where no film in the franchise has gone before: $72.5 million. Paramount&rsquo;s newest tentpole beamed up the largest opening in the history of the series, as the eleventh Star Trek film grossed $76.5 million since its debut&hellip;which includes roughly $4 mil...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=164'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;TREK&quot; ON TRACK</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:06:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$72 MILLION

Trekkies made sure the newest &quot;Star Trek&quot; was the highest opener of the franchise, beaming up an estimated weekend total of $72 million since opening Thursday night according the Paramount Studios. Friday night (plus Thursday night screenings) accounted for an estimated $31 million as it played in 3,849 theatres. Now that it has opened boldly, the real question will be whe...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=163'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:51:20 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE 
The film opened to $7 million which was below the original CRANK (2006), which opened to $10 million. Gory and humorous action films are often successful, but this film didn&rsquo;t look to offer anything different to set it apart from the first installment. The posters and advertising were also very bland and didn&rsquo;t do much to entice the audience. Thus far the film has...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=162'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;WOLVERINE&quot; SLICES AND DICES SUMMER</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:45:39 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$85 MILLION, $160 MILLION WORLDWIDE

Game on, popcorn eaters! The Summer Blockbuster Season is officially upon us, and &ldquo;X-Men Origins: Wolverine&rdquo; kicked things off like a champ, impaling the competition and grossing $85 million. The #1 film accounted for over 55% of the box office for all films in release. And while its bow is a bit lower than the previous X-Men film, &ldquo;X-Men: T...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=161'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;WOLVERINE&quot; SLASHES INTO SUMMER</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 15:17:37 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[$85 MILLION

&ldquo;X-Men Origins: Wolverine&rdquo; kicked off the summer season with a rowdy $85 million this weekend. That was in line with most prognosticator&rsquo;s estimates, however it did not top the previous film in the series, &ldquo;X-Men: The Last Stand,&rdquo; which debuted with a franchise-best $102 million. If estimates hold, the fourth X-men film will debut in line with &ldquo;X2...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=160'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:01:27 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OBSERVE AND REPORT 
This film opened after the smash hit PAUL BLART: MALL COP and just seemed on the surface to be another &ldquo;Mall Cop&rdquo; comedy. OBSERVE AND REPORT proved to be far from it. Instead it was considerably darker, prompting comparisons to TAXI DRIVER. It made only $11 million on opening weekend. Reviews were mixed and audiences didn&rsquo;t seem ready to accept Rogan in such ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=159'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;X-MEN&quot; MARKS THE START OF THE SUMMER SEASON</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:20:43 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you know when the summer movie season starts? One sure-fire way to tell is when 7-11 starts promoting superhero Slurpees. What? You haven&rsquo;t tried Mutant Berry yet? The deliciously sweet and simultaneously sour Hawaiian Punch Berry Limeade Blast flavor? And you call yourself a fan of blockbuster movies? Get thee to a 7-11, el pronto, and put your lips around a collectible straw as well...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=158'>more</a><br />
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<title>TOP 10 INDIE FILMS - SUMMER 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:53:09 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BLOCKBUSTER BURNOUT? TRY THESE ON FOR SIZE

Here we stand, one day away from the launch of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and with it, the unofficial start of the summer movie season. What follows is sure to be an action-packed four months of explosions, chases, wild animals, pratfalls, angels, demons and robots. But what about the small breed of people whose interest in those types of things and the ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=157'>more</a><br />
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<title>AUDIENCES &quot;OBSESSED&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:30:15 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FOUR NEW FILMS IN THE TOP 5

There is nothing more profitable than a good war...especially if it&nbsp;involves a&nbsp;lover's spat. Audiences were enthralled with &ldquo;Obsessed&rdquo; this weekend, as Sony&rsquo;s erotic, romantic thriller grossed as estimated $28.5 million--making it far and away the top flick at the box office. The PG-13 film benefited from a strong African American showing,...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=156'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;PREDATOR&quot; BACK ON TRACK</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:44:05 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Soon the hunt will begin...again. Fox announced today that Robert Rodriguez is taking on the next incarnation of the Predator franchise, set to drop July 7, 2010. &ldquo;Predators&rdquo; promises to be &ldquo;a bold new chapter in the Predator universe,&rdquo; according to a press release from Fox. Rodriguez will shepherd the project at his Austin facility, however no writer or director has been h...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=155'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:20:36 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DUPLICITY 
Given the star power of Julia Roberts, expectations for this film were high. Instead the film opened with a disappointing $14.4 million and to date has amassed $39 million domestic with a total of $63 million worldwide. In recent years Julia Roberts has stepped back from the limelight and has not been churning out films as frequently. Writer/director Tony Gilroy had a great success wit...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=154'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;EARTH&quot; GOES GREEN</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:29:35 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DOCUMENTARY SETS RECORD

Walt Disney&rsquo;s eco-friendly documentary &ldquo;Earth&rdquo; made the most of Earth Day as it rolled out with an estimated $4 million on opening day. That&rsquo;s the best single day opening ever for a documentary, as most open in limited release before expanding wide. After just one day, it&rsquo;s also the highest grossing documentary of the year.&nbsp;

That tra...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=153'>more</a><br />
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<title>WALT DISNEY SETS QUARTET</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:25:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILEY CYRUS GETS SERIOUS, HAYAO MIYAZAKI RETURNS 

Four titles from Walt Disney snag release dates, including Hayao Miyazaki&rsquo;s latest, another from Miley Cyrus (not as Hannah Montana), the &ldquo;Step Up&rdquo; threequel, and Disneynature&rsquo;s &ldquo;Oceans.&rdquo; 

The Mouse House and Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki are partnering up again for his latest traditionally anima...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=152'>more</a><br />
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<title>FOX SHUFFLES DECK</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:36:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW RELEASE DATE CHANGES

20th Century Fox recently announced a slew of new date changes; the most high profile is the new Steve Carell/Tina Fey comedy, &ldquo;Date Night,&rdquo; which is set for a spring fling--April 9, 2010. The film, directed by Shawn Levy (&ldquo;Night at the Museum,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Pink Panther&rdquo;), currently has no competition and continues the recent trend of openin...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=151'>more</a><br />
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<title>ZAC ATTACK</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:49:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TWEEN ANGST ON TOP

It&rsquo;s official: Tweens have schooled the box office for the second weekend in a row. WB&rsquo;s &ldquo;17 Again&rdquo; jumped to the top of the heap, as the Zac Efron body-switch comedy scored an estimated $24 million over the weekend. That gross left last week&rsquo;s champ, &ldquo;Hannah Montanta&rdquo; in fourth place with $12.6 million, and a precipitous drop of 61%....<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=150'>more</a><br />
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<title>DOWNLOAD THIS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:49:50 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may have already heard about a certain workprint for Fox&rsquo;s X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaking onto the internet two weeks ago since the resulting firestorm and fallout has been covered and re-covered by bloggers, journalists and former journalists alike, so there&rsquo;s not much left to say on the issue. I do, however, want to go on record, as saying that this leak will have absolutely ze...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=149'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE: TOP 10 SUMMER FILMS 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:15:17 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BLOCKBUSTER BREAKDOWN 

The summer blockbuster season is nearly upon us, although if you&rsquo;ve been tracking the box office lately, you might argue that it&rsquo;s already here. In fact, my Junior Mints have already melted a chocolate runway in my pants thanks to the heat &ldquo;Fast and Furious&rdquo; unleashed with its $70 mil debut. And with &ldquo;Hannah Montana: The Movie&rdquo; belting ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=148'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HARRY POTTER&quot; HOPS UP</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:36:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Muggles take heed! &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&rdquo; will be Apparating into theatres earlier than expected&hellip;two days anyway. Warner Bros. announced that the long-awaited sixth film of the franchise will now debut Wednesday, July 15th, instead of Friday, July 17th. 

