Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Inglourious Basterds Comes Out on Top at the Box Office
August 24, 2009
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Brad Pitt and his Inglourious Basterds dominated the box office this weekend bringing in over $37 million dollars opening weekend. Coming in at a far second was District 9, that did fairly well at $18.9 million, while G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra rounded out the top three with $12.5 million.

Here are the top 10 movies from the August 27-29th weekend:

1. Inglourious Basterds: $37.6 million
2. District 9: $18.9 million
3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $12.5 million
4. The Time Traveler's Wife: $10 million
5. Julie & Julia: $9 million
6. Shorts: $6.6 million
7. G-Force: $4.2 million
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $3.5 million
9. The Ugly Truth: $2.8 million
10. Post Grad: $2.8 million
District 9 Dominates Box Office
August 17, 2009
Peter Jackson's alien adventure District 9 dominated the U.S. Box Office, bringing in $37 million dollars in it's first weekend.

The Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams-starring romance film The Time Traveler's Wife came in third with $19.2 million , behind G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, which brought in $22.5 million.

Check out the list of the top 10 movies from the August 14-16 weekend:

1. District 9: $37 million

2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $22.5 million

3. The Time Traveler's Wife: $19.2 million

4. Julie & Julia: $12.4 million

5. G-Force: $6.8 million

6. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard: $5.3 million

7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $5.1 million

8. The Ugly Truth: $4.5 million

9. Ponyo: $3.5 million

10. (500) Days of Summer: $3 million
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Blasts the Competition at Box Office
August 10, 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has blasted the competition at the U.S. box office, bringing in $56.2 million dollars opening weekend. The action blockbuster, which stars Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller, stomped out the competition and commanded the lead over other movies like Julie & Julia and G-Force.

Check out the top 10 box office flicks from the August 7-9 weekend:

1. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $56 million

2. Julie & Julia: $20 million

3. G-Force: $9.8 million

4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $8.8 million

5. Funny People: $7.8 million

6. The Ugly Truth: $7 million

7. A Perfect Getaway: $5.7 million

8. Aliens in the Attic: $4 million

9. Orphan: $3.7 million

10. (500) Days of Summer: $3.7 million
Box Office Recap: Funny People Comes Out on Top
August 3, 2009
Judd Apatow has done it again! Apatow's latest movie 'Funny People' was so funny, it made its way up to the number one spot in the box office in it's first week. The movie brought in over $23 million dollars opening weekend.

Harry Potter fans just can't get enough of the latest Potter flick because the Half-Blood Prince brought in another $17 million dollars this weekend. Rounding out the top three was the animated movie G-Force, which also brought in $17 million dollars. Here is the top ten movies from the July 31-August 2nd weekend:

1. Funny People: $23.4 million

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $17.7 million

3. G-Force: $17 million

4. The Ugly Truth: $13 million

5. Aliens in the Attic: $7.8 million

6. Orphan: $7.2 million

7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $5.3 million

8. The Hangover: $5 million

9. The Proposal: $4.8 million

10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $4.6 million
G-Force Knocks Harry Potter Out of Top Spot
July 27, 2009
We guess guinea pigs are a force to be reckoned with! Disney’s G-Force has just knocked Harry Potter off his broomstick to win the weekend box office!

G-Force drew in over $32 million in its debut weekend, sending Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to the No. 2 spot. Potter still managed to bring in $30 million in their second week, but its numbers were 60% less than their opening weekend.

Here are the top ten films for the weekend of July 24-26:

1. G-Force: $32 million

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $30 million

3. The Ugly Truth: $27 million

4. Orphan: $12.7 million

5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.2 million

6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $8 million

7. The Hangover: $6.5 million

8. The Proposal: $6.4 million

9. Public Enemies: $4.1 million

10. Bruno: $2.7 million
The Ugly Truth, Orphan and More Hit the Box Office
July 24, 2009
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It's the battle of the sexes at the box office as Katherine Heigl takes on Gerard Butler in the romantic comedy The Ugly Truth. Will Katherine and Gerard's on screen chemistry be enough to beat out movies like G-Force or the possessed Orphan?

We'll have to wait until the box office numbers are in to see who wins this battle, but if you are planning on catching a flick this weekend, here are this weeks new releases:

NEW RELEASES:

The Ugly Truth:
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler team up as TV morning show producers searching for the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick.

G-Force:
An elite team of highly trained secret agent guinea pigs is the world's last hope against an evil plot to take over the world.

