BAM's Blog » Box office report http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Box office report http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/box-office-report/ BAM’s top 10 movies of 2011 http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/06/bams-top-10-movies-of-2011/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/06/bams-top-10-movies-of-2011/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:36:54 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41588

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

BAM’s top 10 films of 2011
Movie attendance may have been down, but a diverse array of great films were released in the year just past.

Don’t let the numbers fool you: Movie attendance may have sunk to a 16-year low in 2011, but that doesn’t mean worthy films weren’t in the cineplexes.

Sure, Hollywood churned out mass quantities of its usual bombastic action flicks and insipid romantic comedies, but the year just past also …

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“New Year’s Eve” was quiet at the box office, with director Gary Marshall’s star-studded romantic follow-up to his 2010 hit “Valentine’s Day” opening at No. 1 with a weak $13 million, according to the Associated Press.

The tepid opening for “New Year’s Eve,” which stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Lea Michele, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Hilary Swank and Seth Meyers, reflected the overall revenues for the weekend, the worst for Hollywood in three years.

According to The Hollywood …

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“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the fourth and penultimate movie in the blockbuster franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s supernaturally popular book series, continued its rule of the domestic box office, bringing in another $16.9 million to stay in the No. 1 spot for the third straight weekend.

According to the Associated Press, the third No. 1 finish for “Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ came during one of the year’s slowest weekends at the box office.

Domestic revenues totaled just $82 million, which barely put it ahead of …

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For the second straight week, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1″ maintained its supernatural hold on the domestic box office.

The fourth and penultimate film based on Stephenie Meyer’s paranormally popular books took in $42 million domestically over the three-day weekend and $62.3 million in the five-day Thanksgiving boom time from Wednesday to Sunday, according to the Associated Press.

It’s strong Thanksgiving showing raised the movie’s domestic total to $221.3 million, while the Summit Entertainment release added $71.5 million overseas to lift the international total to $268 million …

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“The Twilight Saga” has taken another big bite out of the box office, with a $139.5 million first weekend domestically and a worldwide launch of $283.5 million.

The domestic total gives “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1″ the second-best debut weekend for the franchise, after the $142.8 million launch for 2009′s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” ”Breaking Dawn” did more than half of its business, $72 million, on opening day Friday, while the movie’s debut weekend was the fifth-best on record, according to the Associated Press.

Opening in …

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It was a royally big weekend at the box office for visually inventive director Tarsem Singh and future Superman Henry Cavill.

Their new movie “Immortals” debuted at the top of the domestic box office with $32 million, according to the Associated Press. The action-packed retelling of Greek hero Theseus beat out Adam Sandler’s twin comedy “Jack and Jill,” which opened at No. 2 with $26 million.

The new movies bumped the animated hit “Puss in Boots” to the No. 3 spot after two weekends at the top. “Puss in Boots” …

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“Puss in Boots” walked all over new releases on “Tower Heist” and “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” at the weekend box office.

The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, earned $33 million in its second weekend, according to the Associated Press. The PG-rated “Shrek” spinoff featuring the voice of Antonio Banderas from the “Shrek” surprised box-office analysts in kicking its competition aside, keeping the top spot for the second week in a row and boosting its total to $75 million.

Universal’s PG-13 revenge comedy “Tower Heist” …

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The “Shrek” spinoff “Puss in Boots” clawed its way to the top of the domestic box office, opening with an estimated $34 million to the secure the No. 1 spot over the weekend.

The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, proved the popular swashbuckling character voiced by Antonio Banderas was a big draw outside the “Shrek” franchise, according to the Associated Press.

The PG-rated “Puss in Boots” scored with family audiences on the weekend before Halloween and also drew a large Hispanic crowd, which made up 35 percent …

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Hugh Jackman’s “Real Steel,” set in a near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring, debuted at No. 1 on the domestic box office charts with $27.3 million over the weekend, according to the Associated Press.

A DreamWorks release distributed by Disney, “Real Steel” added $22.1 million in 19 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $49.4 million. The movie casts Jackman as a former boxer who teams with his estranged young son (Dakota Goyo) as they turn a junkyard robot into a top-notch fighter.

“Real Steel” is …

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Fall is proving rather family friendly at the domestic box office this year.

The fact-based family drama “Dolphin Tale” floated to the top of the box office in its second weekend, earning $13.9 million to take over from “The Lion King,” whose 3-D reissue had led the previous two weekends, according to the Associated Press. The re-release of the 1994 Disney animated classic slipped to No. 3 over the weekend but took in an additional $10.6 million. “The Lion King” debuts on Diamond Edition Blu-ray Tuesday.

The baseball movie “Moneyball,” …

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