&ldquo;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix&rdquo; also&nbsp;optioned for&nbsp;the midweek release s...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=147'>more</a><br />
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<title>SUMMER FILMS 2009: CHICK FLIXX</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:24:06 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ESTROGEN VS. TESTOSTERONE

The summer movie season is fast approaching and my ERC co-workers are already laying out their predictions for which films will become the top blockbusters in 2009. Now, since I&rsquo;m the only female box office analyst in the office, I thought I&rsquo;d focus on the counter programming options that will hold more appeal for the fairer sex. In many summers past, films...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=146'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:52:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Box Office Obits: Saying goodbye, adieu, and arrivederci to films as they bow out of the Top 12 and make their way to the promised land of retail sales.

TAKEN 
With an opening on Superbowl weekend, Fox expected that the film would hit around $14 million. Instead it shattered all expectations with a boffo $24 million dollar opening weekend that became the 2nd largest Superbowl weekend opener in...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=145'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MONTANA&quot; IS BIG SKY COUNTRY AT B.O.</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:18:12 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tween girls rule the box office, so all you Hannah Montana haters, eat your heart-strings out! Miley Cyrus scored her second #1 debut in as many attempts, with Walt Disney&rsquo;s latest, &ldquo;Hannah Montana: The Movie&rdquo; grossing an estimated $34 million over the Easter holiday weekend. With many kids out of school, the film debuted with an estimated $17 million on opening day and is the se...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=144'>more</a><br />
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<title>FILM REVIEW: &quot;SUGAR&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:45:38 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After their debut feature, &ldquo;Half Nelson&rdquo;, exploded out of the festival circuit and into the Kodak theater with an Oscar nomination for lead actor Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck could have made any movie they wanted with any actors they wanted. That they chose to make a largely subtitled character drama about a Dominican baseball player with zero recognizable names or faces imm...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=143'>more</a><br />
Chad Hartigan<br /><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE OBITS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:59:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Box Office Obits: Saying goodbye, adieu, and arrivederci&nbsp;to films&nbsp;as they bow out of&nbsp;the Top 12 and make their way to the promised land of&nbsp;retail sales.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 
Set in an Indian slum, with no stars and scenes of dire poverty, this was not a film that was expected to rake in the box office dollars. The back story of this film is well known within the industry. I...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=142'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HOT TUB&quot; BUBBLES UP</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:01:34 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[And the best film title of the year award goes to: &ldquo;Hot Tub Time Machine.&rdquo; It already makes you chuckle, doesn&rsquo;t it? In fact, we haven&rsquo;t seen a title this good since &ldquo;Dude, Where&rsquo;s My Car?&rdquo;&nbsp;

MGM has just announced the release date of the John Cusack comedy as February 26, 2010. Also aboard is Craig Robinson (&ldquo;The Office,&rdquo; &ldquo;Pinappl...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=141'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;BLART&quot; AND &quot;TAKEN&quot; TAKE JANUARY B.O. FOR A RIDE</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:00:42 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who says you have to wait until the summer for action blockbusters or sleeper hits? Just add January (and the current economic recession) and you as an opportunistic Hollywood studio mogul may just find yourself reaping huge benefits. &quot;Paul Blart: Mall Cop&quot; and &quot;Taken&quot;, released in January two weeks apart in North America, have struck gold and are still going strong at the U.S....<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=140'>more</a><br />
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<title>SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS FILMMAKING</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:44:46 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While it may seem like a new trend, it is actually as old as film itself. Ever since the first frames of film screened before an audience, there has always been a message and social awareness behind it. 

One of the earliest examples is TRAFFIC IN SOULS. Released in 1913, this film is an expose on white slavery and prostitution. Fortunately it survives today (and is even on DVD) and proves a sea...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=139'>more</a><br />
Karie Bible<br /><br />
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<title>&quot;FAST&quot; TIMES</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:35:24 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[VIN DIESEL PACKS SERIOUS PUNCH

Who knew there was this much gas left in the tank? &ldquo;Fast and Furious&rdquo; easily took the checkered flag, cracking the box office engine block this weekend, as it revved up an insanely high-octane $72.5 million. That&rsquo;s not only the highest of the franchise, but the best April debut in history--surpassing &ldquo;Anger Management&rsquo;s&rdquo; measly ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=138'>more</a><br />
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<title>ON THE &quot;FAST&quot; TRACK</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:37:21 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who needs 3-D when you&rsquo;ve got Vin Diesel behind the wheel. Turns out the box office race wasn&rsquo;t even close. &ldquo;Fast and Furious&rdquo; blew past the competition on Friday as the fourth film in the franchise revved up an estimated $30 million on opening day. A quick look under the hood reveals that this new model is no buster, in fact, it&rsquo;s the true sequel to the first film. W...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=137'>more</a><br />
Jeff Bock<br /><br />
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<title>ARE YOU READY FOR THE &quot;SEX&quot; GIRLS?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:31:08 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's officially official, Warner Bros. just brought sexy back. Hollywood's hottest quartet of&nbsp;cougars&nbsp;will prowl onto the silver screen May 28, 2010. Get your martini party Evites ready to go, because &quot;Sex and the City 2&quot; will hit the streets exactly two years after the original shocked the industry, debuting with $57 million domestically and&nbsp;dishing up&nbsp;$415 million w...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=136'>more</a><br />
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<title>DISNEY TRANSFORMS &quot;BEAUTY&quot; IN 3-D</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:13:02 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Walt Disney is boldly going to the third dimension&hellip;and beyond. The Mouse House officially announced that their animated hit, &ldquo;Beauty and the Beast,&rdquo; will be receiving a 3-D makeover. The film is set for release on February 12, 2010. If this does beastly box office as expected, there will be no stopping Team Disney from 3-Ding everything in their vault..and that means a whole lot...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=135'>more</a><br />
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<title>WAX ON: &quot;KARATE KID&quot; RETURNS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:41:17 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No joke, Sony&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Karate Kid&rdquo; remake is on the release calendar for June 11, 2010. The film stars Jackie Chan in the role made famous by Pat Morita, while Jaden Smith (Will Smith&rsquo;s son) steps up as Daniel-son. If the 80&rsquo;s flashbacks are hitting you hard, well be prepared for a double shot: Fox currently has &ldquo;The A-Team&rdquo; set for the same date. 

Harald...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=134'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MONSTERS&quot; MASH</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:12:21 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BOFFO B.O. BOOST FROM MONSTERS, ALIENS, AND GHOSTS

Call it scare tactics. This weekend, audiences certainly got their fill of things that go bump in the night: monster, aliens, and ghosts, OH MY! DreamWorks Animation&rsquo;s &ldquo;Monsters Vs. Aliens&rdquo; easily conquered the box office, punching up an estimated $58 million. The 3-D animated adventure will go down as the second highest non-s...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=133'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MONSTER&quot; OPENING</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:47:36 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was a heavyweight battle that didn&rsquo;t disappoint: &ldquo;Monsters Vs. Aliens&rdquo; did a number on the box office, and that number is an estimated $58 million for the weekend. Paramount has Friday night&rsquo;s receipts at $16.7 million. That will place DreamWorks Animation&rsquo;s latest flick as the second highest non-sequel opener ever for DWA, behind &ldquo;Kung Fu Panda&rsquo;s&rdquo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=132'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;EXTRACT&quot; DIGS UP DATE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:29:26 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Miramax announced the release date of Mike Judge&rsquo;s latest, &quot;Extract,&quot; as September 4, 2009. The comedy, set in and around a flower extract factory, will debut in limited release and expand the following weekend.&nbsp;

While September is commonly referred to as the &ldquo;dumping grounds,&rdquo; no less than three films are set to open wide on Labor Day Weekend&mdash;Lionsgate&rs...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=131'>more</a><br />
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<title>FILM REVIEW: &quot;I LOVE YOU, MAN&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:17:41 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you man enough to say it? Writer/Director John Hamburg seems to think his characters are. But is he man enough to show it? 

