Pete’s Dragon
Box Office Weekend: Suicide Squad Holds for Third Week
Suicide Squad may have been a critical dud, but the DC villains may be having the last laugh, holding onto first place for a third week in a row with an estimated $20.7 million weekend and $572.7 million in worldwide take. In second, Sausage Party remained a large draw for the R rated crowd with an estimated $15.3 million weekend and $65.3 million in domestic total, an excellent take so far for a ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Suicide Squad Takes Dive
Suicide Squad may not have had the momentum to carry over from its record breaking opening weekend (falling to a $43.8 million weekend estimate), but the movie has still managed to best its production costs as it crosses $465.4 million in worldwide gross. In the meantime, Sausage Party was not able to quite duplicate that feat with an estimated $33.6 million and the second-place spot, but at a mer...[Read More]
Movie Review: Pete’s Dragon
Disney has been on a hot streak lately with live adaptations of their classic animated films. Even though it was divisive, Alice in Wonderland can be seen as the one that started this whole trend as it went on to gross over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. Since then we have gotten last year’s charming (see what I did there) Cinderella, this year’s breathtaking Jungle Book, and next ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Can Seth Rogen Slay The Dragon?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is winding down to an end, and after another divisive summer blockbuster in Suicide Squad last week, this week is a little calmer with two moderate releases. First, there is the Disney fantasy flick in Pete’s Dragon, and then there is the unique animated R-rated movie in Saus...[Read More]