Weekend Box Office: Finding Dory Threepeats as Legend of Tarzan, Purge 3 Open High While BFG Bombs
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/03/16 at 08:33 PM CT
It is going to be a July 4th holiday weekend to remember, as the fireworks aren't going to be limited to your local show. Hollywood looks to be in good shape this year, as the holiday weekend is shaping up to 41% ahead of last year's numbers. Finding Dory continues to be the big draw, as families are still flocking to see the animated Juggernaut. But besides that both Tarzan and The Purge found …
New in Theaters July 01: The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan, Purge: Election Year
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/30/16 at 06:43 AM CT
It may be telling that the biggest fireworks over the July 4th box office aren't going to come from the newcomers, but rather Finding Dory. I suspect the animated sequel is going to continue to put up impressive numbers while director Steven Spielberg and the second Tarzan film of the year are looking at an uphill battle to win over audiences. Granted, there is also a timely horror movie coming …
Bad Moms, Storks and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/29/16 at 06:58 AM CT
After a few weeks of some pretty good bulletins, we have a shorter one this time around. Only two major releases are finding ratings glory - an ensemble, female-driven comedy that I think actually looks pretty fun from what I've seen and an animated film that gives a new meaning to word "delivery", I should be happy, I'm guessing next week everyone is going to be out for the 4th so I don't even …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of June 28-July 4
Harley Lond - wrote on 06/28/16 at 03:24 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Due this week from The Criterion Collection is one of the greatest films of all time, the Stanley Kubrick classic that helped launch the new American Cinema of the 1960s by seamlessly mixing satire, sex, violence, drama and irony in one delightful package: "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964). Kubrick’s painfully funny take on …
Weekend Box Office: Finding Dory Scores Huge Second Weekend, No Resurgence for Independence Day
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/26/16 at 07:25 PM CT
Coming in to this weekend, there was a good chance Finding Dory was going to repeat as champion. Not only did the Pixar sequel top the box office, it dominated the competition. In fact, outside the above-average performance of Black Lively's The Shallows, most of the new films were disappointing, to say the least. It was a sad weekend for Matthew McConaughey and Roland Emmerich as Independence …
New in Theaters June 24: Independence Day: Resurgence, Free State of Jones, The Shallows, Neon Demon
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/23/16 at 06:55 AM CT
It's going to be a crowded weekend for new movies, but it's probably Disney that is still going to come out on top as Finding Dory is likely to top all newcomers. Granted, two horror films, a historic period piece (even with action and Matthew McConaughey) and a sequel trying to ride a wave of nostalgia (ala Jurassic World) don't offer up the kind of competition that results in upsets. Even if …
Ghostbusters, The Infiltrator, Inferno and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/22/16 at 10:26 AM CT
A new week full of divisive new films getting non-divisive ratings. We have a remake of a beloved 80s classic that has drawn the ire of bull-hurt man-babies across the internets. We have yet another adaptation from author Dan Brown that is sure it be both lauded and ridiculed and, finally, the most normal film out of the bunch looks to be Bryan Cranston turning from Breaking Bad heel to skipping …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of June 21-June 27
Harley Lond - wrote on 06/21/16 at 03:07 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Jeff Nichols (just 37 years old) is on a winning streak. His first major film, the apocalyptic "Take Shelter" (2011), starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, about a husband and father who has terrifying visions and channels his fears into building a storm shelter, won tons of awards (including the Critics Week Grand Prize at Cannes), and scored high at Rotten …
Weekend Box Office: Finding Dory Nabs Record Opening, Central Intelligence Solid
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/19/16 at 07:49 PM CT
Finally, a weekend worth celebrating (even if you aren't Disney) as Finding Dory broke several records in its first place opening. Central Intelligence wasn't a slouch, either, as it took second place with strong numbers of its own. That meant, however, that the high-profile films of last week all took some bigger-than-expected drops - with Warcraft taking the harshest nosedive. In any case, …
New in Theaters June 17: Finding Dory, Central Intelligence
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/16/16 at 06:47 AM CT
There hasn't really been a true "blockbuster" yet this summer. Despite some big movies making it to the top of the box office: X-Men: Apocalypse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and The Conjuring 2 - not one of those really made the kind of impact that is going to be talked about. Plus you have major missteps from the likes of Alice Through the Looking Glass and Warcraft. But …
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