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Complete ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follows after the jump. Continue reading Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Standing at $250.42 million domestically (and an updated $726.613 million worldwide), Avatar is tied for fifth-fastest in hitting the $250 million domestic mark, doing so in just 12 days. It also tied a record for most consecutive days at $10 million or above — tied with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — and has a very good chance at breaking the tie tomorrow. Rounding out the top three, the kid-friendly Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel passed the century mark with a solid $12.532 million ($100.218 million cume), while Sherlock Holmes finished slightly behind in third place with an estimated $10.24 million ($83.82 million cume). Head on over the jump for the daily chart.
Complete ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump. Continue reading Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Speaking with Heeb, Harold Ramis revealed that he expects production on Ghostbusters 3 to begin next summer with a plan for release in 2011: Something’s going to happen. Dan [Aykroyd] did write a spec GB3 screenplay a few years ago, but no one was motivated to pursue it. Now, 25 years after [...]
How to Train Your Dragon hits conventional, 3D and IMAX 3D theaters on March 26, 2010. Continue reading New Movie Trailer for How to Train Your Dragon
As noted, Avatar now holds the mark for the second-highest non-Holiday Monday in box office history (behind The Dark Knight which grossed $24,493,313 on its first Monday). Total domestic cume for Avatar now stands at $232,129,323 ($642,993,860 worldwide). Elsewhere in the box office, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel took second place with $12,096,892 ($87,685,940 cume) while Sherlock Holmes was third with an estimated $11.19 million ($73.58 million cume). Head on over the jump to see the daily chart.
Complete ratings and breakdowns, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump. Continue reading Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, December 28, 2009
The new record comes just a few days after the Dec. 21st ruling by the WTO which upheld an earlier ruling that said China was restricting U.S. film, music and book imports. With the ruling of the WTO, Hollywood knows they they have a better chance of bringing over more of their movies and other media into mainland China. Bigger box office grosses for Western movies in China is good news for both Hollywood and Chinese consumers who enjoy watching Western movies. Probably not so good news for the Chinese government, however, who continue to want to curb Western influence in their country as much as possible (with Western movies and other media a big target of that). Continue reading Roland Emmerich’s 2012 Sets China Box Office Record
Internationally, the film added another $3.6 million from 70 IMAX screens pushing its worldwide cume to $39 million. “To have reached $39 million from 249 screens in just 10 days demonstrates that moviegoers clearly understand the value of experiencing Avatar in IMAX,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “James Cameron, Jon Landau and Lightstorm realized the vision of this film in IMAX, and we’re continuing to see the incredibly positive way that moviegoers are responding to that vision.” The full press release follows after the jump.
According to his twitter account, The Boondocks executive producer/writer Aaron McGruder has revealed that new episodes of the show are in production and will air sometime within the next three months. “Finally got an airdate for Season 3. Not sure if I’m allowed to put it out yet, so I’ll just say [...]
It did impressively overseas as well, adding another $152 million (down just 7.6%) and pushing its overseas total to $410,864,537 ($623,575,721 worldwide). The second place finisher for the weekend was Sherlock Holmes, which beat expectations with a solid $62.304 million from 3,626 theaters, while Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel rounded out the top three with a very respectable $48.875 from 3,700 theaters.
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Avatar held steady on Tuesday as it passed the $250 million mark domestically with an impressive $18.291 million. That’s a decline of just 5.8% from the day prior and an incredible increase of 13.7% from the Tuesday prior. Coupled with last Tuesday’s performance ($16.086 million), Avatar now holds the 2nd and 3rd biggest non-opening Tuesday grosses.
A new movie trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has come online and is available to view after the jump.
Avatar shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The 3D sci-fi epic from James Cameron decreased just 19.9% from Sunday and improved an incredible 18.5% from its first Monday to gross $19,418,139 for the day.
Roland Emmerich’s 2012 has set a new record for the Chinese Box Office. The film has grossed $67.3 million as of last weekend, breaking the previous mark — also set in 2009 — by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
IMAX Corporation and 20th Century Fox announced that James Cameron’s Avatar has continued its record-breaking performance during its second weekend. The film grossed $8.8 million from 179 IMAX theatres domestically for the 12/25-12/27 weekend. Domestic box office in IMAX stands at $28 million.
Avatar had another remarkable weekend for 20th Century Fox. The 3D sci-fi epic from director James Cameron pulled in an extraordinary $75,617,183. That’s a new record for a second weekend and down just 1.8% from the weekend prior ($77.025 million). Avatar grossed $23,095,046 on Friday, grew 10.8% on Saturday to $28,274,406 (a new best for the film) and had a better than expected Sunday hold — -14.2% — to $24,247,681. Domestic cume stands at $212,711,184.