Box Office Breakdown: Weak Showing for Country Strong
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Music, Remakes, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
Gwyneth Paltrow's appearances on Glee, the Country Music Awards and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon couldn't help her film's performance at the box office.
Country Strong's first week in wide release strummed up less than $10 million over the past three days. The good news? The film only cost approximately $12 million to produce. In comparison, True Grit -- another film in its third week -- finally rode past Little Fockers for a first-place finish.
Meanwhile, Season of the Witch, the only other new entry in the Top Ten, fired up $10.6 million. That was enough to give the Nicolas Cage feature a third place debut.
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In Theaters This Weekend: January 7, 2011
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sony, Action, Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Music, Period, Comedy, Thrillers, New Releases, Trailers,
Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- Country Strong** (PG-13): starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund (directed by Shana Feste)
- Season of the Witch (PG-13): starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ulrich Thomsen (directed by Dominic Sena)
- Americatown* (NR): starring Jonathan Guggenheim, Cory Howard, Jon Stafford (directed by Kenneth Price)
- If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle* (NR): starring George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin (directed by Florin Serban)
- No One Killed Jessica* (NR): starring Vidya Balan, Rani Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma (directed by Raj Kumar Gupta)
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune* (NR): (directed by Kenneth Bowser)
- The Time That Remains* (NR): starring Ali Suliman, Ella Suleiman, Saleh Bakri (directed by Ella Suleiman)
In Theaters This Holiday Week: December 22, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Independent, Music, Remakes, Sequels, Comedy, Lists, New Releases, Trailers,
Here are a few selections in theaters this holiday week:
- Gulliver's Travels (PG): starring Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt (directed by Rob Letterman) **opens on Dec. 25**
- Little Fockers (PG-13): starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson (directed by Paul Weitz)
- True Grit (PG-13): starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin (directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
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VIDEO: Gwyneth Paltrow is Country Strong
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Independent, Music, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
If playing a washed up country singer could earn Jeff Bridges an Academy Award, what could it possibly do for Gwyneth Paltrow?
In Country Strong, Gwyneth plays Kelly Canter, a troubled musician who tries to get her career back with help from her husband/manager (played by real-life country star Tim McGraw). Paltrow, who previously demonstrated her vocal abilities in Duets, also does her own singing in this film.
The movie—which also features Tron: Legacy‘s Garrett Hedlund and Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester—opens in limited release on December 22.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: March 23, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Magnolia, Lionsgate, Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Animation, Biopics, Classics, Documentary, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Music, Period, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- The African Queen: DVD, Blu-ray
- Bigger Than Life: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Blind Side: DVD, Blu-ray
- Brothers: DVD, Blu-ray
- Damage: DVD
- Days of Heaven: Blu-ray
- Fantastic Mr. Fox: DVD, Blu-ray
- Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Men Who Stare at Goats: DVD, Blu-ray
- Red Cliff: DVD, Blu-ray
- The T.A.M.I. Show (Collector’s Edition): DVD
- Toy Story (Two-Disc Special Edition): DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Toy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition): DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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Box Office Breakdown: Avatar Makes It a Five-Peat
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists,
The Titanic has slowly started to take on water.
Over the holiday weekend, Avatar added another $54.6 million to its domestic total ($505 million), bringing it that much closer to The Dark Knight‘s second-place spot. The Golden Globe-winning film, which now stands at approximately $1.6 billion internationally ($200 million shy of Titanic), also became the first film since The Sixth Sense to win five straight weeks in a row.
Meanwhile, The Book of Eli - starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman - put up good numbers despite finishing in second place. Allen and Albert Hughes’ first movie since 2001’s From Hell raked in an impressive $38.4 million, giving Washington his second best debut ever. (American Gangster took in $43.6 million in 2007.) The receipts also made the film Warner Bros.’ best January opener to date.
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Box Office Breakdown: Avatar Leaps Further Up the Charts
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
Hear that sound? That’s Avatar knocking on Titanic‘s door.
Over the past three days, Fox’s sci-fi blockbuster padded another $50.3 million to its total, officially making it the top entry of 2009. (Sorry, Transformers!) The movie now stands directly behind Jim Cameron’s other film on the international charts ($1.34 billion compared to $1.84 billion) and is ranked 7th on the domestic charts. (The Dark Knight sits on that list at #2 with $533,345,358.)
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Box Office Breakdown: Avatar Dominating the Globe
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Music, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists,
An absence of new movies meant very little change for the overall box office standings. A lack of competition, though, meant lots of movement for Avatar.
Over the weekend, the sci-fi extravaganza packed an additional $68.5 million to its already-impressive domestic total. The figure - a record for any entry in its third week - brought the film that much closer to becoming one of the top domestic grossers ever. Avatar ($352.1 million) is now only days away from passing 10th place finisher Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith ($380.3 million).
Internationally, James Cameron is just a few rungs away from one of his other films. In just 17 days, the 20th Century Fox release has pulled in approximately $1.02 billion. That places Avatar behind only Titanic ($1.84 billion), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.12 billion) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1.07 billion).
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Box Office Breakdown: Sherlock, Avatar Both Winners
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Musicals, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists,
A collection of wide releases contributed to the biggest weekend for movies in box office history.
Over the past three days, theatergoers shelled out over $275 million—a good portion of that going to Avatar. Despite slightly disappointing results last week, an improvement in weather - and strong word of mouth - helped the sci-fi flick pack on another $75.2 million to its $212 million domestic total.
Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes debuted in second place with first place-like numbers. The Guy Ritchie directed-film started its run with a record breaking haul on Christmas Day, only to fall behind the sci-fi entry. But Warner Bros. really has nothing to complain about. Holmes still closed the weekend with $62.4 million in ticket sales.
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Box Office Breakdown: Avatar Stifled by Blizzard
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Music, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists,
How big could Avatar‘s debut really been? Thanks to a blizzard, we may never know. James Cameron’s first feature in 12 years pulled in approximately $77 million this weekend, enough to win first place but slightly lower than expectations. The movie, which was produced for around $310 million, never reached its full potential due to weather conditions on the East Coast.
As it was, the movie came in behind 2007’s I Am Legend for the best December opener ever. (The Will Smith film debuted to $77.2 million.) The 3D entry also ranked sixth - behind Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and New Moon - for domestic debuts this year.
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