If you use a computer and like movies it’s a pretty sure bet you’ve heard about The Internet Movie Data Base (or IMDB for short). While IMDB is great for many things movie related, to see how a movie did at the box office, I head on over to Box Office Mojo.

Box Office Mojo is a movie portal with a simple and clean, almost basic HTML design. You can find out showtimes in your area, upcoming releases, movie news, how many theaters a movie is being shown at and there are also forums you can talk about films.

It’s strength however, and the reason I use it is box office returns. Want to know how a movie did/is doing at the box office? Go on down to Box Office Mojo and find out. You’ll not only get a breakdown of total receipts (domestic and foreign) but you can also get it broken down by daily or weekend box office results. Besides box office take, they also tell you how much a movie’s production budget was so you can see just how good a movie did/ is doing.

Want to bet your friends that Evolution, that horrible 1991 flick didn’t make any money? Bet your friends $20 and then take them to Box Office Mojo and find out you lost $20. Sad but true. (It made $18 million over it’s production budget.)

It’s by far the simplest and easiest site to see how much money a movie has made/is making. And best of all it’s not an ad-laden, graphic-heavy, flash festival either so the pages load fast! fast! fast!

Head on over and give it a try. And if there are other similar sites you use, please share them here.