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Weekend Box-Office: Transformers: Dark of the Moon Reigns Supreme!
Opening a film on a Wednesday, during a holiday weekend, can really give you a leg up…Transformers: Dark of the Moon did a fine job bringing in ticket sales, even if its critical reception left a lot to be desired. During the 4-day weekend, it made $116.4 million (and $181.1 million including the Wednesday and Thursday receipts). Not only is it the highest-earning film opening on Independence Day ...[Read More]
Interview with Selena Gomez, star of Monte Carlo
Selena Gomez has been acting since she was just seven years old when she made her debut on Barney & Friends. After starring in enough TV shows and films for Disney she earned the “Disney Kid” moniker. Then, a recurring role on Hannah Montana led to a starring role on the hit series Wizards of Waverly Place. Ms. Gomez has also dabbled in the field of music, recently releasing her third album. L...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Cars 2 Revs Up the Green
From boom to bust…Green Lantern was handily dethroned atop the box office by two newcomers. Cars 2 led the contention this weekend, the Disney/Pixar production showing a strong opening with $68 million for the top spot. Behind it came the Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher with $31 million. Both films are receiving poor grades, remarkable especially for Cars 2, considering Pixar’s almost stellar trac...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Green Lantern Brings in the Green
As one superhero falls, another rises to take his place. Thor may have just slipped off the Top Ten, but the number one film of the weekend was Green Lantern, with $52.7 million. The $200 million blockbuster suffers from poor reviews and, despite the 3D ticket sales, managed to take in less than 2D-only fourth-place finisher X-Men: First Class (garnering $11.5 million this weekend) made three week...[Read More]
Win Passes to an Advance Screening of Page One: Inside the New York Times
Landmark Theatres, Magnolia Pictures, and CinemaNerdz are pleased to offer you and a guest a chance to see an advance screening of Page One: Inside the New York Times, an unprecedented, up-close look at the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. The screening will take place on Monday, June 27 at 7:00 pm at Landmark’s Maple Art Theatre, in Bloomfield Hills, Michiga...[Read More]
Top 20 Comic Book Characters That Need a Movie Adaptation
The summer of 2011 has quickly become the “Summer of the Comic Book Movie.” The God of Thunder has already graced the silver screens in Thor and the latest X-flick, X-Men: First Class, is a success (though not as much as earlier entries in the series). Moviegoers will soon be bombarded with big-budget big-screen adaptations of Captain America and the Green Lantern as well. In total, there are more...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Super 8 Rolling Into First
Not really much of a surprise, considering the names attached to the project; Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams monstrous Super 8 took on all challengers and earned the top spot this week, with $37 million…a bit of a drop from last week’s top earner X-Men: First Class, which dropped to 2nd place with $25 million. On the other hand, Super 8 has the distinct advantage of costing nearly a third as muc...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: X-Men: First Class Earning Top Marks
It’s the post-Memorial Day crunch, and boy, are the top earners from last week mostly feeling the burn. To begin, X-Men: First Class took the weekend’s top spot with $56 million. Despite glowing reviews from critics and theater-goers alike, this top spot is actually weak earnings for the X-Men franchise; accounting for inflation, it made less money in its opening weekend than the original X-Men di...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Hangover Part II Hangs Over All Comers
It may be almost the same story as the last one, and according to critics, not as well told, but Memorial Day was a good time to be suffering from a blackout…The Hangover Part II pushed aside all competition, earning a total of $105.7 million during the holiday weekend. The original film had only a 3-day weekend in its initial release and steadily grew in popularity with word of mouth, but the ope...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Sails into First; Bridesmaids Still Second In Line
Despite the dismal reviews and less revenue in its first weekend than its predecessors (that’s including the added markup of 3-D), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides still showed very strong over the weekend, earning $90.1 million and taking the top spot at the box office. Even so, Johnny Depp and company have helmed a steady ship overseas; the $250 million budget has been covered in the ...[Read More]
The Ten Best Johnny Depp Movies
With the latest chapter in Disney’s juggernaut Pirates of the Caribbean franchise hitting theaters this week, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, CinemaNerdz takes a fond look back on one of the most dynamic marquee names in film today – Johnny Depp – who only recently found his footing with popular audiences thanks in large part to director Tim Burton’s recent forays into bloated childre...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Thor Holds Off the Bridesmaids With His Mighty Hammer!
It may not have opened as big as Fast Five, but Thor is still proving a draw at the box office; the mighty Marvel character kept the top spot for a second week in a row with a nice, healthy $34.5 million, more than enough to boost it past the $100 million barrier. Second place went to newcomer Bridesmaids, the romantic raunch comedy written by and starring Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig, wh...[Read More]