Night at the Museum: Battle At The Smithsonian Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/night-at-the-museum-battle-at-the-smithsonian/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:01:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Night at the Museum: Battle At The Smithsonian Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/night-at-the-museum-battle-at-the-smithsonian/ 32 32 Weekend Box Office: Pixar Cleans ‘Up’, ‘Terminator’ Slacks Off https://staging2.theplaylist.net/weekend-box-office-pixar-cleans-up-20090531/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/weekend-box-office-pixar-cleans-up-20090531/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7334 Like clockwork, you can expect Pixar’s offerings to tower over the American animation competition. Fortunately for them, you can also count on them to tower over box office competition, as “Up”‘s debut is the highest for the studio since 2003’s “Finding Nemo” which scored $70 million in the opening frame and went on to be the studio’s most successful movie. The $68.2 million number was probably goosed by the IMAX 3D sales, boding well for future Disney Digital releases, and with word of mouth strong and little animation competition until July’s “Ice Age” installment, expect “Up” to be one of the studio’s biggest earners.

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]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/weekend-box-office-pixar-cleans-up-20090531/feed/ 7 Weekend Box Office: Underperforming Sequel No One Likes Beats Other Underperforming Sequel No One Likes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/weekend-box-office-underperforming-20090524/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/weekend-box-office-underperforming-20090524/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7405 In results most expected to be a photo finish, the weekend champion ended up being Ben Stiller in “Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” ringing up $53.5 million for the three day weekend. The family film sequel for the undemanding parent not cultured enough to take their child to an actual museum ended up besting the highly touted “Terminator Salvation,”which only managed a $43 million three day opening, though it did have a Thursday bow, bringing its total to $56.1 million.

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