But Jolie's great looks may be a stumbling block, says her Changeling director
Shia LaBeouf's conspiracy thriller "Eagle Eye" debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Movie-goers welcomed Samuel L. Jackson to the neighborhood, lifting his thriller "Lakeview Terrace" to the top spot at the weekend box office with $15.6 million in sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Batman claims a new notch on his belt, toppling Shrek 2's box-office record
"I just want to see him recognized," says the actor of his late onscreen adversary
The Dark Knight continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days
Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, The Dark Knight set a one-day box office record Friday
Speed Racer was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as Iron Man continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales
Who would win in a fight: a police-killing, rampage-driven thug or a superhero encased in a technologically superior suit of armor?
But Jolie's great looks may be a stumbling block, says her Changeling director
Shia LaBeouf's conspiracy thriller "Eagle Eye" debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Movie-goers welcomed Samuel L. Jackson to the neighborhood, lifting his thriller "Lakeview Terrace" to the top spot at the weekend box office with $15.6 million in sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Batman claims a new notch on his belt, toppling Shrek 2's box-office record
"I just want to see him recognized," says the actor of his late onscreen adversary
The Dark Knight continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days
Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, The Dark Knight set a one-day box office record Friday
Speed Racer was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as Iron Man continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales
Who would win in a fight: a police-killing, rampage-driven thug or a superhero encased in a technologically superior suit of armor?
A heroin pusher and a honey bee put some sting back into the movie business.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office.
The undead of "Resident Evil" still have plenty of life in them.
Hollywood notched its first $4 billion summer as teen geeks helped Hollywood end the season in record fashion.
"Superbad" was super good at the box office, proving that a no-name cast could hold its own amid A-list summer blockbusters.
The amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne is back, and this time he clobbered Homer Simpson on his way to scoring the biggest film opening ever for the month of August.
Hollywood can sum up this summer on the silver screen with a phrase immortalized by the newest box office stud, Homer Simpson. "Woo-hoo!"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of just over $140 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The rodent cartoon "Ratatouille" raced to the top at the North American box office Sunday but its weekend haul of $47.2 million was the lowest opening for a Pixar movie in nine years, according to estimates issued by distributor Walt Disney Co.
Wait until you see what is about to happen to you," says Harvey Weinstein, sitting in the back seat of a midnight-blue Peugeot, car No. 3 in a nine-vehicle motorcade. The procession is inching down La Croisette, the seaside boulevard that meanders through Cannes on the French Riviera. Tonight it is lined on both sides with fans hoping to catch a glimpse of celebrities en route to the premiere of Michael Moore's "Sicko."
Friday marks not only the biggest day for DreamWorks Animation this year but the biggest in three years.
There is a good chance that Jennifer Hudson is going to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress this Sunday for her performance in "Dreamgirls."
Actors, actresses and directors were eagerly awaiting the Academy Award nominations announcement on Tuesday morning.
CNN.com's top 10 entertainment stories of the year:
The tale of a pair of cartoon rats and their adventures in the sewers of London wasn't enough to beat out Kris Kringle and a faux Kazakh journalist at the box office this past weekend.
Paramount Pictures will end its longstanding relationship with Cruise/Wagner Productions, actor Tom Cruise's production company, citing his erratic behavior, according to a published report.
Hollywood hit a well-documented rough patch last year, with annual box office receipts declining for the first time since 1991. But so far in 2006, there's some good news.
Hollywood hit a well-documented rough patch last year, with annual box office receipts declining for the first time since 1991. But so far in 2006, there's some good news.
This is the speech that some movie studio bigwigs should give after Tuesday's Oscar nominations.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - This is the speech that some movie studio executives should be practicing in anticipation of Tuesday's Oscar nominations announcement.
Can a few kid flicks salvage what has been a miserable year in the movie business? For just the second time in two decades, box office revenues are down--by about 8% through late October. But the e...
When Microsoft shopped the film version of the popular Xbox video game Halo to Hollywood, movie executives balked at Microsoft's demands, according to a New York Times report Friday.
Don't expect those huge sighs of relief coming from movie industry executives this week to last.
A year after acquiring Universal Studios, NBC Universal chief Bob Wright says he's not done shopping yet, a newspaper report said Monday.
"And the box office boost goes to...
Clint Eastwood might soon be thinking he should have called his latest flick 'Ten Million Dollar Baby.'
Media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Co. has moved closer in recent days to severing its relationship with its Miramax Films unit, according to a published report.
What would New Year's Eve be without party favors?
Alexander the Great conquered a nice chunk of the world before he died young. The makers of "Alexander," the three-hour Oliver Stone saga about the Greek warrior's life, are banking on a similar conquest before it's too late.
Walt Disney Co. doesn't intend to renew the contracts of Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the co-founders and co-chairmen of its Miramax Films unit, according to a published report.
There are two ways to look at the summer movie season that winds down this Labor Day weekend.
He's still got lightning speed, Herculean strength and an uncanny ability to stick to walls.
"Shrek 2," a cartoon revolving around a green ogre and his princess bride, trampled even the most optimistic forecasts as it set several new opening records at the weekend box office and kick-started the lucrative summer moviegoing season into high gear.
The King will not return this year. Movie goers won't get a chance to find Nemo either.
CAN SONY MAKE DEALS as well as it makes tape players? That question is taking on urgency in Hollywood -- not to mention at Sony headquarters in Tokyo -- nearly two years after the company paid some...
Why do the short sellers keep picking on Cannon Group? Last spring and summer a number of investors borrowed and sold the stock of Hollywood's largest independent film producer at $20 to $25 a shar...
FEW OF AMERICA'S movie theaters look like the dazzler at the left. The price of admission at all too many of them buys an experience that sensible people would pay to avoid. The lobby carpet, black...
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