2010-11-09T07:20:00-08:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Life as We Know It — CDN $5,910,000 — N.AM $48,506,252 — 12.2%Conviction — CDN $581,289 — N.AM $4,794,930 — 12.1%The Social Network — CDN $10,160,000 — N.AM $84,871,492 — 11.9%Jackass 3D — CDN $11,460,000 — N.AM $110,668,357 — 10.4%RED — CDN $7,120,000 — N.AM $71,664,962 — 9.9%Hereafter — CDN... Read more

2010-10-25T10:29:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Easy A — CDN $7,110,000 — N.AM $54,785,000 — 13.0%The Social Network — CDN $8,680,000 — N.AM $72,931,000 — 11.9%Life as We Know It — CDN $4,400,000 — N.AM $37,615,000 — 11.7%The Town — CDN $8,680,000 — N.AM $84,653,000 — 10.3%Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole — CDN... Read more

2010-10-04T13:33:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. StreetDance 3D — CDN $359,620 — N.AM $359,620 — 100%Easy A — CDN $5,350,000 — N.AM $42,176,967 — 12.7%Alpha and Omega — CDN $1,950,000 — N.AM $18,949,437 — 10.3%The Social Network — CDN $2,220,000 — N.AM $22,445,653 — 9.9%You Again — CDN $1,570,000 — N.AM $16,607,633 — 9.5%The Town —... Read more

2010-10-01T13:23:00-07:00

New Testament scholar Marcus Borg once observed that no public speaker ever uses a good line only once. (Actually, Borg has probably observed this more than once — that’s kind of his point!) Borg made this comment while discussing the fact that there are different versions of some of Jesus’ sayings spread across the gospels. Scholars tend to assume that the differences are due to changes that were put there by one or more of the people who wrote these... Read more

2010-09-28T13:06:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Incendies — CDN $548,073 — N.AM $548,073 — 100%Easy A — CDN $4,030,000 — N.AM $32,714,215 — 12.3%Inception — CDN $32,520,000 — N.AM $287,053,292 — 11.3%Resident Evil: Afterlife — CDN $5,860,000 — N.AM $52,073,588 — 11.3%Alpha and Omega — CDN $1,540,000 — N.AM $15,164,944 — 10.2%The Town — CDN $4,370,000... Read more

2010-09-21T10:48:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Eat Pray Love — CDN $10,850,000 — N.AM $77,600,235 — 14.0%The Expendables — CDN $12,850,000 — N.AM $101,020,533 — 12.7%Inception — CDN $32,120,000 — N.AM $285,129,855 — 11.3%Easy A — CDN $1,970,000 — N.AM $17,734,040 — 11.1%Resident Evil: Afterlife — CDN $4,780,000 — N.AM $43,893,958 — 10.9%The American — CDN... Read more

2010-09-15T10:58:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. The Switch — CDN $3,560,000 — N.AM $25,005,832 — 14.2%Eat Pray Love — CDN $10,230,000 — N.AM $74,660,964 — 13.7%The Expendables — CDN $12,410,000 — N.AM $98,466,264 — 12.6%Going the Distance — CDN $1,600,000 — N.AM $13,952,322 — 11.5%Inception — CDN $31,580,000 — N.AM $282,211,978 — 11.2%The American — CDN... Read more

2010-09-07T22:26:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Eat Pray Love — CDN $9,180,000 — N.AM $68,904,792 — 13.3%The Expendables — CDN $11,460,000 — N.AM $92,187,903 — 12.4%Nanny McPhee Returns — CDN $2,700,000 — N.AM $22,399,900 — 12.1%Inception — CDN $30,740,000 — N.AM $277,145,503 — 11.1%Going the Distance — CDN $691,357 — N.AM $6,884,964 — 10.0%The American —... Read more

2010-08-31T08:52:00-07:00

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Piranha 3D — CDN $2,650,000 — N.AM $18,266,889 — 14.5%The Switch — CDN $2,130,000 — N.AM $16,410,009 — 12.9%Eat Pray Love — CDN $7,610,000 — N.AM $60,531,326 — 12.6%The Expendables — CDN $9,720,000 — N.AM $82,040,183 — 11.8%Nanny McPhee Returns — CDN $1,860,000 — N.AM $16,991,285 — 10.9%Inception — CDN... Read more

2013-12-25T21:49:04-08:00

THE BEST movies about demonic possession have always tried to ground themselves in a certain kind of realism. The Exorcist cast real-life doctors and priests as fictitious doctors and priests, while The Exorcism of Emily Rose was loosely inspired by a real-life court case. So it was probably inevitable that someone would make a movie like The Last Exorcism, using the same pseudo-documentary techniques that have made films like Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project so down-to-earth despite... Read more

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