Guardians of the Galaxy 2. February 2. 2nd, 2. The Oscar ceremony is tonight and we will be live blogging the winners. I dont get bored and wander away. On a serious note, while my job is all about movies and I love watching movies, I love paying attention to box office numbers, I even love Awards Season. The Boxtrolls summary of box office results, charts and release information and related links. Note This chart shows all movies from a specific studio where grosses are available. Because box office was not widely tracked prior. A family event movie from the creators of Coraline and ParaNorman that introduces audiences to a new breed of family The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky. I hate ceremonies. As per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but dont think will win, are Underlined. The Boxtrolls Theater Movie ' title='The Boxtrolls Theater Movie ' />There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award were not even nominated, plus a few I dont have a real opinion on. More. February 1. The Writers Guild of America winners were just announced and there wasnt a lot of surprises to talk about, but enough interesting things happened that it wasnt boring. More. February 2nd, 2. There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top twenty on the Blu ray sales chart this week, but we did have a new film on top. Gone Girl earned first place with 3. Blu ray share of 4. This isnt bad, for a thriller. More. February 2nd, 2. Gone Girl led the new releases on the DVD sales chart with sales of 4. This is a good start for the film and probably enough to get to 1 million units before it is done. Eventually. More. January 2. 4th, 2. Left Behind led the new releases on the DVD chart, at least in terms of units sold, with 2. Its sales for the week were 2. This is not great for a first run release, but not bad compared to the films box office. It is also much better than its opening on Blu ray. More. January 2. The first set of new releases for Blu ray didnt result in a change at the top, as The Equalizer remained on top of the chart during its sophomore stint. Over the week, it sold 1. This gives it a two week Blu ray share of 5. It does have a slightly older target demographic, so that explains why it isnt as good as say. More. January 2. We are getting back to weekly home market analysis this weekend, but before we do that, lets have a brief look at the home market in 2. The overall winner was Frozen, which just destroyed the competition. It sold more Blu rays 7. The Hunger Games Catching Fire sold total units, and had more combined sales than the next three best selling films. It is the second best selling Blu ray off all time and will soon top Avatar for first place. Additionally, the film surpassed 1. DVDs sold by a significant margin at 1. More. January 1. The Oscar nominations were announced early in the morning, when all sensible people were asleep. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led by Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, while The Imitation Game was right behind with eight. More. January 1. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. For instance, Birdman didnt lead the way. In fact, it was a comedy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, that earned the most nominations at 1. Granted, Birdman and The Theory of Everything were tied for second place with ten each, but it is still strange to see a comedy leading the way. More. January 1. The Writers Guild of America nominations were latest to be announced, but were there any real surprisesYes. Birdman didnt get a nomination, but Guardians of the Galaxy did. More on that later. Besides those two films, there are not a lot of surprises here and the usual contenders are present, including Boyhood and The Imitation Game, but there are also some other notable films missing. Watch The Secret World Of Arrietty Online. More. December 9th, 2. It is a very shallow week on the home market. Granted, Guardians of the Galaxy is coming out this week on DVD or 3. D Blu ray Combo Pack and it would be a clear contender for Pick of the Week even on the busiest of week. However, after that, there is a sharp decline in quality. Calvary and Dead Snow 2 Red vs. Dead are two very different movies, but both are contenders for Pick of the Week. In the end, I went with Guardians of the Galaxy as the Pick of the Week. More. December 8th, 2. At the moment, Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest grossing film released in 2. Mockingjay, Part 1 still has a chance of catching it, depending on how well it does over Christmas. It is also one the the best reviewed wide releases of 2. As a fan of Marvel Comics in general and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in particular, I had very high hopes for this film. Was the buzz warranted Or was this a case of too much hype More. November 2. This Thursday is Thanksgiving, which means this is Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and a ton of shopping. It also means the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. Over the next month, we will talk about TV on DVD releases, independent releases, foreign language releases, classics, etc. Major Movie Releases. These are first run releases, franchise box sets, etc. In some ways, this is better than last year, as there were a wider number of big releases that would make great gifts. However, in other ways it is much weaker. I cant think of a single big franchise box set that came out this year. There are some smaller ones, like the Halloween. Box Set, but while the franchise has lasted ten installments and 3. Fortunately, there were plenty of great films to come out this year, starting with what is currently the biggest hit of the year. More. October 2. Annabelle rose from fifth to first place on the international market with 2. Obviously there will be another installment in this franchise. This past weekend, the film dominated Latin America earning first place in Mexico with 7. This was double the original films opening in that market. The film also earned top spot in Argentina 1. Peru 1. 3 million. The film was pushed into second place in Brazil, but still managed 2. More. October 2. Not only did Guardians of the Galaxy return to top spot on the international chart this past weekend, it reached two major milestones along the way. Over the weekend, it pulled in 2. The film earned 3. China, but that was for the full week, giving it 6. The film has yet to open in Italy and it might have a shot at 8. More. October 1. Dracula Untold rose to first place with 3. This weeks biggest new market was Russia, where it pulled in first place with 9. It opened in second place in South Korea with 2. Mexico led the holdovers with 2. More. October 1st, 2. The Maze Runner easily won the race for top spot on the international chart with 2. This is already enough to cover its production budget, so the studio should be very, very happy. The film remained in first place in South Korea with 4. It also topped the charts in Russia with 3. The film has yet to open in Italy, the U. K., Germany, France, Japan, and others. It should surpass 2. That is excellent for a film that cost 3. More. September 3. The Equalizer easily won the race for the top of the box office chart this weekend earning almost as much as the next two films combined. Those next two films were The Maze Runner and The Boxtrolls, both of which exceeded expectations, albeit by tiny margins. The strength of these three films helped the overall box office reach 1. On the other hand, this was 2 lower than the same weekend last year. Year to date, 2. However, it is nearly 4. It is technically possible for 2. October is a really strong month at the box office. It wont be. More. September 2. 4th, 2. Just as it did on the domestic chart, The Maze Runner earned first place on the international chart. It did so with 3. Its biggest market was Russia, where it placed first with 5. South Korea was close behind with 4. It also earned first place in Australia with 3. The final major market debut of the weekend was Brazil, where it earned first place with 1.