All three of this week’s new releases landed in the top spots in the weekend’s box office estimates, with ensemble love story “Valentine’s Day” overcoming lukewarm reviews to pull in $52 million. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” came in second, with an estimated $31.1 million, and Benicio Del Toro’s “The Wolfman” was [...]

Never underestimate the power of a good cry. “Dear John,” a movie aimed squarely at your tearducts, has pulled in an estimated $32 million in its opening weekend, bringing an end to the two-month run of James Cameron’s “Avatar” at the top of the box office leaderboard. Earlier reports had “Avatar” hanging on to the [...]

AMC has put tickets on sale for their 2010 Best Picture Showcase, which will run on consecutive Saturdays, February 27 and March 6, where people can get their Oscar fix in marathon fashion…

Months of guessing and second-guessing are over, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” lead the pack with nine nominations, while “Precious” and “The Blind Side” had strong showings. Find out who takes home the Oscars with Red Carpet [...]

Just when you thought there wasn’t another box office record for “Avatar” to break: the James Cameron flick now holds the record for highest-grossing movie in its seventh week of release, after it brought in an estimated $30 million. It’s chief competition, the new Mel Gibson action noir “Edge Of Darkness,” came in second with [...]

Although neither “Clash of the Titans” nor “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was planned as a 3-D film, both will be altered, post-production, to be released that way. The release date for “Clash of the Titans” has been pushed back to April 2 because of the change—the studio has tested some scenes in 3-D [...]

There are two key numbers dancing around in News Corp executives’ heads today: $1.859 billion, and 39. The former is the amount “Avatar” has brought in globally at the box office, and the latter is the amount of days it took to get there.

The Producers Guild of America named “The Hurt Locker” the Best Picture of 2009. It’s not a surprising win because of its pedigree, but from everyone’s perception of “Avatar” as the runaway favorite for the Best Picture Oscar…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named their favorites from film and TV for 2009, and Mark Walters breaks down who won, who looked fabulous, and who looked drunk…

Though new release “The Book Of Eli” showed a good charge on Friday, “Avatar” topped the box office for the fifth straight week, bringing in an estimated $41.3 million domestically…