The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises

December 30th, 2012

The Avengers was the top movie at the overall worldwide box office for 2012, racking up a staggering $1.51 billion in global earnings.

Another comic book-based film, The Dark Knight Rises, also crossed the billion-dollar mark, finishing with $1.08 billion and second place.

Check out the Top 20 Movies of 2012 in the gallery here!

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Project X The Dark Knight Rises

December 27th, 2012

Project X, about an out-of-control teen party, was the most pirated movie of 2012, according to TorrentFreak.

The site has released its list of the films downloaded most often on file-sharing service BitTorrent over the past year, and Project X finished a surprising #1 with approximately 8.72 million illegal downloads.

Check out the Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2012!

2016: Obama's America ParaNorman The Bourne Legacy The Campaign The Dark Knight Rises The Expendables 2

August 26th, 2012

The Expendables 2 has won a weak, tightly packed box office this weekend.

Sylvester Stallone’s band of mostly aging action heroes took the top spot with $13.5 million.

That was good enough to beat second place finisher The Bourne Legacy, which earned $9.2 million.

ParaNorman came in third with $8.5 million.

Hope Springs The Bourne Legacy The Campaign The Dark Knight Rises

August 12th, 2012

The Bourne Legacy topped the weekend box office, breaking The Dark Knight Rises’ streak.

Bourne, with Jeremy Renner replacing Matt Damon as the franchise’s star, took in $41 million in its first weekend, beating the Will Ferrell-Zach Galifianakis political comedy The Campaign, which place second with $26.7 million.

The final Christian Bale Batman flick, the Dark Knight Rises, came in third with $20.2 million.

Anne Hathaway President Obama The Dark Knight Rises

August 7th, 2012

Anne Hathaway is getting rave reviews for her performance in The Dark Knight Rises — including an endorsement by none other than President Obama.

At a star-studded fundraiser at Harvey Weinstein’s Connecticut home on Monday, Obama praised Hathaway’s turn as Catwoman to guests Aaron Sorkin and Jerry Springer.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 The Dark Knight Rises Total Recall

August 5th, 2012

For the third straight weekend, The Dark Knight Rises has beat the box office competition.

Christian Bale’s final Batman turn earned $36.4 million, and held off the newly opened Total Recall remake, which came in second with $26 million.

Securing third was Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3, with $14.7 million in ticket sales.

Ice Age 4 Step Up Revolution The Dark Knight Rises The Watch

July 29th, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises won its second straight weekend at the box office.

Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale’s Batman trilogy finale earned $64.1 million, giving it an easy victory over the animated flick Ice Age 4, which came in second with $13.3 million.

The Ben Stiller-led ensemble alien invasion comedy The Watch debuted at third with $13 million.

Gangster Squad Set Up Revolution The Dark Knight Rises

July 25th, 2012

Warner Bros. announced on Wednesday that it has pushed back the release of Gangster Squad by several months in light of last week’s tragic killings during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises.