Box Office Results: Xmas slays Twilight
Wow.  Talk about a surprise this weekend.  All of our predictions, plus the majority of others, had Twilight taking the box office for its second straight weekend, but the holiday comedy Four Christmases spread its joy by grossing a whopping $46.7 million.  Twilight’s $39.5 wasn’t too shabby, but the star power of Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn proved too much for the tweensters this time around. Bolt had an incredible showing its second weekend, actually grossing $9 million more than it

'Four Christmases' coasts to $31.1 million debut to top box office
LOS ANGELES - Audiences spent U.S. Thanksgiving with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, whose holiday comedy "Four Christmases" took in $31.1 million to open as the top weekend movie. The film opened Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theatres Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theatre locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC,

`Four Christmases' coasts to $31.1 million debut
LOS ANGELES - Audiences spent Thanksgiving with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, whose holiday comedy "Four Christmases" took in $31.1 million to open as the top weekend movie. The film opened Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of w

`Four Christmases' coasts to $31.1 million debut
Audiences spent Thanksgiving with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, whose holiday comedy "Four Christmases" took in $31.1 million to open as the top weekend movie. The film opened Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC: 1. "Four Christmases

(Holiday) Weekend Box Office Estimates: Audiences Give “Christmas” Present
With Thanksgiving now in the rear view, the Christmas season officially got underway as the holiday-themed Four Christmases took the weekend crown. The Reese Witherspoon/Vince Vaughn romantic comedy earned $31.6 million (though not the respect of critics), more than enough to put it ahead of #2 Bolt - which narrowly took second over Twilight, even though the tween vampire flick has a $50+ million advantage over the Disney flick going into their third weeks, now well over the $100 million mark. That didn

EXCLUSIVE: Why Baz Luhrmann loves tripping up the derby with wild ponies like 'Moulin Rouge!' and 'Australia'
Seven years after director Baz Luhrmann experienced a crazy romp through the kudos derby riding "Moulin Rouge!" he's back with "Australia. " What does he think of awardsmania? Why does he risk the wrath of gritty film critics to make his wildly romantic movies in the cynical 21st century? Last Wednesday night, Baz and I teamed up to do a Q&A screening chat at the Directors Guild of America theater in New York. We didn't have enough time to cover all key topics, so we hooked up again

Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Report: Twilight Lost It’s Gleam
Poor Rob and Kristen just don’t have the star power that Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon have to carry a movie. Surprisingly, Twilight only made $26.4 million for the three-day weekend average and $39.5 million total for the 5-day holiday period starting Wednesday. In first place came the zany holiday comedy Four Christmases with $31.7 million for the 3-day weekend and $46.7 million from Wednesday. To be completely honest, I never thought this movie would have done that well. It doesn’t appe

Weekend Box Office: Christmas Takes Thanksgiving
I think critics should start boycotting the yearly Christmas Family Comedy. It's amazing: these movies are never good. I can't think of another distinct subgenre with such a poor track record over the last decade. And of course, I went and saw Four Christmases, of my own free will. I'm an idiot. In any event, it was silly of me to imply that Four Christmases didn't have the muscle to win the weekend; high-profile Christmas movies almost always do well. The $31.7 million three-day is one of the best opening

Four Christmases? We Should Be So Lucky!
Are you struck by a sense of deja vu whenever the trailer for Four Christmases plays? And not just because Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are reprising their respective fast-talking funnyman and girl-next-door schticks. With all the various ways Christmas is celebrated around the world, is it too much to ask for some cinematic variety? Apparently so. Every year we're presented with two tired-old Christmas movie themes -- Zany Frantic Slapfest and Comforting Holiday Heart-Warmer. See how to spot

'Four Christmases' Has a Happy Thanksgiving
The allegedly acrimonious duo of Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn knocked Twilight off the top of the box office this weekend.

Christmas Scores At Box Office
Much to Hollywood's surprise, the comedy Four Christmases starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon earned a substantial $46.7 million dollars at the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was expected to take in the low 30s and made it to the number one slot. Meanwhile, the epic Australia backed by the star power of Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman squeezed out $20 million, which was also pegged to score in the low 30s. It came in at number five. Twilight was a strong number two in its second wee

Why hasn’t Vince Vaughn promoted ‘Four Christmases’?
Reese Witherspoon hit the publicity trail hard for her comedy Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn. She’s been doing the late night TV circuit and has granted plenty of interviews. While Reese’s perma-grin has been plastered all over magazines, Vaughn has done nary an interview. He also didn’t show up to the premiere of Four Christmases in LA. There was an interview with Vince in Esquire Magazine that came out earlier this month that kept mentioning how fat he was, but apart from that I coul

"Four Christmases" Takes Box Office - Nov. 28-30, 2008
“Four Christmases” was the big winner at the box office this weekend, with little “Bolt” coming in second and “Twilight” hanging in there at third. I took my 11-year-old daughter to see “Twilight” this weekend, and she loved it. “Australia” and “Milk” didn’t do as well as I thought they would, though. Here’s how it all shakes out from Box Office Mojo: Four Christmases, $31.06M Bolt, $26.58M Twilight, $26.34M Quantum of Sol