What was subtext in Superbad is now center stage as Hollywood attempts to capitalize on popular culture&rsquo;s sudden fascination with straight male-male relationships. Bromance, if you will. Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven, our luckless hero whose upcoming wedding force...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=130'>more</a><br />
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<title>WHO KNEW? NIC CAGE, THAT&#39;S WHO!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:21:21 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[3 NEW FILMS TAKE TOP 3 SEEDS

It was all about spring cleaning at the box office this weekend as three new films entered the marketplace 1-2-3 and delivered a little March Madness of their own. Summit scored their second #1 opener in company history with &ldquo;Knowing,&rdquo; as the Nicolas Cage film debuted with $24.8 million. Friday night screenings scored nearly $9 million. Despite mostly ne...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=129'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;KNOWING&quot; IS HALF THE BATTLE</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:11:29 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THREE NEW FILMS DO SOLID BO

Summit scored their second #1 opener in company history with &ldquo;Knowing,&rdquo; as it is estimated to debut with $24 million over the weekend. Friday night screenings scored nearly $9 million. Despite mostly negative reviews, and feeling like another Nicolas Cage retred, Summit convinced audiences that this was something more than a run-of-the-mill thriller and w...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=128'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;APPRENTICE&quot; WAVES WAND</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:50:57 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Walt Disney announced the release date of&nbsp;&quot;The Sorcerer's Apprentice&quot; as July 16, 2010.&nbsp;Their latest live-action feature&nbsp;to mine&nbsp;the Mouse House vaults is basically an update of &quot;Fantasia.&quot; Nicolas Cage stars as The Sorcerer, while Jay Baruchel (&quot;Tropic Thunder&quot;) takes on the role of his Apprentice,&nbsp;as he attempts&nbsp;to tame a wild, magical&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=127'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;EXPENDABLES&quot; LOCK AND LOAD</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:44:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ACTION-JACKSONS ENSEMBLE SETS DATE&nbsp;

Promising more action than a gross of bottle rockets, Lionsgate announced the release date of &ldquo;The Expendables,&rdquo; April 23, 2010. The Sylvester Stallone film, which Sly writes/directs/stars, also features&nbsp;a greatest hits of action stars and has-beens: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, and a cameo from The...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=126'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;RACE&quot; ACE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:32:23 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[REMAKES MAKE MARK

The Doomsday Clock struck midnight for &quot;Watchmen.&quot; After a solid $55 million debut last weekend, Warner Bros. high-profile comic book adaptation was unmasked, grossing just $18 million in its second weekend&nbsp;of release and dropping over 67%. The Zack Snyder film will close in on $86 million this weekend and will likely top out under $120 million. Remakes were the...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=125'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;WATCHMEN&quot; WITHERS</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:13:08 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;RACE&quot; OUTPACES PACK

The Doomsday Clock has struck midnight for &quot;Watchmen.&quot; After a solid $55 million debut last weekend, Warner Bros. high-profile comic book adaptation was unmasked, grossing&nbsp;an estimated&nbsp;$16 million in its second weekend in release and dropping over 70%. The Zack Snyder film&nbsp;will close in on&nbsp;$84 million this weekend and will likely top ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=124'>more</a><br />
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<title>ALL GOOD UNDER THE &quot;HOOD&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:41:01 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD NABS RELEASE DATE
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Today Universal announced the release date of their untitled Robin Hood adventure: May 14, 2010. The film, previously titled &ldquo;Nottingham,&rdquo;&nbsp;will be&nbsp;directed by Ridley Scott, produced by Imagine Entertainment, and star Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.&nbsp;Let's&nbsp;just hope Crowe can perfect the English&nbsp;pitch better than Kevin Cost...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=123'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;WATCHMEN&quot; EYES $55 MIL PRIZE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:38:44 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fanboy Nation Salutes Heroes! 

Well, we now know who is watching the &ldquo;Watchmen.&rdquo; Everyone. The Warner Bros. comic book adaptation debuted in the top spot with $55 million over the weekend, the sixth best opening for an R-rated pic. So, does that mean it was a success? Well, yes and no. Any film that grosses that amount outside the safe confines of summer, you have to tip your hat to...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=122'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;WATCHMEN&quot; SCORES $25.1 MIL FRIDAY</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fanboys turned out far and wide for the latest film from action gonzo Zack Snyder, as Warner Bros. &quot;Watchmen&quot; debuted with an estimated $25.1 million on Friday, including $4.6 million from midnight screenings Thursday night. The result is slightly lower&nbsp;than Snyder's &quot;300,&quot;&nbsp;which tallied up $28.1 million opening day in 2007.&nbsp;That film&nbsp;went on to gross $70.8 ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=121'>more</a><br />
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<title>SONY SETS DATE WITH SANDLER, OTHERS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:03:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;PRIEST&quot; UNLEASHED

Sony Pictures announced the release dates of four films today. Most notable, a new Adam Sandler comedy that features a veritable Greatest Hits cast from previous Sandler films: Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. The untitled film, directed by Sandler mainstay Dennis Dugan, is about five friends who reunite over the 4th of July Weekend thirty ye...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=120'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;ELM STREET&quot; BACK ON THE BLOCK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FREDDY GETS FINGERED

Remakes of horror films are doing something at the box office that horror icons have been doing sequel after sequel: rising from the dead! Next up, one of the biggest baddies of them all: Freddy Krueger. Warner Bros. announced the official return of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, with a street date of April 16, 2010. Officially, the brick-and-mortar title is &ldquo;...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=119'>more</a><br />
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<title>MADEA IN DA HOUSE FALL 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:08:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LIONSGATE ANNOUNCES TWO MORE TYLER PERRY FILMS

The hits just keep on coming from Tyler Perry. This morning, Lionsgate announced the Multi-hyphenate&rsquo;s next two projects: Tyler Perry&rsquo;s I Can Do Bad All By Myself and Tyler Perry&rsquo;s Why Did I Get Married Too. Seems he&rsquo;s going to keep his current pace of two films per year, and if he can get Tyler Perry&rsquo;s Cloning Machine...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=118'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;NARNIA&quot; RETURNS TO THEATRES</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:28:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;DAWN TREADER&quot; SETS SAIL 

20th Century Fox announced this morning the release date of &quot;The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader&quot; as December 10, 2010. The series, abandoned by Walt Disney after &quot;Prince Caspian&quot; failed to live up to expectations last summer, was picked up by Fox as they have close ties with Walden Media, which owns the rights to the C.S....<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=117'>more</a><br />
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<title>KEVIN SMITH TAKES ON &quot;DICKS&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:05:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. recently confirmed a date with director Kevin Smith. The View Askew auteur's next film, &quot; A Couple of Dicks&quot;, starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan (&quot;30 Rock&quot;),&nbsp;will go down January 29th, 2010. Teaming with a big wig studio is a departure from previous Smith films, which have typically been released under indie labels like Miramax and Weinstein Co. But with s...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=116'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MADEA&quot; TOO BIG FOR JONAS BROS.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:39:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TYLER PERRY BUSTS LOOSE...AGAIN!

