Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online Movies 2012-05-29T04:23:24-04:00 urn:uuid:97e08d6c-8ca6-4123-af24-975c395c1500 MOVIES: ‘Avatar’ rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide urn:uuid:567aafba-c2f8-4cf2-9034-459c416798f7 2010-01-04T10:39:00-05:00 James Cameron’s science-fiction epic “Avatar” had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark. MOVIES: Best of the Decade By Phil Dzikiy<br><a href="mailto:phil.dzikiy@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Phil</a> urn:uuid:61892d2b-857c-4c09-91a8-7e94e07b0e69 2009-12-17T10:48:00-05:00 MOVIES: Winter movie preview By Phil Dzikiy<br><a href="mailto:phil.dzikiy@lockportjournal.com">E-mail Phil</a> urn:uuid:5d544969-6634-4677-9673-b8895daa6a86 2009-12-10T10:36:00-05:00 The winter movie season is really two seasons in one. 'The Blind Side' tops box office in third weekend urn:uuid:4acaf2f8-e2c1-4726-a26f-e6f871b080cb 2009-12-07T09:59:00-05:00 Sandra Bullock’s latest movie has taken the industry by surprise. MOVIES: Carrey’s ’Christmas Carol’ wraps up $31M weekend urn:uuid:2a3a6a81-075f-4d8f-8474-1a6354b911d4 2009-11-09T16:57:00-05:00 Jim Carrey’s Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on “A Christmas Carol,” which took in $31 million to open as the weekend’s top movie. COLUMN: Running with the 'Wild Things' urn:uuid:3cbeef69-bf4c-4c6a-9d06-0bfe4097b213 2009-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 This may be the closest I ever get to writing a parenting column. MOVIES: ‘Chance of Meatballs’ tops weekend box-office urn:uuid:2002f4d8-a66e-4785-ac37-989b9eea4f8b 2009-09-21T10:09:00-04:00 The forecast was bright at the box-office for “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” which earned $30.1 million to lead this weekend’s films. MOVIES: Fall preview urn:uuid:03d0e9cc-1c8f-42b8-9e69-3b6e24ba176e 2009-09-03T10:04:00-04:00 Hollywood might be telling its own life story this fall, presenting a lineup of liars, phonies, smooth talkers, bloodsuckers and greedy old men. MOVIES: Pitt, Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’ earns glorious $37.6M urn:uuid:5e5e0570-ad17-4bed-82c8-741a5456015e 2009-08-24T10:04:00-04:00 The war effort by Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt has paid off as their history lesson “Inglourious Basterds” claimed victory at the box office with a $37.6 million debut. MOVIES: ‘G.I. Joe’ rolls to box-office victory with $54.7M urn:uuid:7621ebf8-1b92-4512-b12a-b8ccc11dc54f 2009-08-11T09:43:00-04:00 “G.I. Joe” has claimed the box-office spoils of war with a $54.7 million opening weekend for the action flick based on the Hasbro toys.