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Box Office Weekend: Jungle Book Remains Top Banana
Disney provided a second week of first place entertainment, as The Jungle Book remained the big winner at the box office with an estimated $60.9 million; it towered over the competition and has brought in $191.5 million domestic gross and $528.5 million worldwide. The Huntsman: Winter’s War came in second, but it was not a close second with an estimated $20.1 million. While it may try to bre...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War
It’s easy to forget about 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman. Even though the film went on to gross nearly $400 million worldwide and was moderately received, it got lost in the shuffle of other huge blockbusters like The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hunger Games, and Skyfall. It was just not very memorable, and although the announcement of a sequel from Universal was not very surprising, ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Strong Opening Chapter for The Jungle Book
It may have a $175 million budget to make up, but Jon Favreau has directed another winner for Disney as The Jungle Book opened with an estimated $103.6 million. It was certainly a “cut above” the estimated $20.2 million for Barbershop: The Next Cut, but both films have benefited from strong critical praise…praise lacking for third-place finisher The Boss, which slipped from its first-place p...[Read More]