"Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience." ...more

March 2, 2009

Kevin James bumbles and stumbles to take down the bad guys, but his "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" had no trouble nabbing the top spot at the box office this weekend. ...more

January 18, 2009

Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite. ...more

January 5, 2009

Movie-goers elected a "W," but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush. Wahlberg's action flick "Max Payne" debuted with $18 million to outdo Oliver Stone's film biography of George W. Bush, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

October 19, 2008

It has been a summer of big numbers at the movies. A dozen films - including "Iron Man," "Hancock" and "Wall-E" - each have made $100 million or more in ticket sales. "The Dark Knight" has raked in almost $518 million, surpassing "Star Wars" as No. 2 on the list of all-time box office leaders and fueling speculation it could beat 1997's "Titanic" to become all-time champion. ...more

September 20, 2008

Times may be tough in the real world. Not in Hollywood. As it usually does during economic downturns, the movie business has come on strong, expected to set a summer revenue record of about $4.2 billion from the first weekend in May through Labor Day, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. ...more

September 5, 2008

LOS ANGELES - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office. ...more

July 20, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" - the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum - led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

July 6, 2008

LOS ANGELES - A lonely little robot made millions of friends during the weekend - and even outgunned Angelina Jolie. ...more

June 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Audiences still get Maxwell Smart. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway's "Get Smart," the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

June 22, 2008