Sure, the Jonas Brothers have millions of tween fans, but Walt Disney&rsquo;s trumped up hype was no match Tyler Perry&rsquo;s massive following. Madea Goes To Jail rocked the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row with $16.5 million and left the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience playing second fiddle with an estimated $12.7 million. While...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=115'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;GREEN LANTERN&quot; LIT</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:18:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WB NAME DROPS BIG TITLES

Today, Warner Bros. announced the official release date for Green Lantern: December 17, 2010. One of the crown jewels of DC Comics, this will&nbsp;no doubt light up the box office over the holiday season, and marks a changing of the guard for superhero movies. Usually,&nbsp;men-in-spandex drop&nbsp;into theatres&nbsp;during the&nbsp;summer months, but&nbsp;with&nbsp;Iro...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=114'>more</a><br />
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<title>TWILIGHT&#39;S &quot;ECLIPSE&quot; SINKS TEETH INTO UNCLE SAM</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:35:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sequel to the smash hit Twilight&nbsp;isn't decending into theatres until this fall, but the vampire series'&nbsp;threequel already has a date: 6/30/2010...otherwise known as the lucrative 4th of July weekend and one of the premiere&nbsp;release&nbsp;periods&nbsp;of the year. Sony's Green Hornet is set to open five days previous, but so far, no direct competition has been scheduled for Eclipse...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=113'>more</a><br />
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<title>TYLER PERRY&#39;S &quot;JAIL&quot; BREAK</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:29:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MADEA GOES WILD

You can take the man out of the fat-suit, but you can&rsquo;t take the fat-suit out of the man. And the man in question here is Tyler Perry. He and Lionsgate earned some serious fat cash over the weekend, as his latest, Madea Goes to Jail, turned out to be a whale of a tale, grossing $41 million in its opening weekend. By far the best opening of Perry&rsquo;s career, it made mor...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=112'>more</a><br />
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<title>FREAKY &quot;FRIDAY&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[V-DAY&nbsp;GOES STRAIGHT FOR THE JUGULAR

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. And everyone knows the only way to defeat your fear, is to face it head on. Audiences across the country did just that. Paraskavedekatriaphobics watched Jason Vorhees slash and dice the competition over the weekend, as the franchise reset of Friday the 13th piled up $42.2 million bones over t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=111'>more</a><br />
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<title>AUDIENCES TOTALLY &quot;INTO YOU&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:38:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ROMANCE ENSEMBLE RULES, &quot;PINK&quot; STINKS

Turns out, he is that into you. Audiences ignored mostly negative reviews and Warner Bros. new romantic comedy, He&rsquo;s Just Not That Into You, was the beauty of the box office ball. The New Line production gushed and guffawed its way to #1 with an estimated $27.4 million over the weekend. Just goes to show you, no matter how jaded you are, lov...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=110'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;TERMINATOR&quot; BAILS ON RELEASE DATE</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:37:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With all the hoopla swirling around Christian Bale's verbal meltdown on the set of T4, it was high time Warner Bros. capitalized on it: Terminator Salvation has gone and changed release dates. Yup, one day to be exact. Instead of opening on Friday, May 22nd, the film has been pushed&nbsp;forward to Thursday, May 21st. Why the date change? A jumpstart on the lucrative Memorial Day Weekend, no doubt...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=109'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;TAKEN&quot; MAKES BACON</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:50:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THRILLER THRILLS, CHILLER CHILLS

With all eyes and ears on &ldquo;the big game,&rdquo; and no Hannah Montana to lead the charge like last year, the box office wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be much of a contender. But that&rsquo;s why they play the game, folks. Fox&rsquo;s action-thriller, Taken, scored big over Super Bowl weekend, nabbing $24.6 million in its debut, putting overall box office receip...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=108'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;BLART&quot; BACK FOR SECONDS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:14:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MALL COP&nbsp;EDGES&nbsp;UNDERWORLD

Paul Blart&mdash;America&rsquo;s favorite Mall Cop&mdash;was on top of the box office beat again. He made a citizen&rsquo;s arrest for the top spot,&nbsp;pulling out a can of non-lethal&nbsp;whoop-ass&nbsp;on a pack of werewolves, and grossed $21.5 million in his second weekend, dropping just 32%. PBMC&rsquo;s total now stands at $64.8 million after just ten ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=107'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE 81st OSCAR NOMINATIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:22:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AND, THE&nbsp;ACADEMY AWARD&nbsp;NOMINEES ARE...

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
&quot;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&quot; (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production; Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ce&aacute;n Chaffin, Producers &quot;Frost/Nixon&quot; (Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=106'>more</a><br />
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<title>FAT CASH FOR TOP &quot;COP&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:15:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RECORD BREAKING MLK JR. WEEKEND

With most of the country is in the throes of winter, theatres became a warm alternative to frostbite. A very warm alternative. Not only will the weekend go down as the best MLK Jr. weekend on record, but the overall grosses for all films in release will place this weekend as one of the Top 10 of all-time. Folks, we&rsquo;re talking about the ides of January here....<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=105'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;GRAN&quot; SLAM</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:54:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EASTWOOD KICKS A$$

Old action heroes never die, they just make sequels. Proprietarily speaking, Gran Torino may not actually be a continuation of the Dirty Harry franchise, but it might as well be. Consider the logline: Old grumpy man gets revenge and proves he still has enough fight in him to beat up some young punks. Hmm, sounds like Mr. Harry &quot;making my day&quot; to me. Of course, none ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=104'>more</a><br />
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<title>DIRECTOR&#39;S GUILD OF AMERICA</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:03:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DGA NOMINEES

The winner will be named at the 61st Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 31 2009, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. 

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):&nbsp;


DANNY BOYLE 
Slumdog Millionaire 
(Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Mr. Boyle's Directorial Team: 
Unit Production Manager: Sanjay Kumar 
First Assistant Direc...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=103'>more</a><br />
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<title>WRITER&#39;S GUILD NOMINATIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:59:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[2009 WGA NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
&quot;Burn After Reading,&quot; written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features 
&quot;Milk,&quot; written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features 
&quot;Vicky Cristina Barcelona,&quot; written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company 
&quot;The Visitor, &quot;written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films 
&quot;The Wrestler,&quot; written by Robert Siegel, Fo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=102'>more</a><br />
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<title>CHAD HARTIGAN&#39;S TOP 10 FILMS OF 2008</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:21:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[2008 was a resilient year for the studios. A much publicized recession swept the country and brought fears of full scale depression to the minds of many Americans. Despite that, the box office held strong and wound up&nbsp;besting last year&rsquo;s record breaking tally by 0.07% at $9.63 billion, however attendance was down nearly 4% at 1.34 billion.&nbsp;Still, it was a tough year for independent...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=101'>more</a><br />
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<title>PGA NOMINEES</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:44:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Producer's Guild of America Nominees:

* Please note that productions that list producer(s) as TBD are still in the arbitration process. 

