Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

“SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS” BESTS ITS PREDECESSOR, NABBING GLOBAL TALLY OF $529 MILLION AND COUNTING

BURBANK, CA, March 20, 2012 – Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” has hit the $529 million benchmark in global box office, with an estimated $186.7 million on the domestic side and $342.3 million internationally, surpassing its predecessor’s worldwide gross of $524.4 million. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Author: WB
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'Contraband' takes weekend box office with $28.8M

(AP) LOS ANGELES — The Mark Wahlberg smuggling drama "Contraband" stole the top spot at box office away from the 3-D rerelease of "Beauty and the Beast" and the musical comedy "Joyful Noise" with a $28.8 million debut haul, while "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" earned $14.2 million in its fifth weekend to take third place.

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 Hollywood.com are:

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Author: CBS News
movies: Contraband, Beauty and the Beast 3D, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows + 2 more »

Could 'Iron Man 3' Be "The Best of the Three"?

Given Robert Downey Jr.‘s status as one of our biggest movie stars, I was surprised to see he only has two film officially slated over the next couple years, The Avengers and Iron Man 3. I don’t know how long that will stick, though, since he’s been connected to a dozen or so projects. A flashy possibility surfaced last week: a new version of Pinocchio directed by Tim Burton, starring Downey as Gepetto.
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Author: Brendan Bettinger
movies: Pinocchio, The Avengers, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
actor: Robert Downey Jr.

Holiday Box Office Caps Disappointing Year; Only Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Scores

If Hollywood was hoping that the holiday box office during the highest-volume ticket-selling period of the year would turn around their fortunes they were mistaken. Only one of the big-ticket studio tentpoles scored really big over the four-day holiday weekend, Friday through Christmas Day, which fell on a Sunday this year. This means that Saturday night was indeed silent at the box office. Compared to last year's four-day holiday weekend, which included Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, this year's box office is up 8%. The box office should improve Monday.

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Author: Anne Thompson
movies: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Darkest Hour, War Horse + 5 more »

Sherlock, Alvin and Tom Boost Box Office

After two very slow weeks at the nation’s theaters things are finally heating up, albeit to a lesser degree than we'd hoped, with the arrival of three new and very high profile releases. First up is Warner Bros.’ “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows” which is the follow up to the hugely successful 2009 “Sherlock Holmes” that opened with $62.3 million and went on to earn over half a billion dollars worldwide. The re-teaming of Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law in the roles of Holmes and Watson will drew audiences to theaters with $40 million this weekend.

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Author: Paul Dergarabedian
movies: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
actors: Jude Law, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr.

'Sherlock Holmes' Reigns; 'Chipmunks' Beats 'Mission: Impossible' At Box Office

Mystery movie "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows" has been crowned king of the box office after raking in $40 million at the weekend. The Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr. detective film premiered...

movies: SHERLOCK HOLMES, Mission: Impossible, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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"Sherlock Holmes" sequel leads movie box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Action adventure film "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" led a trio of sequels at the U.S.

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Forecast: 'Sherlock,' 'Alvin,' 'M:I' Sequels Try to Save Box Office

After one of the worst weekends in years, the box office should get a big boost with not one, or two, but three major sequels hitting theaters. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens at 3,703 locations and is all-but-guaranteed a first place finish, while Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked tries to reach family audiences at 3,723 venues. Meanwhile, Paramount is employing an interesting strategy with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol by rolling it out in to 425 theaters this weekend, 300 of which are IMAX.

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Author: Ray Subers
movies: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Movie Projector: 'Sherlock,' 'Alvin' sequels kick off holiday season

After a slow month at the box office, studio executives are hopeful this weekend will kick the holiday season into high gear with the release of two widely anticipated sequels.

"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," the second film about the iconic detective played by Robert Downey Jr., is expected to lead the weekend with around $55 million in domestic ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. It cost about $125 million to make.

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Author: Amy Kaufman and Ben Fritz
movies: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
actors: Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr.

Insider Access: Sherlock Holmes

Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace and director Guy Ritchie tell us about 'A Game of Shadows.'



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movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
actors: Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace