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“Beverly Hills Chihuahua” number one at weekend box office New movies last Friday: “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”, “Appaloosa” (limited), “An American Carol” (limited), ”Flash of Genius” (limited), “Blindness” (limited) I didn’t make a prediction going into last

“Eagle Eye” leads weekend, “Fireproof” makes a surprising showing The political/conspiracy thriller “Eagle Eye” did not disappoint, but the other new movies this weekend didn’t do as well as I expected: “Nights in Rodanthe” was 2nd, but about $2 million less than my prediction.

Okay, I haven’t done this for several weeks… its been a very busy time, but…. here ya go… My predictions of the winners and losers at the box office this weekend: This week, 3 new movies hit theaters in Wide Release on Friday: “Eagle Eye”, “Miracle at St. Anna”, “Nights in Rodanthe”… …while one of the movies: “Miracle at St.

New movies split up last week’s top 4, lead by Samuel L. Jackson’s “Lakeview Terrace” Samuel L. Jackson’s bad cop, bad neighbor thriller “Lakeview Terrace” (an Honorable Mention in my 15 movies to see preview !!) tops this week’s box office report, “My Best Friend’s Girl” was 3rd, the animated “Igor” was a respectful 4th… and as expected “Ghost Town” barely showed up in 8th place..

“Bangkok Dangerous” was the top movie, but it was the only new movie in wide release and none earned more than $10 million The fall trend continues… last weekend, only “Tropic Thunder” made more than $10 million, the week before 4 movies made more than $10 million, now this past weekend none of the

“Tropic Thunder” was the only movie earning more than $10 million for the Labor Day Weekend The previous weekend, 4 movies made more than $10 million, this past weekend, it was just “Tropic Thunder”… but as I mentioned last week… its only dominating the weak August offerings in the wake of “The Dark

“Tropic Thunder” only 3rd movie this summer to hold onto 1st place in Box Office Top 10 for more than 1 weekend Remember all the way back in July when $16 million would have only been good enough for 3rd place behind “The Dark Knight” ???

4 of 5 new movies show up in Box Office Top 10 “The Dark Knight″ knocked out of 1st, but moves to #2 all-time in the U.S. (Based on studio estimates) “Tropic Thunder” rallied the troops to take 1st place from “The Dark Knight” (despite the controversy)… the animated adventure “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” had a strong debut in 3rd place… while the horror movie “Mirrors” debuted at 4th..

“The Dark Knight″ holds on to #1 for 4th week at the box office, closing in on #2 all-time (Based on studio estimates) “The Dark Knight” fights off the stoners of “Pineapple Express” and the girls of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2″ to take 1st place again…  it also moves into 3rd place

Mamma Mia! The Movie and Meryl Streep Crack $100,000,000 August 11th, 2008 Summer Musical Blockbuster Continues While today the New York Times’ Charles Isherwood may throw a wet blanket on the results of Broadway musicals adapted for the screen, there can be little doubt that big screen exposure seems to result in Broadway box office windfalls.