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures&nbsp;

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 
Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall 
Ce&aacute;n Chaffin&nbsp;

THE DARK KNIGHT 
Christopher Nolan 
Charles Roven 
Emma Thomas&n...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=100'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MARLEY&quot; MELTS HEARTS AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:53:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YEAR, SAME FILMS ON TOP

Hollywood&rsquo;s cure for New Year&rsquo;s hangovers: leftovers. With no new films opening the first weekend of 2009, Marley & Me was the top dog again for the second weekend in a row. The Fox dramedy woofed up $24 million and now has the doggie dish overflowing with $106 million since its release Christmas day. The Jennifer Aniston/Owen Wilson film is the only live...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=99'>more</a><br />
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<title>2008 YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:58:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE DARK KNIGHT LEADS PACK

2008&nbsp;Yearly Box Office: $9.62 billion
2008 Attendance: 1.34 billion

Actual ticket sales were down nearly 4% versus 2007, while receipts were&nbsp;down 0.02%&nbsp;

Estimated average ticket prices increased 4.2%, to $7.17

Overall ticket sales were are at their lowest point since 1996

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<title>&quot;MARLEY&#39;S&quot; BOAST</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:49:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS CHEERS BOX OFFICE&nbsp;

It seems audiences got exactly what they wanted from Santa this year. Aside from a couple Ponzi schemers, we must have been pretty good overall. Four out of the five new releases took the top slots, and all in all, accounted for one of the most lucrative weekends in box office history. Now really, how could anyone resist a puppy in a bow under the Christmas tre...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=97'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MAN&quot; OF THE HOUR</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[JIM CARREY AND WILL SMITH ARE LIGHTWEIGHTS

&lsquo;Twas right before Christmas and all through the box office not a feature was stirring, not even a mouse with gigantic ears. Blame it on the weather, blame it on worn-out movie themes, blame it on the guy who threw the shoe at democracy, whatever the case, audiences, for the most part, steered clear of the new releases as none of them opened nort...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=95'>more</a><br />
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<title>WARNER BROS. 2009 PREVIEW</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:29:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WB HANGS HAT ON &quot;HARRY&quot; & &quot;HOLMES&quot;

Warner Bros. changed the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Twilight became a phenomenon. Poof. Well, in doing so, they also&nbsp;set their safety net in place for 2009. Sherlock Holmes and Terminator Salvation also has fans salivating, as WB has locked down 2008's biggest superhero&nbsp;stars in Robert Downey Jr. a...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=94'>more</a><br />
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<title>WALT DISNEY&#39;S 2009 PREVIEW</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:42:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DISNEY &quot;UP&quot; ON 3-D

Walt Disney has just announced their official 2009 release schedule. Five of their fourteen films&nbsp; next year will be released in 3-D, as they boldly lead the marketplace into the third dimension.&nbsp;Buzz Lightyear will take&nbsp;his TOY STORY crew to&nbsp;&quot;infinity and beyond&quot; as they make the jump to 3-D on October 2nd. Pixar also releases their mo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=93'>more</a><br />
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<title>AFI AWARDS 2008</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AFI AWARDS 2008 

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 

THE DARK KNIGHT 

FROST/NIXON 

FROZEN RIVER 

GRAN TORINO 

IRON MAN 

MILK 

WALL&bull;E 

WENDY AND LUCY 

THE WRESTLER 


AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS&nbsp;

BREAKING BAD 

IN TREATMENT 

JOHN ADAMS 

LIFE 

LOST 

MAD MEN 

THE OFFICE ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=92'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;NEW MOON&quot; RISING</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:39:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;NEW MOON&quot; HAS OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE - 11/20/09

Summit Entertainment officially announced today the release date of their Twilight sequel, New Moon, and it comes as no surprise that it will be exactly one year after the original was released. Yes, it's on the fast track with a March filming start! Mark it in blood on your calendar now, fanggirls! No way Twilighters will be under the r...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=91'>more</a><br />
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<title>DOWN TO &quot;EARTH&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:42:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OSCAR HOPEFULS&nbsp;ERUPT IN LTD RELEASE

Making the earth stand still is a dubious task, even for someone with an enormous amount of box office superpowers like Will Smith. Well, turns out Keanu Reeves is no Will Smith. Fox&rsquo;s sci-fi flick, The Day the Earth Stood Still, topped the movie ticker with $31 mil over the weekend, but didn&rsquo;t come close to Big Willie&rsquo;s I Am Legend, wh...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=90'>more</a><br />
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<title>2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:49:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE &ndash; DRAMA 

1. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 
Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures 
2. FROST/NIXON 
Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures 
3. THE READER 
Mirag...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=89'>more</a><br />
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<title>LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:41:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has named Disney/Pixar's &quot;Wall-E&quot; the best picture of the year, marking the first time in its history that it has given its top prize to an animated film.&nbsp;

Danny Boyle took the directing award for Fox Searchlight's &quot;Slumdog Millionaire.&quot; Christopher Nolan's &quot;The Dark Knight,&quot; a Warner Bros. release, was the runner-up for both...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=88'>more</a><br />
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<title>CRITICS CHOICE AWARD NOMINATIONS</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:21:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The full nominations for the 14th Annual Broadcast Film Critics' Association's Critics Choice Awards: 

BEST PICTURE* Changeling* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* The Dark Knight* Doubt* Frost/Nixon* Milk* The Reader* Slumdog Millionaire* Wall-E* The Wrestler 

BEST ACTOR* Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino* Richard Jenkins - The Visitor* Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon* Sean Penn - Milk* Brad Pitt...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=87'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;CHRISTMASES&quot; REGIFTS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:54:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PUNISHER BOMBS, CADILLAC CRUISES

Thanksgiving leftovers. That&rsquo;s what moviegoers decided to munch on this weekend, as Four Christmases held on to the top spot for the second weekend, displaying the best Yule legs of the Top 10, dropping just 41% and grossing another $18.1 mil. Total for the Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon rom-com is now a bustling $70.8 mil. The top spots stayed relatively ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=86'>more</a><br />
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<title>NATIONAL BOARD of REVIEW NAMES TOP FILMS</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:30:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NAT'L BOARD OF REVIEW WINNERS:

Film: &quot;Slumdog Millionaire&quot;&nbsp;

Director: David Fincher, &quot;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&quot;&nbsp;

Actor: Clint Eastwood, &quot;Gran Torino&quot;&nbsp;

Actress: Anne Hathaway, &quot;Rachel Getting Married&quot;&nbsp;

Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, &quot;Milk&quot;&nbsp;

Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, &quot;Vicky Cristina ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=85'>more</a><br />
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<title>SPIRIT AWARD NOMINEES 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:23:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Spirit Award Nominees:

FEATURE&quot;Ballast&quot; - Producer: Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh 
&quot;Frozen River&quot; - 
Producers: Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae 
&quot;Rachel Getting Married&quot; - Producers: Jonathan Demme, Neda Armin, Marc Platt 
&quot;Wendy and Lucy&quot; - Producer: Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani 
&quot;The Wrestler&quot; - Producers: Darren Aronofsky, S...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=84'>more</a><br />
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<title>HOLLY JOLLY &quot;CHRISTMASES&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:14:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[VINCE AND REESE&nbsp;ARE IRRESISTIBLE

As we live and breathe, there are just 24 more days of shopping until Christmas. So what&rsquo;s on top of everyone&rsquo;s holiday list this year? What is the one item people just can&rsquo;t get enough of? More Christmases, it seems. Warner Bros. Four Christmases wrapped up the Thanksgiving weekend, and kick-started the countdown to Christmas taking the #...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=83'>more</a><br />
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<title>ROLE MODELS review</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=82</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:42:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a moment in &ldquo;Role Models&rdquo; where Seann William Scott has passed out naked in the middle of a campground and is discovered in the morning by a group of befuddled kids and their mentors. One spectator, played by director David Wain, shakes his head and mutters, &ldquo;Another classic case of guy on ground&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s a delightfully subversive joke that anyone familiar...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=82'>more</a><br />
Chad Hartigan<br /><br />
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<title>&quot;TWILIGHT&quot; HAS SERIOUS BITE</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=81</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:41:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TWILIGHT DELIGHTS, BOLT FEELS BITE 