'Four Christmases' Quadruples Your Forgettable-Holiday-Movie Experience [Monday Morning Box Office]
Fears that the R-word would keep audiences from the movies this weekend were unfounded, as the name "Reese Witherspoon" still proved an impressive multiplex draw. Have another helping of turkey-chip pancakes topped with cranberry syrup and a pat of yam, as we grind down to the last of the leftovers and run down the box office numbers: 1. Four Christmases - $31.68 million Stir-crazy holiday audiences were looking for literally any excuse to escape their parents' homes for a few hours that didn't invo

Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon Revel in “Four Christmases”
The vampires were only a hot item for about a week as Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon’s surprising hit comedy “Four Christmases” easily won the box office top spot with a take of $46.7 million in the 4-day holiday weekend run. If that estimated amount hold, it would make the comedy the third-best Thanksgiving weekend opener ever, after Toy Story 2 ($80M) and last year’s Enchanted ($49M). It’s also a best for Vaughn since ‘The Break-Up’, and it’s Witherspo

Craig hopes ‘Quantum of Solace’ will be beat Kidman’s
James Bond star Daniel Craig hopes that ‘Quantum of Solace’ will be a bigger box office hit than Aussie actress Nicole Kidman’s ‘Australia’. He appeared quite positive when asked whether his new flick would turn out to be better than Kidman’s ‘Australia’, “God yes. What kind of stupid question is that?” News.com.au quoted him as saying. But he also said that he just could not wait to see the movie, as he was a “big Baz Luhrmann fan”.

Be Still My Heart -- New 'Australia' Trailer!
The release date of Australia is a mere month away, yet there's been little in the way of promotion for it. A few posters, a new release date, a few interviews with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman -- that's it. While this could spell a lack of confidence, I think it's largely due to the fact that Baz Luhrmann was still tinkering with the film as of August. But at last, there is a new trailer, courtesy of MSN, but sans embed code. It's an odd trailer. It starts off in a style that's quite contemporary, both

Four Christmases Earns $31.7 Million at the Weekend Box Office
Did you see Four Christmases with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn? I did, and it was hilarious. I don’t laugh throughout the entire movie of pretty much anything, but when one funny scene was finished, another one began. You know how a lot of comedies have like one or two funny scenes? Not this one. A lot of folk also don’t think Reese and Vince are a believable couple - I could care less. If two people make me laugh, you could pair up Star Jones with Matt Damon. If it’s funny, I don&#

Box Office: Four Christmases Wins the Holiday Weekend
I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, and maybe some of the early buzz from others who also liked it helped the holiday comedy win the Thanksgiving weekend box office this year with an estimated $46.7 million since opening Wednesday. Meanwhile the highly anticipated Baz Luhrmann epic Australia opened at No. 5 after Quantum of Solace in fourth place, Twilight (which passed the $100 million mark this weekend) in third, and Bolt in second

What to Say When Your Movie Flops, Australia Edition [Didgeridon't]
What do you do when your big sweeping Oscar-hopeful epic that cost $130 million dollars does a shallow swan dive at the box office? You completely change the party line on the entire movie! Well, that's what Fox is doing about Australia—Baz Luhrmann's continental Nicole Kidman/Hugh Jackman period romance—at least. Though the film initially was being thrust at us as Titanic but with Aborigines and a lot more plastic surgery, it's now been shifted (or downgraded) to an artsy "adult" (not that

'Four Christmases' finds $31.7M in holiday cheer
LOS ANGELES - Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy "Four Christmases," which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. In this Nov. 20, 2008 file photo, Reese Witherspoon, a cast member in "Four Christmases," poses on the red carpet at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file) The Warner Bros. release, featuring With

Wedding Crashers - Vaughn Takes New Girlfriend Home To Meet The Parents
WEDDING CRASHERS star Vince Vaughn could be calling in the wedding planners pretty soon after taking his latest girlfriend home to meet his parents. The actor, who ...

Monday Morning Box Office Report: Four Christmases Jingles All The Way
It was an all-around strong weekend at the box office, with the holiday comedy Four Christmases at the center of it all, earning an astounding $46 million, followed by another $39 mil for Twilight and $36 million for Bolt. Quantum of Solace was at #4 with $20 million, while Baz Luhrmann’s Australia debuted at a disappointing #5, although it still made a respectable $20 million. Transporter 3 was in 7th place on the charts, but it surpassed Transporter 2’s opening with an $18 million take, and Mi

'Four Christmases' stuffs theaters
Movie fans spent Thanksgiving weekend gobbling up Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as "Four Christmases" opened atop the box office.

New 'Australia' Trailer: A Romantic Adventure with Wolverine and The Others
If Crocodile Dundee II were a big-budget Lifetime Original Movie based loosely on Pearl Harbor, this is what it would look like. Except this is directed by Moulin Rouge's Baz Luhrmann, stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, and will surely be nominated for several Oscars, whereas the Lifetime version would be called Danielle Steel's Down Under, and would be watched by only sad housewives. It looks pretty good if you're into that whole sweeping, epic romance sort of thing (no one is judging you): Co