Weekend Box office

Avengers Assemble (known as The Avengers in every other country) has had some inter-dimensional hype for a lot of the last year, and it has finally made its expected impact on the box office. It took $178.4 million in ticket sales before the US release. We were expecting it and we're still...

Titanic has become a hit rather than a sinker after taking in a combined total of $2bn (around £1.2bn) from its original and its 3D re-release. Titanic has now made more than $2 billion in the worldwide box office charts, making it the second film in history to reach break the two billion...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has topped the UK Box Office, taking in an impressive £2.4m in less than two weeks. The light-hearted comedy drama has managed to push the Hammer horror, The Woman in Black, off the top spot, which took in £1.9m and broke the record for the most successful British...

It's wonderful to see a film about caring for the environment do so well at the US box office, especially when it contains all of the quirky anecdotes and trippy images of a Dr. Seuss story. It's a 3D animated family film with a serious message at the centre, providing you're not distracted by...

Maybe it's down to some ghostly goings-on, but the Hammer horror, The Woman in Black, has broken the record for the UK’s highest grossing British horror film since records began 20 years ago. The spine tingling thriller, starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, has stayed at the top of the UK Box...

The telekinesis thriller, Chronicle, crushed its chart enemies and flew into first place at this weekend’s US box office, beating The Woman in Black by the skin of its teeth. The supernatural film, starring Dane DeHaan (The Front) and Alex Russell (Wasted on the Young) scooped the top spot, earning a...

Sequels continue to command box office takings, as Underworld: Awakening tops the US weekend box office ... again. The sci-fi vampire series has already released three hit films since it premièred in 2003: Underworld, Underworld Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Now Kate Beckinsale is...

The new Mark Wahlberg movie Contraband has topped the North American Box office, taking in £15.7m on its opening weekend. The action thriller pushed horror film, The Devil Inside, off the top spot before climbing 16 places to number one. The film's ratings increased over the weekend after cinemas...

Prequel to the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots has topped the UK and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, despite mixed reviews from the critics. Cheery animations are dominating the UK box office charts this month with Arthur Christmas, Happy Feet Two and new entry Puss in Boots holding three of...

Love it or hate it, you can't deny how popular it is: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 has claimed the fifth biggest opening weekend of all time. Team Big Profits! The film stormed the box office charts, pulling in $139.5m on its opening weekend - cancelling out its $110m production budget and putting...