&quot;Twilighters&quot; have done the impossible: They have transformed hype into buzz and buzz into a box office behemoth. Suck on that, non-believers. Twilight, the young adult vampire film based on the best selling series of books from author Stephenie Meyer, have developed a cult-like popularity since the debut novel in 2005, and now have a drawn some ser...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=81'>more</a><br />
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<author>Jeff Bock<br /><br /></author>
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<title>TWILIGHT-NING STRIKES</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:25:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oh, it sucked alright...sucked the living daylights out of the box office. This was not trumped up hype, this was the real deal--deafening buzz&nbsp;and now with a&nbsp;box office cache to match. Summit Entertainment has shocked the industry, as Twilight grossed $35 million Friday ($7 million in midnight sneaks) and is on its way to sucking down $75 million or more when all is said and done. You t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=80'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE BEAT: THE WALK, THE TALK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:37:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TWILIGHT SET TO ENVELOP INDUSTRY

Here we are on Twilight Eve--the magic hour as it were--and theatres just keep selling out. Last count,&nbsp;presell outlets&nbsp;reported&nbsp; thousands of showtimes had already been booked solid by rabid fangirls. Lines are forming around the corner in Hollywood and beyond.&nbsp;Is this Star Wars? In some galaxies, yes. But how big will it be? I&rsquo;ve been...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=79'>more</a><br />
Jeff Bock<br /><br />
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<title>BOX OFFICE BOND-ZAI!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:40:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[007 BREAKS RECORDS

Double-Oh-Whoa, sir! James Bond shook the box office like never before and left audiences stirred, smacking down $67 million over its debut weekend. The previous best Bond opening was Die Another Day&rsquo;s $47 mil--positively paltry in comparison. Daniel Craig&rsquo;s first go-round, Casino Royale, rolled out to a respectable $40 mil, but Quantum of Solace defied all expect...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=78'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE GREAT &quot;ESCAPE&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:03:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MADAGASCAR MAULS COMPETITION, ROLE MODELS GETS RESPECT

Where the wild things are: Africa. Paramount&rsquo;s Zoo Crew went on a safari this weekend, as Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa went positively wild at the box office, grossing $63.5 million. Among hallowed animated openers, that debut ranks #7--just ahead of this summer&rsquo;s blockbusters Wall-E ($63 mil) and DreamWorks stable mate, Kung Fu ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=77'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE BEAT: THE WALK, THE TALK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:16:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HOLIDAY SHUFFLE 2008

Let it snow. Let it snow. Let is snow. Hollywood&rsquo;s holiday season is officially upon us this weekend, as Madagascar 2, Role Models, and Soul Men open wide. The original Madagascar debuted with $47 million back in May of 2005, on its way to $193 million. Expect similar numbers here, in fact, let&rsquo;s just shoot for an even $50 million on opening weekend, and $200 mi...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=76'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MUSICAL&quot; TOPS CHARTS AGAIN</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=75</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;PORNO&quot; IS SOFT CORE

With Halloween falling on a Friday, studios were no doubt spooked by the prospects of deserted multiplexes. They were right. Only Saw V was able to make more than $3 million on Friday, as the witching effect hurt all movies in release. No doubt, the biggest hit was taken by Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Kevin Smith&rsquo;s latest, which pulled in just $2.2 mil on it...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=75'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MUSICAL&quot; HITS HIGH NOTE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:44 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAW STILL SLAYS 'EM

We got spirit, yes we do, we got sequel spirit, how about you? Yes, two sequels from opposite ends of the entertainment spectrum provided moviegoers with plenty to cheer about in theatres this weekend, as High School Musical 3 and Saw V combined for nearly $75 million. From the boob tube, to box office blockbuster Walt Disney&rsquo;s uber-franchise, High School Musical, prov...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=74'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE BEAT: THE WALK, THE TALK</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:06:25 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SEQUEL SHOWDOWN: JIGSAW, YOUR JIG IS UP!

Break out your tassels! No, sadly this isn&rsquo;t Showgirls 2, it&rsquo;s much, much bigger than that. It&rsquo;s time get your dress-up on, no doubt, but being a sexy stripper, sexy librarian, or sexy mechanic isn&rsquo;t on the docket. Now, being a cute, cuddly, cookie-cutout high school senior who loves to sing and dance is. Yes, High School Musical ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=73'>more</a><br />
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<title>The Future of Cinema?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:56:36 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WAYNE WANG'S &quot;THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA&quot; ENJOYS RECORD-SETTING DEBUT ON YOUTUBE&nbsp;

165,000 + views in a two-day period is the biggest online opening ever for a feature-length studio film 
LOS ANGELES, CA &ndash; October 20, 2008 -- Acclaimed filmmaker Wayne Wang&rsquo;s new film THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA made its world premiere on YouTube&trade; on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 12:0...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=72'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MAX&quot; HAS HEADROOM</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:48:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[W. Feels the Payne

The video game industry is slowly but surely taking over the film industry. Look no further than the #1 film at the box office this weekend: Max Payne. The Mark Wahlberg video game adaptation grossed $17.6 mil and is just the beginning of high profile video game-movie crossovers that have execs in both arenas twiddling their joysticks with glee. Halo and World of Warcraft: Yo...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=71'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE BEAT: THE WALK, THE TALK</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=70</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:32:51 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[And the &quot;W.&quot; stands for -- What? Why? Where for Art Thou, Oliver? 

W. opens this weekend in over 2,000 theatres, but the elephant in the room is this: Will elephants even show up? God knows, the donkeys won&rsquo;t sit through 120 minutes of George Jr. biographical torture. Shoot, when you get right down to it, who exactly is this film for?!?! It&rsquo;s a wugwamp of a film--not neces...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=70'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;CHIHUAHUA&quot; STILL CHAMP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:09:40 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CHIHUAHUA LIFTS LEG ON CHALLENGERS, BODY OF LIES GOES BELLY UP

Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio may be Hollywood A-listers, but it was the D-listers who took the top spot. By the way, the &quot;D&quot; stands for doggie. They say every dog has his day, and Disney&rsquo;s Beverly Hills Chihuahua extended that proclamation, proving to be perfect escapism for the second week in a row, chasing d...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=69'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;CHIHUAHUA&quot; MOOLA-LA</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:09:47 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BOX OFFICE GOES TO THE DOGS

Little dog, big box office bite. That translates into mucho moola, muchachos and muchachas! Walt Disney&rsquo;s latest incarnation of The Incredible Journey, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, was a runaway winner with moviegoers, barking up $29.3 mil in its debut weekend. Besides Nick and Norah&rsquo;s Infinite Playlist, which mixed it up in third place with $11.3 mil. The ci...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=68'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;EAGLE&quot; SOARS</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:26:52 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SHIA HOT, FIREPROOF SIZZLES

Those who don&rsquo;t yet know how to pronounce his name need to take a crash course, cuz Shia &ldquo;The Buff&rdquo; LaBoeuf is a bonafide movie star. His latest, Eagle Eye, opened head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd this weekend, soaring to $29.1 mil. The hi-tech thriller bested his last genre headliner, Disturbia, which opened to $22 mil in the spring o...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=67'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;TERRACE&quot; FIRMA</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:46:30 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ACTION JACKSON COOKS COOK

Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky&hellip;yes, all-together ooky. It was a frightening weekend at multiplexes, as four new releases attempted to scare-up business from all angles. No doubt about it: Samuel L. Jackson is one bad mutha, and Dane Cook is still recycling bad &quot;your mamma&quot; jokes&hellip;at the box office anyway. Jackson&rsquo;s star power alone...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=66'>more</a><br />
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<title>FEEL THE &quot;BURN&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:18:24 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[COEN BROS HEAT UP B.O.

