U.K. box office: ‘Ice Age 3’ not cold at all

Oh man, where did this week disappear to that I’m still doing last weekend’s box office reports on Friday? 1. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £7.6 million (NEW) 2. Public Enemies: £2.22 million (NEW) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: £2.21 million (3rd week; drops 49%) 4. The Hangover: £1.4 million (4th week; drops … more…

bias update: July 7

obsession: Doctor Who (I’m sad that I’m running out of Christopher Eccleston episodes to write about, except that that means I can start writing about the classic series) boyfriend: Bradley Cooper (and here’s where I need to make the distinction, again, between the actor and the characters he plays: sometimes my boyfriend is a character, … more…

North American box office: robots go smash

And Michael Bay buys another fourteen mansions in the Caribbean: 1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $109 million (NEW) 2. The Proposal: $18.6 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 3. The Hangover: $17 million (4th week; drops 36%) 4. Up: $13 million 5. My Sister’s Keeper: $12.4 million (NEW) actual numbers, not estimates That $109 million … more…

U.K. box office: ‘The Hangover’ hits Britain

Though not quite as strongly as it did North America: 1. The Hangover: £3.19 million (NEW) 2. Terminator Salvation: £1.95 million (2nd week; drops 72%) 3. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £1.08 million (4th week; drops 55%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: £.53 million (3rd week; drops 53%) 5. Angels & Demons: … more…