Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

2012 may be a disaster movie, but it ain’t disastrous when it comes to the box office. Over the weekend, Roland Emmerich’s 2012 took in an estimated $65 million in US alone and an additional $160 million overseas. That means the film almost made back the $200m – $260m budget in just 3 days!

Have you watched 2012 yet?

Check out our 2012 Movie Review.

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The latest Harry Potter installment, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince broke the midnight record and made $22m from midnight screenings. The sixth Harry Potter movie made $104m in total for its first day release. In my opinion, it is bound to become one of the top 10 highest earning films pretty soon.

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"The Dark Knight" has an estimated ticket sales of $155.3 million over the weekend, according to early estimates from Warner Bros. Pictures, setting a record for biggest three-day take of all-time.

The highly anticipated film, co-starring late actor Heath Ledger as the Joker, has surpassed the $151.1 million haul for "Spider-Man 3" during its first weekend in May 2007.

Congratulations to Warner Bros.!

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"The Incredible Hulk" debuted as the top weekend movie with $55.4 million across North America, smashing M. Night Shyamalan’s "The Happening" and "Kung Fu Panda".

After Marvel Studio’s previous box office success with "Iron Man", audiences especially the young viewers were eager to see what Edward Norton would do with his green beast of a character.

"The Incredible Hulk" has now become the second film produced by the company to open at No. 1.

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Kung Fu Panda owns Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan as it earned an impressive $60 million during the opening weekend over Adam Sandler’s flick which earned just over $40 million.

For Kung Fu Panda, that blockbuster $60 mil opening ranked No. 9 on the all-time list of animated premieres, and it was the best yet for a non-sequel from DreamWorks Animation (only Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third banked more on their first weekends). It was almost parallel with the $60.1 mil that Pixar’s Cars bowed with on this weekend a couple of years ago.

(Source: Entertainment Weekly)

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After four days of release, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has raided the box office charts in both the North America and on international screens. The new Indiana Jones film has reaped $126 million from the North America and $143 million at 8,300 playdates in 56 international markets.

The movie opened in the US on Thursday in 4,260 theaters and made approximately $56 million during the first two days. With this rate, Indiana Jones is bound to raid more treasures in the coming weeks. Stay tune for more updates!

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“Speed Racer” ends up with a disappointing $20.2 million in ticket sales this weekend. Meanwhile, “Iron Man” blasted its rivals in its second weekend at the top of the charts with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.

Made by the Wachowski brothers, best known for the “Matrix” franchise, the kaleidoscopic “Speed Racer” is unlikely to recoup its $120 million budget, experts said.

“Unfortunately, it didn’t perform to our expectations,” said Dan Fellman, president of Warner Bros. theatrical distribution.

Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., opened last weekend with $100.8 million, the second-highest opening ever for a non sequel since Spider-Man debuted in 2002.

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