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Bill's box office predictions and more. |
By Bill Bonfanti on
7/30/2009 4:22 PM
This weekend at multiplexes audiences are offered 3 new releases; dramedy, Funny People from writer/director Judd Apatow, silly kid comedy, Aliens in the Attic and fright flick, The Collector. There is no question that Funny People will be the #1 film at the box office, but will it’s R rating and serious storyline hurt its potential? Let’s take a look. Read More »
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/30/2009 3:35 PM
 A look at the box office career of Adam Sandler ranked in order of biggest hit to smallest hit.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/27/2009 2:40 PM
BOX OFFICE RESULTS FOR THE WEEKEND OF JULY 24-26
This weekend at the box office, talking guinea pig spies stole the top spot from the wizards of Hogwarts as G-Force had a strong debut at #1 knocking Mr. Potter and friends to second place. Katherine Heigl’s latest romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth, opened very well in third, while most people chose not to adopt new horror film, Orphan, which opened mildly in fourth place.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/24/2009 7:24 PM
This weekend audiences are offered 3 new films at multiplexes; 3-D Disney flick, G-Force, romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth and creepy horror thriller, Orphan. None of them will probably be strong enough to remove the boy wizard, Harry Potter out of the #1 spot, but it is going to be quite a tight race for second place. Let’s take a look.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/20/2009 11:20 AM
BOX OFFICE RESULTS FOR THE WEEKEND OF JULY 17-19
It was a magical weekend at the box office as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth entry in the popular series, opened at #1 leaving all competition in the dust. After breaking the record for midnight showings on Tuesday and a fabulous opening day Wednesday, the boy wizard fell back down to Earth for the rest of the weekend and performed like the last film of the series, The Order of the Phoenix. Let’s take a look.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/16/2009 2:31 PM
 A chart ranking the Harry Potter films by overall box office gross.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/16/2009 12:35 PM
Harry Potter is back once again to enchant audiences and make some magic at the box office. The sixth entry in the popular series, The Half-Blood Prince opened on Wednesday and is already soaring at the box office. Will Potter and friends be able to top the 5 day launch of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($200.1M)? Let’s take a look.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/14/2009 8:36 PM
 Just wanted to post a quick box office prediction for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I think Potter will make about $60M on Wednesday and about $30M on Thursday to give it a whopping $90M heading into the weekend. Come back Thursday for this weekend's predictions.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/9/2009 4:47 PM
Get prepared for a comedy tsunami at the box office as Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno walks off the runway and into theatres this weekend. Can Cohen top the great success of his last comic masterpiece Borat? We’ll have to wait and see. Also opening this weekend is the highly unanticipated teen comedy; I Love You, Beth Cooper starring Hayden Panettierre of Heroes fame. Beth Cooper will make a minor debut and probably open up outside of the top 5. Let’s take a look.
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By Bill Bonfanti on
7/7/2009 11:37 AM
 The final figures are in and it turns out that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen narrowly defeated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs to remain at #1 for the second weekend in a row. The final tallies are:
Transformers 2 - $42.3M
Ice Age 3 - $41.7M
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