Weekend Box Office: Gravity Continues Record Setting Run, Captain Phillips a Strong Second
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/13/13 at 10:41 PM CT
After an impressive opening weekend, it looks like audiences are still attracted to Gravity. And it turns out there is room for two adult dramas as Tom Hanks found out with one of his best openings in five years. All in all it was a very strong October weekend - even if most of the fireworks were made by the top three films (leaving scraps for the rest). It also meant the weekend was down about …
New in Theaters Oct. 11: Captain Phillips, Machete Kills
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/10/13 at 10:52 AM CT
Last weekend Gravity pulled in a record October opening - helped in large part by a monster 3D/IMAX showing. I have a feeling that we're going to see a repeat of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney making the best of a bad situation up in space as the two newcomers aren't likely to attract nearly as much attention. While one is serious and has a major star, the other is the complete opposite, an …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of October 8-14
Harley Lond - wrote on 10/07/13 at 09:52 PM CT
THIS WEEK'S THEATRICAL RELEASES:
"The Purge" combines the best of several thriller genres all in one fairly tightly directed and acted outing: there's the near-futuristic "Clockwork Orange" violence-for-violence's- sake scenario, a home-invasion-by-strangers attack, and a "Straw Dogs's" fight-back retaliation. In the near future, in order to reduce crime in America, the government has …
Weekend Box Office: Gravity Attracts Record October Opening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/06/13 at 10:07 PM CT
Although the box office was bit down compared to the same period last year (by about 13%), you can bet that didn't matter much to Alfonso Cuarón, George Clooney or Sandra Bullock. It turns out that with a nice marketing effort, tremendous buzz and spectacular audience response, you have the perfect storm for box office success. While demographics always seem to point to the coveted young adult …
New in Theaters Oct. 04: Gravity, Runner Runner, Metallica: Through the Never
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/03/13 at 07:08 AM CT
Families drove the box office last weekend, helping Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs 2 take the fourth-highest opening for any September film. But now September is behind us and October is here. We start the month off with a couple of heavy hitters and some heavy metal to boot. Considering Cloudy 2 is still the only fresh family film out there, it is bound to have some staying power - but will …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of October 1-7
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/30/13 at 07:49 PM CT
THIS WEEK'S THEATRICAL RELEASES:
Every once in a while a comedy comes along that pushes the boundaries of what one expects in a movie. "Pink Flamingos," "The Life of Brian," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Borat" and "The Hangover" come to mind. Now add to the list "This Is the End," an outrageous, raunchy comedy directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring a bevy of Hollywood …
Weekend Box Office: Cloudy 2 Devours the Competition
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/29/13 at 09:47 PM CT
Although the last weekend of September was a bit down compared to last year, overall the month will go down as better than 2012. While there were a lot of new films to choose from, it was the family crowd who decided the winner while drama and romance only had mild success by comparison. October is likewise going to open with some heavy dramatic hitters, so the adult-oriented films better take …
New in Theaters Sept. 27: Rush, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Baggage Claim, Don Jon
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/26/13 at 09:12 AM CT
It's going to be a busy weekend as, after a few weeks of seeing on a couple new wide release films, this time we get four. Luckily, all four are going after a very different audience but I still think there are only going to be a couple real winners this weekend, which means some films are going to be left behind. At least one film has my interest for sure and will be the first film in awhile …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 24-30
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/24/13 at 01:56 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S THEATRICAL RELEASES:
"Iron Man 3": I was no fan of the first two "Iron Man" movies; I found snarky wealthy industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and his tin-man-without-a-heart persona rather annoying and the action all too metallic and overwhelming; there just wasn't enough reality to the films. Of course I was in the minority. But that's been rectified by this outing, …
Weekend Box Office: Prisoners Locks Up the Top Spot
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/22/13 at 09:30 PM CT
As with many past Septembers, this weekend can be counted as one of the slower weekends of the year as the top 12 films brought in just $75.5 million. That is just about on par with the same weekend last year. Still, even though there might not have been as many people out and about, that doesn't mean there weren't a few bright spots over the weekend. Both wide and limited release brought good …
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