Insidious: Chapter 2
Box Office Weekend: Gravity Stays Up Once More
Even with a number of new films coming out this weekend, nothing could topple Gravity from its perch. With an estimated $31 million, it did not lose much steam, making a push to pass the $200 million mark domestically – a feat it could achieve by next weekend if its numbers hold steady. Captain Phillips, the second-place finisher for the second week in a row, is unlikely to make those kinds of num...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Captain Phillips Sails a Steady Ship but Gravity Holds It Down
Captain Phillips is the new critical darling, receiving almost unanimously excellent reviews, and a strong opening weekend with an estimated $26 million. However, its performance was not good enough to keep Gravity from snagging the top spot once again with an estimated $44.3 million. Alfonso Cuarón has entered its second week not only profitable, but having broken $100 million in box office gross...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Gravity Rises to the Top of the Box Office
Receiving almost universal praise and a strong start to boot, director Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity took no prisoners with its estimated $55.6 million start. While it has a ways to go before it makes back its $100 million costs, it easily toppled last week’s favorite, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, which made an estimated $21.5 million…not much of a drop from the previous week, all things consid...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Forecast Calls for Cloudy With a Chance of Winning Box Office
Sony may not have a Despicable Me 2 on their hands, but they did come up with a strong start with a sequel of their own; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 debuted in first place at the box office with an estimated $35 million. Not only is that more in the first weekend than its predecessor, but with a cheaper price tag than the first film as well ($78 million vs. $100 million). Unfortunately, it...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: No One Can Catch Prisoners
Hugh Jackman has his second first-place finish in two months, as his new thriller, Prisoners, took the top spot at the box office this week. It managed an estimated $21.4 million for the weekend; while far from the blockbuster start of July’s The Wolverine, nothing else this week came close. Insidious: Chapter 2 landed in second, but its excellent opening weekend took a massive tumble as it earned...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Family Can’t Whack Insidious Chapter 2
Unlike Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Riddick will not be enjoying three weeks at the top of the box office. In only its second week, the Vin Diesel sci-fi thriller got knocked to third place with an estimated $7 million. In its place, Insidious Chapter 2 rallied the box office to spooky effect, bringing in an estimated $41.1 million. Even with critics claiming it is nowhere near as effective as the ori...[Read More]
Movie Review: Insidious Chapter 2
Director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) is back to work thoroughly creeping out audiences everywhere once again in Insidious: Chapter 2, the follow up to his low-budget Insidious (2011). The original film was made for $1.5 million and made $100 million, making it one of the most profitable films of that year. You would probably assume that due to the overwhelming success of the first film, the sec...[Read More]
The Ten Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2013
The summer passed by quickly didn’t it? Remember when we were wondering whether Star Trek Into Darkness would be any good? Spoiler: It was. Or whether The Lone Ranger would be an uncontested box office champion? Another spoiler: It wasn’t. Or whether a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters would appeal to audiences made up of more than just nerds? And how would Iron Man 3 perform as the...[Read More]
Win Tickets to an Advance Screening of Insidious: Chapter 2
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to receive complimentary passes to a preview screening of Insidious: Chapter 2, the new film starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Uptown Palladium in Birmingham, Michigan on Wednesday, September 11th at 7:30 PM, just scroll down to the “Enter to Win” link further down on this pag...[Read More]