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As in the U.S., the U.K. debut of The Day the Earth Stood Still looks good at first glance, but it pales next to, say, last week’s bow of Madagascar 2… or even this second weekend of that animated flick, even after it took a big drop: 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still: £2.8 … more…
That’s the only way to explain it. In the U.K. last weekend, people flocked to see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and not so much else: 1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: £6.3 million (NEW) 2. Four Christmases: £1.5 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 3. Transporter 3: £.96 million (NEW) 4. Changeling: £.721 million (2nd week; drops … more…
Looks like Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are mightier than James Bond on both sides of the Atlantic: 1. Four Christmases: £2.3 million (NEW) 2. Quantum of Solace: £1.5 million 3. Changeling: £1.2 million (NEW) 4. Body of Lies: £.5 million (2nd week; drops 48%) 5. My Best Friend’s Girl: £.3 million (2nd week; drops … more…
The holiday weekend started early this year. These are the kinds of numbers we usually see over a long weekend, when kids are off from school and adults are off from work and everyone’s in a mood to see a movie, not a regular ol’ weekend, and particularly one over which, you might think, people … more…
James Bond is burning up the U.S./Canadian box office just like he has been all around the world. What a shock: 1. Quantum of Solace: $67.5 million (NEW) 2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $35 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 3. Role Models: $11. million (2nd week; drops 42%) 4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: … more…
Last week’s box office prognostications for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’s opening weekend were optimistic, but there seemed to be near universal agreement that $60 million would be a stretch for the flick. Well: 1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $63.5 million (NEW) 2. Role Models: $19.3 million (NEW) 3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: $9.3 … more…
You have to give them credit, whoever came up with idea of blowing regular ol’ movies up to IMAX size, because it has brought back to movie theaters the kind of spectacle we simply can’t reproduce at home, not even with plasma widescreens and blu-ray players. I saw *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* in IMAX: It. Is. Jaw-droppingly. Gorgeous.
How’s this for a movie marathon? On December 12 in New York and Los Angeles, IFC Films will release the “full roadshow version” of Che, Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic of Che Guevara, for which star Benicio Del Toro won the Best Actor award at Cannes this year. On Friday, I’m gonna sit through all five … more…
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