Valentine's Day (the movie) sets record over Valentine's Day (the long weekend). Weekend box office review for 02/15/10.

It wasn't terribly difficult to predict that a star-studded romantic comedy would rule over the long Valentine's Day weekend , espec...

Dear John scores $32.4 million opening weekend. Avatar falls to second place. Why it's not a 'girls vs. boys' story. Weekend box office review (02/07/10)

Dear John opened at number one this weekend , with a stellar $30.4 million debut weekend. That gives the picture a mediocre 2.2x weekend m...

Avatar wins weekend, reaches major milestone (again). Weekend box office (01/31/10).

Avatar won the box office derby for the seventh straight weekend , taking the record for the biggest seventh weekend gross ($30 million) fr...

Avatar now #02 in US, with no signs of slow down. Weekend box office in review (01/24/10)

It was business as usual this weekend , with Avatar again leading the pack and a well-marketed newcomer fairing well in number two. There ...

Avatar remains unstoppable, crossing $500 million, while The Book of Eli impresses. Weekend box office review for 01/18/10.

Wow, this is my 1000th post on Mendelson's Memos. Yay for me. Anyway, I've written a bit about Avatar 's unstoppable run elsew...

Another weekend, another Avatar record session. Weekend box office review (01/10/10)

This is almost getting boring. Yes, Avatar grossed $50 million this weekend, nearly doubling the fourth- weekend record ( Spider-Man and...

Avatar crashes, burns in third weekend, finishing 19th day with meager $352 million in US, $1 billion globally. Weekend box office review (01/03/10)

Avatar grossed $68.4 million in its third weekend , dropping a whopping 9% from its previous weekend. It's the biggest third-weekend of...

Avatar leads the charge in biggest-grossing total weekend in box office history. (12/27/09)

So many notable records were notched this weekend that I'm not sure where to begin. So, for the sake of expediency, let's just do ...