"Jurassic World: Rebirth" provides little hope that the series will rebound and do anything other than simply regurgitate the same old formula again and again.
The "Jurassic World" trilogy wheezes to a close with this mind-numbingly dumb, dull and incoherent legacy/sequel from Colin Trevorrow.
Straight Outta Compton has proven itself box office champ again and, with an estimated $13.2 million this past week, a monetary winner as well. At $134.1 million in domestic earnings so far, it has blown away its $28 million costs. The closest contender was newcomer War Room, a faith-based film lambasted by critics, but at an estimated $11 million for the weekend more than made back its $3 million...[Read More]
With a strong advertising blitz and J.J. Abrams in a producing chair, it seemed almost certain that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation would be a top box office draw – and it was, reaching first with an estimated $56 million and garnering all sort of praise. And while it has opened very well compared to the previous Mission: Impossible films (second only to Mission: Impossible II), it has strangel...[Read More]
Adam Sandler, regardless of the quality of his movies, is almost always a sure bet at the box office. However, his latest, Pixels, opened not only to poor reviews, but to a poor opening estimate of $24 million and below Ant-Man and its second week estimated take of $24.7 million. Also, in a stunning turn of events, nearly every movie in the top ten revealed its budget numbers, and as it turns out,...[Read More]
It took the weekend box office and by all accounts is likely to be a decent haul for Marvel, but Ant-Man, at an estimated $58 million is the lowest-earning weekend since 2008, bested (or is that worsted?) by The Incredible Hulk and its $55 million. It is also the only film in the top ten to report its budget, and at $130 million, will likely be a worldwide success, if not a domestic one. Despite a...[Read More]
Jurassic World appears to have seen the beginning of the end, taking in an estimated fifth week total of $18.1 million for second place. The winner was Minions, which stormed the box office with an estimated $115.2 million total. Granted, the top three are nothing if not successful, with Jurassic World the fourth most successful domestic film of all time with $590.6 million brought in so far, and ...[Read More]
Audiences still showed up for dinosaurs in droves, delivering a third-week win for Jurassic World. With an estimated $54 million, the film is now the fastest film to earn $500 million domestically and likely to do much better as time goes on. However, though it now sits as the fifth highest earning domestic release of all time, it still has to rely on longevity if it seeks to best the one-two punc...[Read More]
While it was only a few years ago that The Avengers was smashing box office records left and right, the sequel has now been overshadowed by the juggernaut of Jurassic World. The fourth film of the Jurassic Park series landed in the top spot for a second week in a row with an estimated $102 million and is likely to be the fastest movie to make $400 million by this week, the highest grossing film of...[Read More]
The lull that began June has ended. Jurassic World may not have been the critical darling the original film was over twenty years ago, but its opening weekend box office numbers blew past those of all three previous films and even bested Avengers: Age of Ultron with an estimated $204.6 million. Meanwhile, Spy, the hit of last week, barely made a ripple this weekend with an estimated $16 million, a...[Read More]
I was twelve years old when I first saw the original Jurassic Park in the theatres. For a kid obsessed with dinosaurs, it was a cinematic experience to remember. Based on the Michael Crichton novel and directed by Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park was the movie event during the summer of 1993. Surely a big-budget remake helmed by a relative unknown director couldn’t capture the same magic as t...[Read More]