Inferno movie review: let’s run through the museum!
Completely absurd, ultimately pointless, but also gloriously goofy: a Nancy Drew mystery with Scooby-Doo overtones and a thin veneer of bookishness.
Angels and Demons
U.K. box office: ‘Up’ opens in the stratosphere
I really wish the U.K. box office numbers were available earlier in the week…: 1. Up: £6.4 million (NEW) 2. Zombieland: £1.2 million (NEW) 3. The Invention of Lying: £1.1 million (2nd week; drops 38%) 4. Fame: £.91 million (3rd week; drops 49%) 5. Love Happens: £.56 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not estimates) Unsurprisingly, the … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ doesn’t fall
Just a quick look at last weekend as we head into this one: 1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: £8.3 million (NEW) 2. The Hangover: £2.2 million (2nd week; drops 30%) 3. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £.82 million 4. Terminator Salvation: £.8 million (3rd week; drops 59%) 5. Angels & Demons: … more…
U.K. box office: ‘The Hangover’ hits Britain
Though not quite as strongly as it did North America: 1. The Hangover: £3.19 million (NEW) 2. Terminator Salvation: £1.95 million (2nd week; drops 72%) 3. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £1.08 million (4th week; drops 55%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: £.53 million (3rd week; drops 53%) 5. Angels & Demons: … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Terminator Salvation’ biggest opening of the year
Machines rule: 1. Terminator Salvation: £6.9 million (NEW) 2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £2.4 million (3rd week; up 18%) 3. Drag Me to Hell: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 33%) 4. Angels & Demons: £1.1 million (4th week; up 2%) 5. Star Trek: £.85 million (5th week; drops 2%) (actual numbers, … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Night at the Museum 2’ clings to No. 1
Mom! He’s still on my side of the museum! 1. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £2.1 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 2. Drag Me to Hell: £1.9 million (NEW) 3. Angels & Demons: £1 million (3rd week; drops 57%) 4. Star Trek: £.87 million (4th week; drops 47%) 5. 12 Rounds: £.33 … more…
North American box office: ‘Up’ up and away
Pixar triumphs again. Is there anything they can’t sell us? 1. Up: $68.1 million (NEW) 2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $24.4 million (2nd week; drops 55%) 3. Terminator Salvation: $16.4 million (2nd week; drops 61%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: $15.8 million (NEW) 5. Star Trek: $12.6 million (4th week; drops … more…
opening in the U.K. May 29: ‘Drag Me to Hell,’ ‘Obsessed,’ ‘12 Rounds,’ ‘Jonas Brothers,’ more
Drag Me to Hell: “I welcome the dead into my soul.” Go on, say it — it’s easy! Obsessed: Bitches be crazy. It’s all you need to know. 12 Rounds: John Cena thinks he’s Bruce Willis in Die Hard. It’s so cute, really. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience: “And three brothers shall walk among … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Night at the Museum 2’ wins big, sort of
It didn’t have to compete with Terminator Salvation in Britain, but it still didn’t do quite as well as in North America: 1. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £4.2 million (NEW) 2. Angels & Demons: £2.5 million (2nd week; drops 59%) 3. Star Trek: £1.6 million (3rd week; drops 53%) 4. X-Men … more…
North American box office: museum guard trounces Terminator
These holiday shortened weeks seem to disappear twice as fast as the regular ones, even though they’re only one day shorter. How is it practically the weekend again already?: 1. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $70.1 million (NEW) 2. Terminator Salvation: $51.9 million (NEW) 3. Star Trek: $29.4 million (3rd week; drops … more…
