Ginger Locks Bring Big Box Office Bucks
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This weekend was the first weekend in history that two R-rated films grossed more than $20 million on the same weekend. One starred a male stripper and the other starred a stoned stuffed animal.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where our favorite red head's weapon of choice is the slate.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where doing karaoke with Tom Cruise in the 1980s sounds like a great story to hear from Dustin Hoffman at 4 a.m.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where there's something to be said for getting paid millions and millions of dollars for three hours worth of voice work.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where we'd eat a red apple if Charlize Theron told us to.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where we'd take a Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones buddy flick, hold the Smith, any day.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report where even we're getting a little tired of The Avengers' domination.
Welcome back to the Box Office Report, where Johnny Depp's smirk goes head-to-head with Robert Downey Jr.'s smirk, and loses.
The Hulk (and his cohorts) smashed the all-time box office opening weekend by pulling in over $200 million since opening for midnight shows Friday morning.
Welcome to the Box Office Report: your source for dorky movie commentary and dad jokes. Inside: Think Like a Man wins a weak weekend, and Judd Apatow bleeds for the first time in the box office.
The Hunger Games finally fell from the top of the box office to a movie based on a Steve Harvey book.
Welcome back to Box Office Report, where we hold a butter-substitute-coated finger to the wind and take a reading on America's moviegoing habits.
The Hunger Games rolls for another week, fending off the 90s nostalgia of a young Leo in Titanic 3D and the familiar jokes of American Reunion.
The Hunger Games is still the only game at the megaplexes. Elsewhere, Sam Worthington continues to work, and a non-prostitution-related Julia Roberts fairy tale fails to ignite interest. It's the Box Office Report.
It's bigger than Spider-Man. Bigger than Twilight. It's The Hunger Games, and it's making Lionsgate very, very happy.
Strap on your knapsacks and pack your heat: 21 Jump Street is back.
Disney's massive gamble -- a $250 million space opera based on an obscure, century-old source material -- crapped out at the box office this weekend. Oh well: More money for The Lorax!
This just in: Forests are being razed just to print up all the money Universal is going to make on The Lorax! It's not often you get to wake up to a $70 million-plus opener a full four months ahead of summer, America. So enjoy it! Hollywood is rich again.
In a tight race to win the holiday weekend, Safe House looks to be narrowly edging out The Vow. But audiences just weren't hungering for another helping of Nicolas Cage and the Kingdom of His Flaming Skull.
Hollywood made history this weekend: Four movies earned over $20 million at the box office. Even that one with Jar Jar Binks and the other one with The Rock! Let's take a look at the numbers.
An impressive face-off between two low-budget underdogs resulted in a record-breaking box office for a Super Bowl weekend.
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