Burn, Hollywood, burn&hellip;but in a good way. The fall box office was lit up this weekend as four new films entered the fray in wide release, each grossing over $10 mil. Usually when this many films drop into the marketplace over the same weekend in September, there are winners and there are big-time losers i.e. ba-ba-bombs. No so this weekend. Each film, targeting spec...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=65'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#39;S OFFICE BEAT: The Walk, The Talk</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:09:02 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE CHALLENGERS: DANE COOK VS. KOOKY OOKIES

MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL (LIONSGATE) 
R-rated Dane Cook &quot;romantic&quot; &quot;comedies&quot; (yes, they're both in parenthetical as each are highly subjective) have become something of a staple in September for Lionsgate as they drop their third consecutive, following 2006's Employee of the Month and 2007's Good Luck Chuck. With an average opening ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=64'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: JUST FOR THE RECORD...</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:14:52 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Summer '08 not a record-breaker

It&nbsp;surely was&nbsp;the Summer of the Bat, but is was not&nbsp;the boffo-est box office of all time.&nbsp;Despite the hype that you may have read, 2008&nbsp;was not the biggest summer on record. What?!? &ldquo;But I read that it was&hellip;&rdquo; Well, you can&rsquo;t always believe what you read, can you? Sorry to burst the media-hype bubble, but, the proof...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=63'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;BANGKOK&quot; BUST</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:23:08 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BOX OFFICE FREE-FALL IN FULL-EFFECT

Welcome to life in the box office slow lane. Heck, you might even call this life in the bicycle lane. After a sizzling summer that saw receipts top out at $4.127 billion, the industry officially broke down the first weak-end of fall. Call it the fall flat-line; this is modus operandi for the first weekend after Labor Day, one that is typically one of the slow...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=61'>more</a><br />
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<title>TROPICAL TRIO EDGES DIESEL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:24:28 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BABYLON A.D., DISASTER MOVIE DISAPPOINT&nbsp;

The good new is this: 2008&rsquo;s estimated summer box office of $4.13 billion sees the industry eclipsing $4 billion for only the second time in filmdom, and nearly matching 2007&rsquo;s record haul of $4.16 billion. The bad news: attendance is down over 4% when factoring for inflation, with ticket sales declining 579 million vs. 604 million last ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=60'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: The History of the World of Summer Movies, Pt. 3</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:54:52 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BIG WILLIE STYLE

He is 'da man. Big Willie is a bonafide box office superhero. Don&rsquo;t try to deny it, because you can&rsquo;t. You just can&rsquo;t. Hancock was the only comic book movie of the summer not actually based on pre-existing material, but people don&rsquo;t need to know much more than this fact&mdash;Will Smith is in it. And although it was by far his weakest offering since Wild...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=59'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: The History of the World of Summer Movies 2008, Pt. 2</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:09 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SEX AND THE CITY: BRABUSTER

New Line may be defunct as a distributor, but it certainly went out with a bang worthy of the Beijing Olympics: Sex and the City and Journey to the Center of the Earth accounted for nearly $250 mil domestically for Warner Bros&mdash;just enough to push them past Paramount as the summer&rsquo;s top studio&mdash;nearly $1 billion. It may have been the Summer of the Bat...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=58'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: The History of the World of Summer Movies 2008, Pt. 1</title>
<link>http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=57</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:59:30 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SUMMER RAP-UP
Well, we&rsquo;re right where we want to be: down by two in the fourth quarter, driving down the field with the ball in the hands of&hellip;Vin Diesel and the guys who brought us Epic Movie and Date Movie. Oh, sh*tballs! PUNT! Not too worry, all we need is a field goal to top 2007&rsquo;s record breaking $4.16 billion. Hey, c&rsquo;mon Eli Manning won the Super Bowl with poise under...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=57'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;THUNDER&quot; TRUMPS &quot;BUNNY&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:35:24 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THUNDER ROLLS ON, HOUSE RULES NEWCOMERS

Did Anna Faris magically pull a rabbit out of a hat? Nearly. Her latest comedy, The House Bunny, topped the three other new wide releases with $14.5 mil, but couldn&rsquo;t quite unseat the heat of Tropic Thunder, which had just enough firepower to repeat as the box office champ with $16.2 mil. Death Race meanwhile, sputtered in third place with $12.6 mil...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=56'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;THUNDER&quot; CATS ARE GO!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:04:58 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SGT. STILLER RAT-A-TAT-TATS BAT

Get Some! Got some! Good! It took the united forces of three comic crusaders&mdash;Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr.&mdash;to muster up enough firepower to knock the Caped Crusader from his perch atop the box office after four unprecedented weeks. DreamWorks&rsquo; Tropic Thunder stormed to the top spot, firing up $25.8 mil over the weekend and $36.8...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=55'>more</a><br />
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<title>STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS review</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:26:57 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WARNER BROS.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away&hellip;George Lucas used to care about his Star Wars Universe. In the earlier years he was the spitting image of the renegade outlaw Han Solo: bucking the system, shooting first, and playing by his own set of rules. Nowadays, more and more, he resembles Jabba the Hutt: galactic warlord of a criminal empire that is ruled by sluggish, out-of-t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=54'>more</a><br />
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<title>TROPIC THUNDER review</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:18:02 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARAMOUNT 
Ben Stiller&rsquo;s mad comic genius is most apparent when he goes back to what made him famous in the first place: spoofs. While his short-lived reality show, The Ben Stiller Show, was notoriously canceled after just 12 episodes, it provided him a springboard to a career as a Hollywood multi-hyphenate. Finally, after merely adding his comic styling to films he stars in, we get the rea...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=53'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Apatow&#039;s Geek-Chic Army</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:03:35 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Should we just give Judd Apatow the keys to the city of Hollywood, already? Well, at the very least he deserves a Kewpie Doll&mdash;or a blow-up doll&mdash;for his efforts in 2008. Say, if one were to give out a blow-up doll as the symbol of divine Hollywood status, would it be molded after Marilyn Monroe or Angelina Jolie? Forget these &ldquo;golden reels,&rdquo; &ldquo;purple reels,&rdquo; &ldqu...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=52'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;KNIGHT&quot; RIDES TO #1 AGAIN</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:22:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PINEAPPLE AND PANTS 2 HAVE PUNCH

Sony&rsquo;s Pineapple Express was a runaway hit stashing away $41.3 mil since its debut Wednesday, but despite its success the newest Judd Apatow joint didn&rsquo;t have the goods to derail the Batman Bullet Train over the weekend&rsquo;s three day period. The Dark Knight narrowly took the top spot for the 4th week&mdash;something no film has done since his hol...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=51'>more</a><br />
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<title>ZACK AND MIRI MAKE AN R-RATED &quot;PORNO&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:12:20 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Weinstein Company announced today that it won its appeal with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to give &ldquo;Zack and Miri Make A Porno&rdquo; an R-Rating. The MPAA overturned its initial decision to give the Kevin Smith film an NC-17 rating after the appeals board reviewed the film a second time. This announcement marks an unprecedented third winning appeal case between a dir...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=49'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Unwrapping The Mummy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:01:45 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fraser's&nbsp;Franchise in Freefall
Brendan Fraser&rsquo;s best role, in my mind, is still his first: Encino Man. Yes, he played second fiddle to Pauly &ldquo;Hey, Buuuuuddy&rdquo; Shore, but he ended up stealing the show. Hey, laugh it up all you want fuzzball, but upstaging Pauly, at his peak of fame in 1992, was no small feat. Remember, most MTV VJs were, and still are, pretty much VH1 &lsquo;...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=48'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;MUMMY&quot; NO MATCH FOR BAT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:21:03 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUMMY UNRAVELS, SWING VOTE STRIKES OUT

