New Year’s Box Office: “Mission: Impossible” Reigns Again
January 2, 2012
Claiming the pole position for the second straight week, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” finds itself perched in the top spot at the box office to begin the New Year’s weekend of December 30, 2011 – January 1, 2012.
The Tom Cruise and Paula Patton fronted action film pulled in $10.7 million on Friday and $8.7 million on Saturday while expected to bring in a solid total of $28.2 million during its third weekend of release. Read more
“Breaking Dawn” tops holiday weekend box office
November 27, 2011
Vampires feasted at the Thanksgiving weekend box office, bringing the newest “Twilight” movie its second win in a row over a strong comeback for “The Muppets” and other family fare that filled theaters. Read more
Puss in Boots Tops Eddie Murphy’s Tower Heist at Box Office
November 7, 2011
Puss in Boots has pawed its way to the top of the box office for the second week in a row!
The animated kiddie flick, featuring the voices of Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas, raked in $33 million in box office receipts to maintain the top sales spot in its second week in theaters. Read more
‘Shrek’ spinoff ‘Puss in Boots’ tops box office
October 31, 2011
The “Shrek” spinoff “Puss in Boots” landed on all fours, opening with an estimated $34 million to lead the box office.
The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, proved the popular character voiced by Antonio Banderas was a big enough draw outside the “Shrek” franchise.
The PG-rated “Puss in Boots” scored with family audiences on the weekend before Halloween, and also drew a large Hispanic crowd, which made up 35 percent of its audience. Read more
New Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for October 18, 2011
October 18, 2011
Here are the movies and television shows that are newly available on Blu-ray and DVD for October 18, 2011. Some of the highlights include: Bad Teacher (Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel), a fifteen disc, four movie Blu-ray release of Pirates of the Caribbean (Johnny Depp), and Red State, a thriller written and directed by Kevin Smith. Read more
“Real Steel” beats “Footloose” to win box office
October 17, 2011
The boxing robots of “Real Steel” had better footwork at the ticket window than the kids in the remake of the 1980s dance classic “Footloose” and held on to the domestic box-office title for a second straight week. Read more
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D Poster Revealed
October 13, 2011
George Lucas’ Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, originally released in late May of 1999, will be re-released in digital 3D in theaters everywhere starting February 10th early next year. This is the first of six planned re-releases for the entire Star Wars saga, progressing in numerical order (that is, as long as this one is a success). Read more
Robert Downey Jr. to star in The Accidental Genius
October 13, 2011
Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in The Accidental Genius for Warner Bros.
The film deals with a man whose intelligence increases dramatically after he awakens from a coma and begins having visions that lead him to join forces with another man in the effort to solve a global mystery. Read more
Johnny Depp’s ‘Lone Ranger’ now rides again, schedules May 31 2013 release
October 13, 2011
Maybe there’ll be a little less silver in those bullets, but The Lone Ranger has cut costs enough for Disney to give the movie the green light. Disney announced today that the film is back on track, and the new release date is May 31, 2013. “Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski are such a talented combination and we’re thrilled to get back to work with them on The Lone Ranger,” a Disney spokesperson said. Read more
NEW Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
Here is the complete list of Blu-ray and DVD releases for October 11, 2011. Some highlights from the list are: Horrible Bosses (Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Colin Farrell), Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard), and Zookeeper (Kevin James, Rosario Dawson). Read more
