film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
It’s Quentin Taratino’s biggest opening ever in Britain, too: 1. Inglourious Basterds: £3.6 million (NEW) 2. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £.92 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 3. G-Force: £.65 million (4th week; drops 30%) 4. Aliens in the Attic: £.64 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £.598 million (actual … more…
But it was a slow weekend overall last weekend: 1. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £1.4 million (NEW) 2. Aliens in the Attic: £1.3 million (NEW) 3. G-Force: £.94 million (3rd week; drops 23%) 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £.93 million 5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £.83 million (2nd week; drops 53%) … more…
The film earned back its budget — and then some — in three days: 1. District 9: $37.4 million (NEW) 2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $22.3 million (2nd week; drops 59%) 3. The Time Traveler’s Wife: $18.6 million (NEW) 4. Julie & Julia: $12 million (2nd week; drops 40%) 5. G-Force: $6.9 million … more…
It takes an ugly romantic comedy to best an action cartoon: 1. The Ugly Truth: £1.98 million (NEW) 2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £1.71 million (NEW) 3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £1.35 million (4th week; drops 54%) 4. G-Force: £1.22 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. The Proposal: £.76 million (3rd … more…
Joe’s ohs are lots of zeroes at the end of its weekend tally: 1. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $54.7 million (NEW) 2. Julie & Julia: $20 million (NEW) 3. G-Force: $9.9 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $8.9 million (4th week; drops 50%) 5. Funny People: $8 … more…
It’s just about two women doing something for themselves, for their own amusement and enlightenment, and not even to please their men — hell, they’re not even competing for the *same* man!
Okay, I know they’re guinea pigs, but that doesn’t alliterate with the boy wizard: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £2.9 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 2. G-Force: £2.5 million (NEW) 3. The Taking of Pelham 123: £1.8 million (NEW) 4. The Proposal: £1.5 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of … more…
It wasn’t a terribly happy opening for the Apatow/Sandler flick: 1. Funny People: $22.7 million (NEW) 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $17.9 million (3rd week; drops 39%) 3. G-Force: $17.5 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 4. The Ugly Truth: $13.2 million (2nd week; drops 52%) 5. Aliens in the Attic: $8 million (NEW) … more…
If there was a very small child whom I wanted to introduce to the magic of movies, I could do a lot worse than this harmless but rather cute action fantasy…
Armed guinea pigs beat Harry Potter? 1. G-Force: $31.7 million (NEW) 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $29.5 million (2nd week; drops 62%) 3. The Ugly Truth: $27.6 million (NEW) 4. Orphan: $12.9 million (NEW) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.4 million (4th week; drops 52%) actual numbers, not estimates Oh, god, … more…
