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I’ve just come from enduring some truly cold and deeply unmoving CGI FX in The Last Airbender. Sterile, inorganic, lifeless… I haven’t seen anything so lackluster since Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. And Jonah Hex. And Clash of the Titans. And Alice in Wonderland. And — oh yeah — last night, when I … more…
Today, Tim Burton’s baroque and pointless adaptation of Alice in Wonderland will cross the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office receipts, as The Hollywood Reporter noted the other day. It’s notable, too, as the first of the billionaire movies to have opened not in the summer season or at Christmastime but in spring. (The … more…
We should have been so lucky. The U.K. box numbers are out, and Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood fared much better on its nominal home ground (for all the Brit involvement, it’s still an American-funded production keyed to a Hollywood mindset). It earned £5.8 million this past weekend, the third best opening weekend for a film … more…
Hilarious headline in the Onion this week: Ridley Scott Trades Russell Crowe To Tim Burton For Johnny Depp And though I hate to quote an entire story, this one is so short: HOLLYWOOD, CA—Directors Ridley Scott and Tim Burton traded their favorite actors Wednesday, closing a deal in which Scott received Johnny Depp and Burton … more…
And it’s deja vu for the rest of the top five: 1. Clash of the Titans: £2.4 million (2nd week; drops 57%) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 71%) 3. Kick-Ass: £1.19 million (2nd week; drops 69%) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £1.18 million (3rd week; drops 55%) … more…
But 3D isn’t necessary to kick ass: 1. Clash of the Titans: £5.7 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £4.8 million (NEW) 3. Kick-Ass: £3.9 million (NEW) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £2.6 million (2nd week; up 1 percent) 5. Alice in Wonderland: £1.3 million (actual numbers, not estimates) Just looking … more…
And crap reigns supreme in general: 1. Clash of the Titans: $61.2 million (NEW) 2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too: $29.3 million (NEW) 3. How to Train Your Dragon: $29 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 4. The Last Song: $16 million (NEW) 5. Alice in Wonderland: $8.2 million actual numbers, not estimates … more…
And Sandra Bullock dropkicks previous football flicks: 1. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £2.6 million (NEW) 2. Alice in Wonderland: £2.5 million (4th week; drops 48%) 3. The Blind Side: £1.3 million (NEW) 4. Shutter Island: £1.1 million (3rd week; drops 37%) 5. The Bounty Hunter: £.99 million (2nd week; drops 52%) (actual numbers, … more…
…but not as high as it might have: 1. How to Train Your Dragon: $43.7 million (NEW) 2. Alice in Wonderland: $17.7 million (4th week; drops 48%) 3. Hot Tub Time Machine: $14 million (NEW) 4. The Bounty Hunter: $12 million (2nd week; drops 42%) 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: $10.1 million (2nd week; … more…
But will the unstoppable movie be stopped next week? 1. Alice in Wonderland: £4.8 million (3rd week; drops 34%) 2. The Bounty Hunter: £2.1 million (NEW) 3. Shutter Island: £1.8 million (2nd week; drops 19%) 4. I Love You Phillip Morris: £1.1 million (NEW) 5. Green Zone: £1 million (2nd week; drops 51%) (actual numbers, … more…
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