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Weekend Box Office: ‘The Other Woman’ steals No. 1 spot before summer

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
April 28, 2014 in At the Movies, Blogs, Film, Lifestyle

In the final weekend before the summer season, the box office was alive and kicking. After dominating the last three weekends, Captain America: The Winter Soldier finally lost the No. 1 spot to the revenge romantic comedy The Other Woman, which wrangled $24.76M. While not as strong as Cameron Diaz’s 2011 hit Bad Teacher, which […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Captain’ achieves three-peat over Easter Weekend

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
April 21, 2014 in At the Movies, Blogs, Film, Lifestyle

The Marvel Studios blockbuster Captain America: The Winter Soldier retained its No. 1 spot over Easter weekend, dropping a soft 38 percent to $25.59M, bringing its robust total to $200.5M. This is one of the best third weekend drops ever for a superhero film and raises the possibility of it pulling off a rare four-peat […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Captain’ soars over ‘Rio 2’

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
April 14, 2014 in At the Movies, Blogs, Film, Lifestyle

Thanks to becoming the unexpected top choice for families, Captain America: The Winter Soldier was able to repeat at No. 1 with $41.27M in a close victory over the animated sequel Rio 2, which still managed $39.33M. The South American avian comedy actually had the lead going into Saturday and Sunday but Captain 2’s Saturday […]