Inception’s amazing performance in the box office is a great indicator that a “thinking” movie can still rake in lots of money in the box office if it is well made.
The Christopher Nolan-directed movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio raked in $531,000,000 worldwide, which makes it a certified blockbuster. A lot of people watched it more than once, mainly due to the very interesting premise of the movie. Of course, the action sequences, which are quite well executed, were also a big draw to audiences. Inception’s crazy plot actually enticed audiences to check it out instead of the anticipated reaction, which is to shun it because it will prevent audiences from leaving their brains at the door. Kudos to Nolan for making a relatively intelligent movie that did not alienate the audience.
While “Avatar’s” opening day earnings did not break any records at $27 million, it seems that the 3-D epic slowly but surely showed everyone that it is now the king of the world, having broken “Titanic‘s” $1.8 billion in ticket sales worldwide.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, the sequel to the vampire-movie mega-hit “Twilight” sure is raking in the dough after making $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, beating the $22.2 million in midnight screenings made by “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” last July.
“Quantum of Solace” is bagging the top spot in box offices worldwide. It seems that people are really liking Daniel Craig and the new grittier Bond!
For the second time in just 10 days “The Dark Knight” has rewritten box-office record books after crushing “Spider Man 3′s” box-office opening record of $151.1 million by more than $7 million last week, and now being the fastest film ever to clear the $300 million mark. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” previously held the record after reaching the mark in 16 days but “The Dark Knight” did so in just 10 days after grossing $75.6 million on its second weekend.