Cinema smarts

With ticket prices hitting as high as $10 at the local cineplex— more if you want to see a movie in IMAX or 3-D —taking a date or a family to the movies isn’t cheap these days.

'The Grey' tops box office with $20 mil

Liam Neeson, fighter of wolves, may be the closest thing the box office has to an alpha male.

'The Grey' tops box office with $20 million

Liam Neeson, fighter of wolves, may be the closest thing the box office has to an alpha male.

'The Grey' is No. 1 movie: $20M

By John Young Liam Neeson flexes box office muscle as an action-film lead; ''One for the Money'' opens at No. 3 ($11.8M)

Box office update: Liam Neeson’s ‘The Grey’ leads the way with $6.5 mil

Liam Neeson’s late-career transformation into an action star continued as the 59-year-old actor’s latest thriller, The Grey, took a bite