Weekend Box Office: Big Take for Marvel, McFarlane, and Pixar
Talk about winning streaks…Marvel, already rolling in dough with its major success of The Avengers, opened The Amazing Spider-Man on an off-kilter Tuesday debut. Turns out they may not have needed it: even without that extra cash, it entered at number one on the list with an estimated $65 million. But besides breaking records for Tuesday openers, it actually managed to best its reported $230 milli...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
There are those that will never be happy with reboots or changes to beloved franchises. Already, The Amazing Spider-Man has been attacked for starting Spider-Man’s story anew once again, despite only ten years having passed since Sam Raimi first helmed Spider-Man and five years since the final entry with Tobey Maguire in the lead role (never mind that no one complained about Christopher Nolan’s Ba...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: Bears Big at the Box Office as Ted and Brave Take Two of Top Three Spots
Seth McFarlane’s name is gold, whether its on his three TV shows on FOX or in the theaters, as his comedy Ted did quite well for itself in its debut weekend. The adventures of the walking, talking, R-rated teddy bear made an estimated $54.1 million (already making back its $50 million budget), and is getting positive reviews as well. So is the second place finisher, Magic Mike, which made an even ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Pixar Need Not Be Scared with the Performance of Brave
Put Pixar’s name on practically anything and you are guaranteed success at the box office…even the critically panned Cars 2 made over $550 million worldwide. So it should be no surprise to see their newest entry, Brave, make a solid opening weekend with an estimated $66.7 million. Though not earning quite the high praise of earlier Pixar efforts, it is far and away better reviewed than the aforeme...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: A Week Later and Little Has Changed
The Father’s Day weekend belonged to last week’s top draws as Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Prometheus remained in the top spots, earning an estimated $35.5 million and $20.2 million, respectively. While both experienced significant drops from last week, both have done quite well in the domestic market and abroad, Madagascar 3 pulling in $277.5 million and Prometheus a solid $217.5 millio...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: In the Battle of the Franchises, Who Will Win? Alien or Madagascar?
With two big, very hyped contenders coming out this weekend, it is no surprise that they would score big, but which of them would come out the winner? As it turns out, family fun did…Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted took the top spot with a projected $60.4 million, while Prometheus, the sort-of prequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien, settled for second with an estimated $50 million. While both films ha...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Fantasy Duo Beats Sci-Fi Duo as Snow White and the Huntsman Wins Over Men in Black III
Despite overtaking first place from The Avengers, Men in Black III did not stay on top for long…the sci-fi action-comedy fell to secondnd with an estimated $29.3 million. First place went to Snow White and the Huntsmen, which, despite critical panning, hit a note with audiences with an estimated $56.2 million debut…far below its $170 million budget, but certainly a strong opening (and better than ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
In my more recent weekly box office columns, I pointed out a few times that British-based Aardman Animation has yet to find much success across the Atlantic except in very rare cases. Its initial full-length feature Chicken Run and the movie adaptation of their greatest claim to fame, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit remain the most popular and financially successful of the compan...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Men in Black III Leads Memorial Day Pack
It was bound to be dethroned sometime, and The Avengers finally found its match in Men in Black III. Will Smith and Josh Brolin as Tommy Lee Jones have been scoring better than average reviews and made an estimated $70 million in box office over the four-day weekend (especially good considering the three-day take was the best opening of all three films in the series, with an estimated $55 million)...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Avengers Sink Battleship
It is not quite Memorial Day yet, but the studios have released their big guns early, with Men in Black 3 remaining the only major May blockbuster to be released next weekend. However, it will still face stiff competition from The Avengers, which handily held onto the top spot with an estimated $55.1 million this weekend, and likely to be a major contender over the holiday weekend. However, it may...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Avengers on Top Again, Casts Long Shadow Over Johnny Depp and Dark Shadows
The Avengers stood quite tall once again this weekend…still losing quite a bit of revenue from last week, but when last week’s haul ended up being well over $200 million ($207.4 million to be exact), an estimated $103.2 million this week is quite the success story. It also is the fastest film to reach $350 million, earning over $373.1 million in domestic ticket sales. However, it did not beat the ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Avengers Smash Box-Office Records!
What is the shortest amount of time a film has taken to make $200 million? Well, with the release of The Avengers, the answer is three days. No other film even came close to the big budget comic book film this week, which has not only garnered rave reviews from critics, but enough box-office green to make it an absolute smash. Having made an estimated $200.3 million its opening weekend (making it ...[Read More]