Articles – Top of the Box Office
Willem Dafoe Loved Having Nowhere to Hide in The Lighthouse (Podcast)
The Lighthouse was one of Willem Dafoe’s biggest acting challenges: Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are onscreen for almost every second of the film, shot in harsh weather on a barely hospitable stretch...
Rishi Rajani’s Plan to Help Outsiders Break Into Hollywood (Podcast)
Rishi Rajani knows what it’s like to climb the rungs in Hollywood: He rose from an agency mailroom to become the president of Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions before turning 30. On...
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Harry Potter Casts a Spell on the Box Office
The story of Harry Potter may be over, but he certainly went out with a bang. The latest—and final—installment in the lucrative franchise, Harry Potter...
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Abrams and Spielberg Reach Number One with Super 8
What could possibly top the combined power of a controversial director, much-buzzed-about actors and an action sequence involving the Cuban Missile Crisis, all as part...
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Abrams and Spielberg Reach Number One with Super 8
What could possibly top the combined power of a controversial director, much-buzzed-about actors and an action sequence involving the Cuban Missile Crisis, all as part...
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X-Men: First Class is in First Place at the Box Office
No surprises this week! X-Men: First Class grabbed first place at the box office last weekend with an opening weekend gross of $56 million, and...
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Fast Five Races to the Top of the Box Office
Fast Five pulled a fast one on naysayers who thought the combination of Vin Diesel, The Rock, fast cars and one of the most successful...
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Box Office Stays in Rio
Last week’s number one movie, Rio, held onto the top spot at the box office over Easter weekend (weekend gross $26.8 million, total gross $81.2...
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Russell Brand Invades the Box Office
Hop (an animated film starring Russell Brand) held onto its top spot at the box office this past weekend ($21.6 million weekend gross, $68.1 total...
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Hop Tops the Box Office
Every year in late November–after stores have been stocking Christmas merchandise for a few months–at least one Christmas-themed kid’s movie makes its way to the...
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Hop Tops the Box Office
Every year in late November–after stores have been stocking Christmas merchandise for a few months–at least one Christmas-themed kid’s movie makes its way to the...
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Sucker Punch Defeated by a Wimpy Kid
Well, it looks like Sucker Punch was taken out by a wimpy kid. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, to be precise. The two...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...