Saving Mr. Banks
Box Office Weekend: Ride Along Overtakes Lone Survivor
While it has still made out big and done massive business, the audience and critical favorite Lone Survivor fell to second place at the box office with an estimated $23.2 million. Its successor? The buddy cop comedy Ride Along, which did not make the critics happy, but did some nice business for itself with an estimated $41.2 million at the box office…especially nice business considering that is t...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Lone Survivor All Alone On Top
The massive marketing campaign paid off in a big way: Lone Survivor opened to wide release after three weekends, and the $40 million budgeted war film got decent reviews and nearly made back its money, earning an estimated $38.5 million at the box office. It stood well above the eight-week champion Frozen, whose estimated $15.1 million adds nicely to $317.7 million in domestic totals, and well abo...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Frozen Tops the Box Office After Seven Weeks
As the first weekend of 2014 draws to a close, it is perhaps not surprising that not many new films made their debut with so many popular films from 2013 hogging the spotlight…at least, in wide release. But Frozen, one of two mighty veterans at the box office, managed to take the first-place spot with an estimated $20.7 million, enough to keep the only newcomer to the list, Paranormal Activity: Th...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Frozen Gets Boost, But Smaug Still King Under the Mountain
NOTE: While the rest of the box office listings are the reported estimates, Paramount does not plan on releasing their official numbers until January 3rd. Therefore, films released by Paramount (such as Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and The Wolf of Wall Street) have estimated domestic totals until further notice. Third week remains the charm for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Though stil...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Anchorman Stays Classy but The Hobbit Still Grabs the Gold
NOTE: While the rest of the listings are the official totals listed for each film, Paramount does not plan on releasing their numbers until January 3rd. Therefore, films released by Paramount (such as Anchorman 2) are estimates until further notice. Even though it has not quite lived up to domestic box office expectations, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug still managed to be the top draw at the...[Read More]
Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Know that when you go see Saving Mr. Banks, you are not going to see a Tom Hanks film. You are going to see an Emma Thompson film. And you just might be awfully glad you did, my friends. Truth be told, I’m not a huge Disney fan. I enjoy the Disney movies I watch, though I haven’t seen all (or even most) of them. I do, however, admire the story behind P.L. Travers and her treasured Mary Poppins, an...[Read More]