Can The Batman be stopped? Not by a mob of mummies or Brendan Fraser it seems. In its record-shattering third weekend, The Dark Knight three-peated, snatching the #1 spot from Universal&rsquo;s mega-budget monster threequel, and swooping up another $42.6 mil. In just seventeen days in release, the film has grossed $393 mil and will become the fastest film ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=47'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: X-Factors</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:16:30 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;X&quot; Marks the Box Office Blot

LOL! LOL! LOL! Man, I&rsquo;m still chuckling over this one. Apparently, Fox made X-Files 2 for the fans. Really? Is that why this one was a stand alone? Is that why they didn&rsquo;t explore the alien mythology that the hardcore fans (and casual fans for that matter) salivate over? Is that why they only spent $30mil to make it and seemingly spent less th...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=45'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;KNIGHT&quot; LOOMS LARGE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:42:27 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[STEP BROS. HAS HOP AND SKIP, X-FILES STOPS AND DROPS 

The Dark Knight continues to cast a long shadow over the box office, as the latest Batman adventure obliterated all newcomers, dropping a minimal 53% and rolling up a record-breaking $75.1 mil. As expected, the film repeated on the top&nbsp;the charts for the second weekend in a row&mdash;a feat only Iron Man has been able to accomplish this...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=44'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Things That Go Bump in the &quot;Knight&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:24:10 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Heath Ledger Effect 

$158,411,483. Downright batty. Is there any other word for it? Let&rsquo;s just be very clear about why this film did what it did at the box office over the weekend: Heath Ledger&rsquo;s death. Now, before you get in an uproar defending the artistic merits of the film (which are many) let&rsquo;s cleanse the mind from the Bat-hype and get down to the nitty-gritty of wha...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=42'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOTTLE SHOCK review</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:05:23 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FREESTYLE RELEASING
Bottle Shock suffers precisely from what the title indicates: contents or flavors may be muted or disjointed. While the film follows an extremely engaging timeline&mdash;the neophyte era of California winemaking and the blind Paris taste testing known as the &ldquo;Judgment of Paris&rdquo;&mdash;rarely does the ensemble piece produce a narrative that truly engages or embodies ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=40'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;KNIGHT&quot; SHINES BRIGHTEST</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:53:26 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Holy Blockbusters, Batman!&nbsp;

Superhero smackdown: Batman beats Spidey! The Dark Knight shone brilliantly this weekend, grossing an astounding $158.4 mil since its debut at 12:01am Friday to become the top weekend opener of all-time. Last summer&rsquo;s Spider-Man 3, the previous record holder with $151 mil, also saw the caped crusader snatch the single day record amassing $67 mil, outpacing...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=39'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE DARK KNIGHT review</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:58:49 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WARNER BROS.
It was a dark and stormy knight. Truer words were never spoken, and as the title indicates, one would be hard pressed to find a summer popcorn film with a darker tonality and a bleaker outlook of humanity throughout. Belt to belt violence and amped up action lace the latest Batman film, helmed once again by Christopher Nolan who expertly resurrected the franchise in 2005 with Batman ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=38'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Murphy&#039;s Law</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:09:14 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dave, Meet Howard the Duck...

They say every film in Hollywood makes money&hellip;eventually. In the grand scheme of things I believe that eventually will apply to Meet Dave, however Fox is probably looking at sometime in the early twenty-second century to turn a profit. I&rsquo;m cautiously estimating the year 2121. Hey, maybe in the future, people will even regard this oddity of a&nbsp; film ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=37'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HELL&quot; ON WHEELS</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hellboy Heats Up, Dave Goes Down 

A trio of new releases showed off The Good, The Pretty Good, and The Ugly side of Hollywood. In the summertime, it&rsquo;s no surprise to see sequels and comic book heroes treated like box office royalty. So, it shouldn&rsquo;t shock anyone that Universal&rsquo;s Hellboy II: The Golden Army scorched the earth as the #1 film over the weekend with a slightly mons...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=36'>more</a><br />
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<title>THE &quot;HANCOCK&quot; OF THE WALK</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:03:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sony's Anti-hero is All-American 

Turns out Will Smith really is bulletproof. I think Sony kinda figured that. Savaged by critics (just a 35% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes), Hancock fought the good fight and reported $62.6 mil over the holiday weekend and $103.8 mil since its debut on Tuesday evening. The weekend bow marks Smith's second best opener of his career--only this past winter's I Am...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=35'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Big Willie Style</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:07:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Hancock&quot; a hero?

Ever have those Black Snake fireworks over the 4th of July? Y&rsquo;know, the little black pellets you ignite with a punk that fizzle and sizzle and curl around like the pieces of carcinogenic poop that they are. Then, you stomp on them like mad and turn &lsquo;em to dust, completely disappearing except for the squalid, licorice-stained burn marks in the driveway. Th...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=33'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Pixar Maintains Perfect Record</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:04:47 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pixar is Alone in the Universe, Opening Their Ninth Film at #1 in Nine Tries 

Pixar is, without a doubt, the Rolls-Royce of animation. Sure, at $63 mil, Wall-E wasn't their biggest opener, but odds are, this film will play all summer considering the overwhelmingly giddy response to the film...and who knows $300 mil isn't out of the question. It's that good. It's beyond good. It's to infinity an...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=32'>more</a><br />
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<title>WELCOME TO &quot;WALL-E&quot; WORLD</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:59:10 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wall-E & Wanted: Wowzers! 

Two films at opposite ends of the Hollywood spectrum accounted for over $100 million this weekend, as Wall-E and Wanted dominated multiplexes in a closer-than-expected race atop the domestic box office charts. 

R2-D2, your days as cutest robot in the galaxy are numbered. Pixar's latest animated work of art, Wall-E, proved to be out-of-this-world as it rocketed to t...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=31'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: Boob Tube Hits the Big Time</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:41:10 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small Screen, Big Screen--What's the Diff?

So, can we officially say that TV adaptations are hot right now? Well, I think that would be words well spent. Sizzling may be more appropriate. With Get Smart&rsquo;s $38.6 mil debut, combined with Sex and the City&rsquo;s unstoppable box office brassierbuster&mdash;now standing at $132 mil domestically, $300+ mil globally&mdash;they are the top two c...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=27'>more</a><br />
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<title>CARELL OUTSMARTS MYERS</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:14:28 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Smart Money, No Love for Guru&nbsp;

This summer, TV adaptations are becoming Must-See-Movies thanks to the success of those money-grubbing gals of Sex and the City and this weekend&rsquo;s box office champ, Get Smart. Steve Carell&rsquo;s action/comedy caper debuted in the top spot with $40 mil and managed to steal most of the laughs from Mike Myers&rsquo; newest pop-culture creation, The Love ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=26'>more</a><br />
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<title>BOCK&#039;S OFFICE: File Under Underoos</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:03:04 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marvel's &quot;Hulk&quot; Goes Green  
When I was a much younger lad, and much less of the politically correct giant you have&nbsp;seen standing amongst you, I had a happening that rocked my little world. No, the trees didn&rsquo;t attack me in a fit of ecological rage for carving my initials into them. This was a human encounter, one that changed lives. As my mom tells it, my brother and I were ...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=23'>more</a><br />
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<title>&quot;HULK&quot; SMASH!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:36:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Go. Big. Green.&nbsp;Environmentally friendly for your protection

It was always gonna be a green weekend no matter what the outcome, but it&rsquo;s the jolly green giant who has beaten out the eco-thriller to claim box office supremecy. Universal&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Incredible Hulk&rdquo; delivered a knockout punch in the form of $55.4 mil for the weekend. The debut is a little short of Ang Lee&...<a href='http://ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=news&amp;subsection=show_news_details&amp;news_id=8'>more</a><br />
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