Orphan:
A mourning couple decides to adopt a child, only to discover that the seemingly sweet angelic little girl is not what she appears to be.

ALSO IN THEATERS:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
Daniel Radcliffe returns as the teen wizard, back at Hogwarts and facing his darkest threat yet.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs:
Manny, Sid, Diego and the rest of the computer- animated critter crew are back for their third prehistoric adventure -- this time in 3D!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:
Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf return to join with the Autobots' battle against the evil Decepticons.

Bruno:
Sacha Baron Cohen is a flamboyant Austrian fashionista who takes his show to the U.S., wreaking havoc on unsuspecting Americans.

Check out our special video from Los Angeles premiere of The Ugly Truth below...

Harry Potter Dominates Weekend Box Office
July 20, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dominated the box office this weekend, bringing in $79 million dollars. Since it's opening on Wednesday, July 15th, the movie has already grossed $159 million!

Coming in at a distant second was the cartoon comedy, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs with $17 million, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen held onto the number three spot with $13 million.

Here are the top 10 box office movies for the Jul 17 - 19 weekend:

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $79.4 million

2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $17.7 million

3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $13.7 million

4. Bruno: $8.3 million

5. The Hangover: $8.3 million

6. The Proposal: $8.2 million

7. Public Enemies: $7.5 million

8. Up: $3.1 million

9. My Sisters Keeper: $2.8 million

10. I Love You, Beth Cooper: $2.6 million
Harry Potter Has a Spell Over the Box Office
July 17, 2009
It may be Harry Potters first official weekend at the box office, but the movie has already made over $100 million dollars worldwide. The movie is expected to break records and producers are hoping it will make over $5 billion worldwide. All that buzz can't be for nothing, so if you decide to check it out this weekend, let us know what you think of the movie.

In case Harry Potter doesn't tickle your pickle, here are some other movies out in theaters this weekend:

NEW IN THEATERS:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Daniel Radcliffe returns as the teen wizard, back at Hogwarts and facing his darkest threat yet.

Homecoming: An obsessive small town woman tries to get back with her former high school sweetheart when he returns home with his new girlfriend.

ALSO IN THEATERS:

Bruno: Sacha Baron Cohen is a flamboyant Austrian fashionista who takes his show to the U.S., wreaking havoc on unsuspecting Americans.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Manny, Sid, Diego and the rest of the computer- animated critter crew are back for their third prehistoric adventure -- this time in 3D!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf return to join with the Autobots' battle against the evil Decepticons.

Public Enemies: Johnny Depp stars as notorious depression-era gangster John Dillinger, whose charismatic crime spree made him a folk hero to the masses.

The Proposal: Sandra Bullock is a high-powered exec who fakes an engagement with her assistant to avoid deportation to her native Canada.

Check out the trailer for Harry Potter below:

Harry Potter Star Busted for Growing Pot
July 16, 2009
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Harry Potter actor Jamie Waylett, aka Vincent Crabbe is probably wishing he could just hop on his broomstick and fly to back Hogwarts right about now.

The nineteen-year-old British actor was arrested back on April 2nd after police found eight bags of marijuana and a knife in a car he was riding in. When returning to his house, reports say that 10 marijuana plants were found, worth just under $3000.

When Wylett pleaded guilty of the charges Tuesday at the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, also admitting to growing his own plants.

According to the NY Daily News, the pot was being grown under powerful hydroponics lights, right next to Waylett's Playstation and his DJ decks. He now faces a maximum sentence of up to fourteen years!

How is Jamie to play one of Hogwarts’ nastiest bullies from behind bars!? Well one thing is for sure, Dumbledore would certainly never approve of such behavior.

Jamie’s charge was announced just hours before he walked the red carpet for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere in London. He’d better enjoy the limelight now, since this may be one of his last red carpet affairs!
Harry Potter Beats Out Dark Knight for Biggest Midnight Screening
July 15, 2009
Harry Potter has been crowned the new winner of the midnight showing! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came out in theaters last night at midnight, and managed to score $22.2 million, according to Warner Brothers.

That beats out The Dark Knight by nearly $4 million! Yesterday the studio had their doubts, saying, "It's hard to really tell where things are going.”

Those numbers clearly beat out the $18 million earned in midnight runs by Warners’ very own The Dark Knight and the $17 million earned by 20th Century Fox’s Star Wars: Episode III —Revenge of the Sith.

It’s pretty clear now! Potter is a hit! Did you go see the movie? Tell us what you think in the comments!

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