The Big Short
Box Office Weekend: Revenant Comes Back to Take the Top Spot
Fortunes are reviving for The Revenant. After a stint in second, it bypassed the competition to hold the top spot of the weekend with an estimated $16 million. While it is a rough victory (this weekend is the slowest weekend of 2016 so far), Oscar buzz and word of mouth are giving the film some much-needed revenue here and abroad. In second this week, Star Wars: The Force Awakens needs no help as ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Big Short
Default swaps, synthetic CDO, and subprime loans are not the first things that come to mind when watching a star-studded Hollywood drama. In fact, unless one happens to be a Wall Street stock advisor, these terms sound like nothing more than a superfluous runaround to ensure that the men in charge stay in charge – at least, that’s how narrator Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) sells it. As the eyes, ea...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Ride Along 2 Finally Derails Star Wars Juggernaut
It took the weekend, but not the hearts of critics. Ride Along 2, the sequel to the surprise comedy hit of 2014 (though equally lambasted by critics), opened to lower numbers than the previous film with an estimated $34 million, enough to keep away The Revenant (estimated $29.5 million), which still flags behind its costs despite getting good business here and overseas. However, Star Wars: The For...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Star Wars Wins Again, Though Revenant Strong Competition
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has had a busy week, surpassing Avatar as the highest-grossing domestic film of all-time as well as having a $51 million opening in China, and it shows little sign of slowing down with an estimated $41.6 million weekend take. Leonardo DiCaprio had a strong wide release weekend as well, with an estimated $38 million for The Revenant. However, the well-regarded frontier ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Force Awakens to Boast Highest Domestic Gross of All Time
Happy New Year! And it looks to be a very happy new year for the box office as well. Star Wars: The Force Awakens remained in first place, to likely the surprise of no one, though its success is far and away going to put Avatar to shame…in its third week, it earned an estimated $88.3 million, and is only about $20 million shy of being the highest earning domestic grosser in history…and...[Read More]
Interview with Jeremy Strong and John Magaro, Stars of The Big Short
Director Adam McKay’s new film, The Big Short, tells the story of a group of outsiders who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the 2000s and how betting on the collapse of the economy led them to some disturbing revelations on the nature of modern banking. The film, based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Jeremy ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Force Awakens Still On Top
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has only been in theaters for ten days, but not only is it still far and away the box office champ with a whopping $152.5 million estimated total for the weekend, but is also the fastest film to $500 million in revenue, best second weekend total on record, best opening of all-time, and is on track to potentially being the highest earning movie of all-time as well (amon...[Read More]