The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Box Office Weekend: Ghost Over Guns and Mama is the Big Winner
With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role on the big screen since his political career ended (not including his ensemble role in The Expendables 2) and a noir thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, the top draw was…a PG-13 rated ghost story? Yes, with a cast and crew whose biggest name is Gullermo del Toro as an executive producer, Mama led the box office, with an estimated $28....[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Zero Dark Thirty Knocks Out Django Unchained
While returns for the year are down from the end of 2012 and the new year’s debuts have failed to impress thus far, Django Unchained nevertheless failed to stay on top against one critically acclaimed film and two…well, not-so-acclaimed ones. Zero Dark Thirty, entering its fourth week of release with an expansion of nearly 3,000 new theaters, drew in the most crowds with an estimated $24 million. ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Violence Brings in the New Year as Texas Chainsaw and Django Unchained Lead
Be it chopping off limbs or…threatening to chop off certain limbs, there is no shortage of moviegoers starting 2013 by seeing plenty of blood and gore, whether it was that this week’s big winner (but critical loser) Texas Chainsaw 3D with an estimated $23 million or critical winner Django Unchained with an estimated $20.1 million. Django Unchained is still not director Quentin Tarantino’s most suc...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Django May Get Bloody Revenge, But He Can’t Conquer Middle Earth
As 2012 draws to a close and a new year of movies dawns ahead, we still have one more weekend worth of movies to talk about, and with business up from last week, the old year is going out on a high note. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey did not lose much steam from last weekend to this one, earning an estimated $32.9 million. It had strong competition from newcomer Django Unchained, Quentin Taran...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Hobbits Win Again
Well, it’s that time of year again. For those of you diehards who must get your box office info, know that the studios will not be releasing the official numbers for this weekend until the New Year, just the estimates. Until then, here’s the short, short version of the box office news: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey held off the four new big releases by a substantial amount (though it dropped q...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: An Unexpected Journey Makes Big, but Lower than Expected Debut
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s prequel to his epic The Lord of the Rings series, was expected to make a big start, and even if there had been any new competition it was not likely to cause much damage against its big take: an estimated $84.8 million, larger than the opening weekends of any of the Lord of the Rings films and the biggest December opening on record. However, An Un...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: We’re Heading Back to Middle-Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
My dear readers, this is a day I’ve been eagerly awaiting. At long last, I get to write about what is one of my most anticipated films of 2012. On this week’s Trailer Trashin’, it is time for me to look with adoring eyes on the second trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first part of the three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first Middle-Earth book. Premi...[Read More]
Ten Reasons The Dark Knight Rises Will Be Better Than The Hobbit
By now, we’ve all seen the first official trailers for two of next year’s most anticipated movies, right? In one corner, you have Christopher Nolan putting the finishing touches on his interpretation of the world of Batman with The Dark Knight Rises, and in the other corner you have Peter Jackson returning to the world he knows and loves as he brings Bilbo’s journey to the silver screen with The H...[Read More]