Director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) is back to work thoroughly creeping out audiences everywhere once again in Insidious: Chapter 2, the follow up to his low-budget Insidious (2011). The original film was made for $1.5 million and made $100 million, making it one of the most profitable films of that year. You would probably assume that due to the overwhelming success of the first film, the sec...[Read More]
It’s one thing to have a slightly down weekend; it’s another to be blown so far out of the water to not even be funny. Rio slipped to second place this week with $14.4 million, not bad for a third week. Shame it can’t even begin to compare to the fantastic weekend debut of Fast Five. The action blockbuster with Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker made an astounding $83.6 million, and nearl...[Read More]
Apparently it pays to not only be 3D and kid-friendly, but have three letters in your title. Just as Hop did not too long ago, Rio holds the top spot for a second week in a row. Its take isn’t as big as last week’s (only a “paltry” $26.8 million), but it was enough to keep it solidly in its top spot, above newcomers Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ($25.8 million) and Water for Elephants ($1...[Read More]
After two weeks on top, Hop finds itself lagging behind another family friendly CG film, and one decidedly much less friendly. Rio, the story of a macaw from Minnesota who finds himself in hot water when he visits Rio de Janeiro, made it to the top spot with $40 million. Not doing so well? The #2 spot, the debut of Scream 4 (or Scre4m, depending on your tolerance for numbers in titles), which didn...[Read More]