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Box Office Breakdown: M:I-4 Continues to Outrun Competition
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases
Despite the major competition over the holiday weekend, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol took number 1 at the box office for the second week in a row with $29.6 million.
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows kept its number 2 spot with $21 million, while the family film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked moved up one spot to number 3 with $16.4 million. The highly-anticipated David Fincher film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was bumped down to number 4 with $14.8 million, and Steven Spielberg's War Horse rounded out the Top 5 at $14.4 million.
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David Cronenberg: ‘My Movies Are Irrelevant to Me’
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sony, Biopics, Drama, Celeb News, Filmmaking, New Releases
David Cronenberg feels his movies are "totally irrelevant" to him. The director - who is renowned for making films in the body horror genre, which explores people's fears of transformation - isn't worried if there are no links between any of his films because he sees them as standalone projects.
"The movies I have done are totally irrelevant to me - I don't worry about a connection because I'm making the movie and it will be there."
But in his latest directed movie A Dangerous Method - which tells the story of the intense relationship between psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and his psychoanalyst mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) - David thinks there is an association between the graphic nature of the motion picture and his other films: "You could say, well, Freud insisted on the reality of the human body at a time when people didn't want to know about the body and covered it up with many layers of clothes. Freud talked about penises and vaginas and anuses and excrement and child abuse and incest. That connects this movie to my other movies."
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Box Office Breakdown: Breaking Dawn Still Sparkling
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases
With no new major releases this past weekend, the Twi-hards were again able to secure the coveted box office top spot for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. At $16.9 million, the penultimate Twilight film has earned more than its predecessors in the third week.
The Muppets held on to its #2 spot at $11.2 million while Martin Scorcese's Hugo jumped from #5 to the #3 spot this week at $7.6 million after having been screened at an additional 500+ theaters. Holiday animated film Arthur Christmas maintained its #4 position with $7.3 million, and Happy Feet Two fell from #3 to #5 with $6 million.
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Box Office Breakdown: Breaking Dawn Sinks Teeth Into Competition
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases
Neither the classic Jim Henson characters of The Muppets nor the Black Friday events were enough to sway the effect that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 has on audiences everywhere! The vampire love story took the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, pulling in $41.6 million for the long Thanksgiving weekend -- bringing its box office total to $220.8 million.
Amy Adams and Jason Segel claimed the #2 spot at $29.2 million with The Muppets in its first week, bumping Happy Feet Two down to #3 with $13.4 million in its second week. The animated holiday film Arthur Christmas and Martin Scorcese's latest film Hugo took fourth and fifth with $12 million and $11.3 million, respectively.
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Paranormal Activity 3 Scares Off Competition
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Drama, Family, Horror, Music, Period, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Distribution, New Releases
Even though its predecessor received mixed reviews, Paranormal Activity 3 still managed to come out on top this past weekend, bumping last week's robot-packed action film Real Steel down to the #2 spot.
The sequel prequel horror film took in $54 million for its first week, which established the new record for largest Fall opening (September and October). Real Steel came in second at $11.3 million while the Footloose remake raked in $10.8 million, down one spot from its debut. Summit's The Three Musketeers pulled in $8.8 in its first week as George Clooney's film The Ides of March rounded out the top five at $4.9 million.
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Mila Kunis Was Comfortable With Naked Justin
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sony, Romance, Comedy, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, New Releases
Mila Kunis had "no problem" with Justin Timberlake taking his clothes off for their new film.
The pair - who are rumored to be dating - star together in new comedy Friends with Benefits, and while the actress admits some of their sex scenes were "uncomfortable," she says the friendship she has with her co-star helped put her at ease.
"I didn't have any problem with Justin taking his clothes off. But I'm incredibly insecure about my figure in my private life, let alone in front of 50 crew members. There was a lot of insecurity. There were awkward moments, but the great thing was that Justin and I were friends, so at least I was with someone I knew who was also uncomfortable."
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VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for Roman Polanski’s New Film
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Sony, Adaptation, Drama, Comedy, Trailers, Upcoming Releases
Talk about tension! Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Christoph Waltz humorously come together to bring the play The God of Carnage from the stage to the big screen in Roman Polanski's adaptation, Carnage.
The film is due in theaters December 16.
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Box Office Breakdown: Apes Fend Off Help
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista, New Line, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases
Despite the great reviews of Viola Davis' performance and Emma Stone's general adorable-ness, The Help fell a little short at the box office this weekend behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which makes it top at the box office for its second consecutive week.
The sci-fi reboot took in $27.8 million while the sixties period piece came close behind at $26 million in its first week. The fifth installment of the Final Destination series, Final Destination 5, made third place at $18 million and The Smurfs fell down to fourth place from its second place spot last week with $13.7 million. Lastly, the pizza boy comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride, 30 Minutes or Less, managed to debut in fifth place at $13.3 million.
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Box Office Breakdown: Green Lantern Fights Off Super 8
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Period, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office
Even though the buzz for Green Lantern fizzled at the reveal of its rather disappointing full-length trailer, Ryan Reynold's abs the superhero flick managed to fight off last week's box office winner, Super 8.
The DC comic book adaptation scored $53 million at the box office in its first week, while the J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg project Super 8 managed to finish second -- down from last week's top spot -- at $21.2 million . Jim Carrey's family comedy Mr. Popper's Penguins debuted in third place raking in $18.2 million, pushing last week's second place film X-Men: First Class -- the X-Men prequel starring James Mcavoy and Michael Fassbender -- to fourth with $11.5 million.
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Box Office: Rio Trumps Scream Sequel
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: 20th Century Fox, FOCUS, Sony, Animation, Biopics, Family, Horror, Sequels, Box Office, New Releases
Bloody carnage just doesn’t compare to animated fun… at least, not this weekend. Rio soared to the top of the box office results, earning $40 million during its opening weekend to leave all the horror flicks and feelgood films in the dust (by more than $20 million).
Scream 4, the highly-anticipated and long-awaited sequel, opened in the number 2 position. The star-studded horror flick earned $19.3 million over the weekend, far below expectations. Hop fell to third place with its $11.2 million weekend take.
Soul Surfer is down to fourth place, earning $7.4 million, and Hanna fell to fifth with $7.3.
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