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"The Avengers" Breaks All Time Weekend Box Office Record with $200M, Your Move "Dark Knight"

The Avengers: Black Widow

Wow. It certainly didn’t look that way after Thursday’s disappointing midnight screenings, but here we are. “The Avengers” has broken the all-time opening weekend box office record with a phenomenal $200.3M. That’s at least $30M more than the most optimistic projections from box office analysts.

 

Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Continues Record Run With $21.7 Mil, 'Stooges' No. 2 With $17.1 Mil

The Hunger Games

"Hunger Games" becomes the first film since "Avatar" to spend four straight weekends at No. 1, while fellow Lionsgate pic "Cabin in the Woods" opens third with $14.9 million; "Battleship" Beat Overseas by "Titanic 3D" in surprise upset.

 

'21 Jump Street' leaps to No. 1 with $35M debut

21 Jump Street

Audiences headed back to school for the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million. Sony's action comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops going undercover as high school students took down the animated hit "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," which had been the top flick the previous two weekends.

 

On Oscar weekend, 'Act of Valor' storms box office

Act of Valor

On Oscar weekend, the active-duty Navy SEALs action flick "Act of Valor" stormed the box office, earning $24.7 million according to studio estimates Sunday....

 

'Contraband' swipes No. 1 spot at box office

Mark Wahlberg in "Contraband"

"Contraband" managed to steal the top slot away from competitors at the weekend box office. The Universal action drama film starring Mark Wahlberg as a reformed smuggler debuted above expectations at No. 1 with $24 million, while Disney's 3-D rerelease of "Beauty and the Beast" waltzed into the No. 2 position with $18.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Both films helped boost Hollywood's business after a sluggish holiday season.

 

‘Mission: Impossible’ With Tom Cruise Still Box-Office Leader

Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Tom Cruise appears to have left behind his weird period, at least at the North American box office. “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” which features the 49-year-old Mr. Cruise scaling buildings and sprinting through sandstorms, repeated as the No. 1 attraction at movie theaters over the holiday weekend, taking in about $31.3 million for a three-week total of $134 million. “Ghost Protocol,” directed by Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”), has sold over $200 million in scattered release overseas.

 

Cruise takes quiet Christmas with $26.5M ‘Mission’ as fans greet films with holiday ‘humbug’

Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Tom Cruise’s latest mission has won a holiday weekend that’s shaping up with some silent nights at movie theaters as business continues to lag. Studio estimates Sunday place “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” a solid No. 1 with $26.5 million domestically over its first weekend in full release.

 

Box Office Report: 'Sherlock,' 'Alvin' Off to Grinch-Like Start in More Bad News for Movie Biz

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Domestic box office revenues dip for third weekend in a row; one bright spot is "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," which rakes in $13.6 million in limited IMAX sneaks, and opens to a sizzling $68.2 million overseas.

Senh: Brad Bird brings his Pixar magic with him to the Mission Impossible franchise and looks like it'll revive it. It's unheard of for the fourth film in a series to become the best, but it's happening with "Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol."

 

Box Office Report: 'New Year's Eve' Leads Worst Weekend Since 2008 With $13.7 Million

New Year's Eve (2011)

Garry Marshall's star-studded ensemble pic New Year's Eve stumbled in its box office debut, grossing a tepid $13.7 million as overall box office revenues fell to their lowest levels in more than three years.

 

Box Office Report: 'Twilight' Leads One of Slowest Weekends of 2011 With $16.9 Mil

Weekend Box Office: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1 had no trouble retaining the No. 1 crown, grossing $16.9 million for a domestic cume of $247.3 million. The fourth installment is still pacing slightly behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which opened over Thanksgiving in 2009. At the same point in its run New Moon had earned $255.4 million domestically.

 

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