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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
It seems like everywhere I turned this week for movie news, it was all the same: So-and-so has signed on for a remake, a sequel, a prequel, a reboot, or a reimagining: Christopher Nolan is reinventing Superman… Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro are remaking Taxi Driver with Lars Von Trier… Wuthering Heights is getting the … more…
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
…as almost every other movie rakes in piles of dough, too: 1. Avatar: £5.9 million (3rd week; up 55%) 2. Sherlock Holmes: £3.4 million (2nd week; up 12%) 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £2.5 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 4. Did You Hear About the Morgans?: £1.2 million (NEW) 5. Nine: £.78 million … more…
And homegrown British films make good showings: 1. Avatar: £8.5 million (NEW) 2. St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold: £1.6 million (NEW) 3. A Christmas Carol: £1 million 4. Nativity!: £.58 million (4th week; drops 13%) 5. Planet 51: £.455 million (3rd week; drops 41%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar enjoyed the third … more…
And hardly any one heard about the Morgans: 1. Avatar: $77 million (NEW) 2. The Princess and the Frog: $12.2 million (2nd week in wide release; drops 50%) 3. The Blind Side: $10 million 4. Did You Hear About the Morgans?: $6.6 million (NEW) 5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $4.4 million actual numbers, not … more…
FOR THE TEAM EDWARD TWI-HARD/available now There are always way too many DVDs coming in than I possibly ever review, but since ’tis the season to be giving, I thought it was worth pointing out some of them to you, in case you’re stuck for gift ideas for the people on your list. (Or even … more…
…thanks to weak newcomers: 1. A Christmas Carol: £1.5 million 2. Where the Wild Things Are: £.883 million (NEW) 3. Planet 51: £.765 million (2nd week; drops 49%) 4. Paranormal Activity: £.759 million (3rd week; drops 59%) 5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: £.750 million (4th week; drops 54%) (actual numbers, not estimates) It’s not … more…
…but can it hold on through the holidays? 1. The Princess and the Frog: $24.2 million (NEW in wide release) 2. The Blind Side: $15.1 million (4th week; drops 25%) 3. Invictus: $8.6 million (NEW) 4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $8 million (4th week; drops 48%) 5. A Christmas Carol: $6.8 million actual numbers, … more…
And new openers tank: 1. Paranormal Activity: £1.8 million (2nd week; drops 49%) 2. A Christmas Carol: £1.7 million 3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: £1.6 million (3rd week; drops 62%) 4. Planet 51: £1.5 million (NEW) 5. Law Abiding Citizen: £.99 million (2nd week; drops 33%) (actual numbers, not estimates) The best a new … more…
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