Easter Sunday seemed like a good time to check out Soul Surfer at the local cineplex. Before I spend a few minutes wandering in the wilderness of my own messy thought process, let me say up front that Soul Surfer is a good movie. It works. Remember I said that. Now on to the wandering… [...]

A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PRODUCTION COMMUNITY Folks, the legislative season is upon us. Long before the session begins in January, much work has already been done — and there’s a great deal yet to be done — toward making Texas’ incentive program more competitive, and regaining some of the ground that [...]

1 Dark Knight, The $43,800,000 2 Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The $42,450,400 3 Step Brothers $16,300,000 4 Mamma Mia! $13,120,670 5 Journey To The Center Of The Earth $6,875,000 6 Swing Vote $6,300,000 7 Hancock $5,200,000 8 WALL-E $4,747,000 9 X-Files: I Want to Believe, The $3,425,000 10 Space Chimps $2,840,000

Rank Title Weekend Gross 1 The Dark Knight (2008) $75.6M $314M 2 Step Brothers (2008) $30M $30M 3 Mamma Mia! (2008) $17.9M $62.7M 4 The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) $10.2M $10.2M 5 Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) $9.41M $60.2M 6 Hancock (2008) $8.2M $206M 7 WALL·E (2008) $6.35M $195M 8 [...]

One of the best reviewed films of the year had a stunning opening this weekend with an estimated take in excess of $155 million while playing on 4,366 screens. Apparently that wasn’t enough screens because the weekend was a virtual sellout and HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a report of tickets selling on Ebay for around $50. [...]

North American numbers show that, thanks to big weekend bounces in 3,965 theaters, Sony Pictures’ No. 1 Hancock scored its first 3-day weekend with $66 mil and gave star Will Smith his biggest Independent Day holiday opening ever with a 5 1/2-day cume of $107.3 mil. The PG-13 pic went up 9% from Thursday to [...]

BOX OFFICE MOJO COMPLETE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TOTALS HERE May 30 – June 1, 2008 Studio Estimates Next updates: Monday afternoon – Actual grosses for 50+ movies; Monday evening – Top 90+ Actuals