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The 5 Highest-Grossing Best Picture Winners
Sunday, February 22, 2015 - 1:28pm | 496People from all over the world will be watching the 87th Academy Awards ceremony. In the past, Best Picture winners were, on many occasions, among the highest-grossing pictures of all-time. So which five winning flicks were the highest grossing of all? Adjusted for inflation, here are the...
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'Interstellar' And The Highest-Grossing Movie Openings That Didn't Make No. 1
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 12:13pm | 827Last weekend, Christopher Nolan’s latest epic "Interstellar" took in a solid $47,510,360 opening. On many weekends, that number could have easily made the film No. 1 at the box office. However, Nolan’s exploration of deep space had strong competition from Walt Disney Co...
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'Gravity' Keeps Flight at the Box Office With $44 Million
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 12:02pm | 331The positive reviews continue to pile on as the cash flow keeps soaring. Gravity remained the No. 1 movie in America for the second week in row. It grossed $44.3 million in its second weekend of release, just a 21 percent drop from its record-setting debut. The Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWC) film took...
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Warner Bros. Inks $450 Million Deal With Ratner Consortium
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 12:38pm | 330The top grossing studio of 2013 entered a financing deal with a three-person consortium that includes one familiar face. According to The Wall Street Journal, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has finalized a $450-million funding deal with RatPac-Dune Entertainment LLC. The group includes noted producer-...
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'Prisoners' Captures #1 Spot With $21 Million
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 2:56pm | 473Prisoners, the Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) hostage drama starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis, led the box office after defeating FilmDistrict's Insidious Chapter 2. Directed by James Wan, the second Insidious earned an estimated $14.5 million -- 64 percent less than what the firm...
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Comcast Failed To 'Kick-Ass' Last Weekend (CMCSA)
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:23pm | 631Universal Studios, which was acquired by Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) during Q1 2013, failed to deliver a successful sequel to the original Kick-Ass. Plagued by questionable ads (the second film was accused of looking too similar to the original) and a now-infamous controversy with comedic actor Jim...
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Is Harry Potter Better Than Tolkien, Narnia, and Star Wars?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:45am | 896It's the finale that will leave fans cheering and tearing at the same time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which hit theaters last night at midnight, has already broken records and is about to become the biggest film of the year. My colleague is under the impression that Potter...
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Are Box Office Failures (Green Lantern, X-Men, Super 8) a Bad Sign for Cars 2?
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 1:47pm | 1219Judging by the some of the recent failures at the box office, you might be wondering if moviegoers are getting smarter, pickier, or both. Two weeks ago, Super 8 performed fairly well by industry standards but fell below my own $70 million prediction. While there were signs that the film wouldn't...