In a battle of new movies, “The Last Exorcism” barely beat out “Takers” at the weekend box office. It was only by $300,000 that separated the two movies. When the final totals get released later today this could change. Updated Monday at 6pm…final box offices numbers show “Takers” ended up winning the box office. Here [...]

“The Expendables” won the weekend box office for the second week in a row. Even with 5 new releases, Stallone and company could not be defeated. Courtesy of www.boxofficemojo.com 1. The Expendables  $16,500,000 2. Vampires Suck $12,200,000 3. Eat Pray Love $12,000,000 4. Lottery Ticket $11,125,000 5. The Other Guys $10,100,000 6. Piranha 3D $10,035,000 [...]

Aren’t vampires supposed to live forever? Universal’s CG animated family film “Despicable Me” trounced last week’s box office winner, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” with an estimated $60.1 million this weekend. “Eclipse,” after raking in the cash last weekend, squeaked out an estimated additional $33 million in its sophomore weekend, for an eleven-day total of $237 [...]

The top two slots at the box office on the Fourth Of July weekend were no surprise to anyone, as “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and “The Last Airbender” debuted to the front of the pack. However, there are patches of gray in their silver linings. “Eclipse” started strong, as expected, with the highest midnight debut [...]

Eleven years later, the American moviegoers’ affection for Woody and Buzz Lightyear has only grown stronger. “Toy Story 3,” Pixar’s return to their feature film roots, packed theaters in its opening weekend to the tune of an estimated $109 million. While a good chunk of the receipts came from showing the movie in 3D, it [...]

The family-friendly reboot of “The Karate Kid” not only won the battle of 1984 redux, but won the weekend’s box office race outright. The inspirational Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan tale led all films with an estimated $56 million this weekend, with the big-screen “A-Team” outing lagging far behind in second, with $26 million. Including [...]

The summer of theatrical discontent continues, with “Shrek Forever After” trumping four new releases in its third week of exhibition. The 3D family film earned an estimated $25.3 million over the weekend. “Get Him To The Greek” performed the best of the freshman crop, bringing in an estimated $17.4 million and landing in second place [...]

By November 30, 2010, the country’s first megaplex movie theater will have closed its doors for the final time. The AMC Grand (located off of I-35E and Northwest Highway, in Dallas), according to reports, cannot come to an agreement on lease terms with Kansas City-based Entertainment Properties Trust (who owns the property), so they’ve opted [...]

The vaunted return of “Sex And The City” wasn’t enough to win the day at the box office, as “Shrek Forever After” beat all comers at theaters with an estimated $43 million take. “Sex And The City 2″ brought in an estimated $37.7 million, landing in second place on its debut weekend. While Carrie Bradshaw [...]

While the fourth “Shrek” film from DreamWorks performed far weaker than expected, bringing in an estimated $71 million in an opening weekend where it was projected to earn twice that, the real story might be the colossal thud “MacGruber” made landing.