It looks like Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D is headed for a third-place finish for the four-day Presidents Day weekend, ahead of Reese Witherspoon’s This Means War. Two holdovers have snatched the top two spots. (more…)
‘M:I – Ghost Protocol’ on track to become Tom Cruise’ highest-grossing movie ever
That’ll teach ‘em to count Tom Cruise out. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise, this weekend became the highest-grossing film of the series with a worldwide gross of $571 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The movie is on track to become Cruise’s highest grossing movie ever. (more…)
‘The Grey’ dominates the weekend
Liam Neeson’s The Grey dominated the weekend with an estimated $20 million. It was followed by Underworld Awakening, dipping 51 percent in its second week to an estimated $12.5 million.
One for the Money came in third with $11.75 million followed by Red Tails, a George Lucas-produced action drama about the Tuskegee Airman. It earned an estimted $10.4 its second weekend.
Man on a Ledge came in a disappointing fifth.
‘Devil Inside’ scares up $34 million weekend
After earning just short of $17 million on its opening day (confounding prognosticators who thought Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol was on its way to a third weekend win), The Devil Inside finished the weekend with an estimated $34.5 million gross.
Considering that the faux found-footage horror film cost less than $1 million to make, that’s a pretty astounding number.
If the figure holds when final numbers are released Monday, The Devil Inside will rank third on the list of all-time January opening weekends, according to Box Office Mojo.
Cloverfield ($40.1 million) and the Star Wars (Special Edition) re-release ($35.9 million) rank second and third.
