Harmony Korine's ode to debauchery and delinquent youth, Spring Breakers, opened in theaters this weekend. It did really well! It did well enough to warrant a separate report from our usual box office musings because, while it only opened in three theaters, it brought in an insane amount of money.
Critics might not think Oz the Great and Powerful is, well, all that great or powerful, but the movie is selling so many tickets for its opening weekend, that Disney, seeing green, is already making plans for a sequel.
Christian Slater's no-good, very-bad year comes to a depressing end.
Today in show business news: Les Misérables is selling like hot cakes, a look at the year's highest-grossing films, and some sad news for Mockingbird Lane.
Because nothing says Christmas more than tuberculosis, revolution, and singing, the movie musical Les Misérables took the Christmas Day box office with a surprisingly high Tuesday total.
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.
Today: Marvel has another hit on its hands, Lifetime gets a new look, and HBO lost big.
It's bigger than Spider-Man. Bigger than Twilight. It's The Hunger Games, and it's making Lionsgate very, very happy.
The movie is on track to have the fifth-biggest opening weekend ever.
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.
Liam fends off wolves! Katherine counts her money! Sam is on a ledge! (We think?) It's another forgettable weekend at the box office, but we're here to help you make some sense of it anyway.
Beginning today, we'll spill out the weekend movie grosses like a sacred bag of chicken bones and soothsay our way towards some kind of trenchant industry analysis.
The horror flick did even better than estimated, and out-performed all others in the domestic box office on Friday.
Higher prices will save the industry, Demi Moore is a feminist icon, and Salma Hayek is a knight.
Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol raked in another $30 million over the weekend, which is certainly good news for lots of people in Hollywood, but the bigger box office picture is a dire one.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol rescued a lackluster season.
In a surprise victory, DreamWorks' Puss in Boots won the weekend for the second time in a row, besting the A-list comedy Tower Heist by nearly $10 million.
The third installment in the film franchise made $54 million over the weekend, the biggest debut ever for a horror film.
Also in entertainment news: Katie Couric debuts on ABC tonight
A bust of an opening weekend raises questions about 3D releases.
The flaws of the "feel-good" Civil Rights-era genre
The distributors plan plan for wider national expansion
The final installment of the franchise scored the highest opening of all time
A weekend of high hopes, mediocre reviews, and sinking performances
Poor marketing aside, a Spielberg film still draws an audience
'Hangover 2' sales fell 62 percent after one week
The sequel scored the best comedy and R-rated opening of all time
How much? "A big, big number" after taking in $10.4 million last night
Jack Sparrow is more popular than Harry Potter
But it's still no match for "Thor"
Gibson's reputation might be catching up to him
How a can't-miss libertarian hit missed
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