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  • Weekend Box Office- March 14-16, 2014

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    Poor Jesse. Without Walter everything is falling apart.

    Need For Speed was expected to finish first this past weekend, but had to settle for a disappointing third place with $17.8 million. A new Fast & Furious franchise this is not.

    300: Rise of an Empire held strong in its second weekend even though it lost its top spot to Mr. Peabody & Sherman. The CGI dog and kid combo brought in $21.2 million.

    Veronica Mars cracked the top ten with $2 million playing in under 400 theaters. Nice job, marshmallows.

    1. Mr. Peabody & Sherman- $21.2 million/ $63.2 million

    2. 300: Rise of an Empire- $19.1/ $78.3

    3. Need For Speed- $17.8/ $17.8

    4. Non-Stop- $10.6/ $68.8

    5. The Single Moms Club- $8.3/ $8.3

    6. The LEGO Movie- $7.7/ $236.9

    7. Son of God- $5.4/ $50.9

    8. The Grand Budapest Hotel- $3.6/ $4.8

    9. Frozen- $2.1/ $396.4

    10. Veronica Mars- $2.0/ $2.0

  • Weekend Box Office- March 7-9, 2014

    300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE

    It looks like after seven years the Spartans still hold sway over the box office. The follow-up to 2007’s 300 easily opened at #1 with $45.1 million. Even better was its international gross of $87.8 million meaning the sequel, which only had a budget of $100 million, is in the black after one weekend.

    Mr. Peabody and Sherman, playing to a way different crowd than 300, opened in second with $32.5 million. Non-Stop had a strong second weekend bringing in $15.3 million. The LEGO Movie held strong in fourth.

    Next week sees the release of two more high profile movies: Aaron Paul’s Need For Speed and the return of Veronica Mars. Guess which one I will be seeing, marshmallows.

    1. 300: Rise of the Empire- $45.1 million/ $45.1 million

    2. Mr. Peabody and Sherman- $32.5/ $32.5

    3. Non-Stop- $15.3/ $52.1

    4. The LEGO Movie- $11.0/ $225.0

    5. Son of God- $10.0/ $41.5

    6. The Monuments Men- $3.1/ $70.6

    7. 3 Days to Kill- $3.0/ $25.6

    8. Frozen- $3.0/ $393.1

    9. 12 Years a Slave- $2.1/ $53.1

    10. Ride Along- $2.0/ $130.0

     

  • 300: Rise Of An Empire Trailer Is Cercei-rrific

    Photo courtesy hngn.com
    Photo courtesy hngn.com

    Hard to believe it has already been six years since 300. Remember all the finely sculpted abs, slow-motion fighting and Lena Headey’s nipples? Seriously, go back and watch it. They are glass cutters.

    Anyway, there is always room for a follow-up and so there is 300: Rise of an Empire and the first trailer has just gone up. In it, we get Headey’s Queen Gorgo giving inspiring words as Xerxes and his naval commander Artemisia plan a sea attack on the Greeks to break them.

    If you remember 300 then you know exactly what you are getting in this trailer. For me, that is not a bad thing.

    300: Rise of an Empire releases on March 7, 2014.

  • This Dragonborn Statue Will Shout 300 Bucks Out Of Your Wallet

    All photos courtesy Gaming Heads
    All photos courtesy Gaming Heads

    Soooo what is the dragon shout for “take my money now”?

    Gaming Heads have crafted this 1/6 scale figure of Dovahkiin the Dragonborn from [amazon_link id=”B004HYK8Y8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim[/amazon_link] to make all of your nerd friends jealous and all of your other friends wonder about why you can’t spend money wisely.

    It stands 16″ tall and comes with two different arm attachments. One with a fire spell that appears to pulsate and the other with a shorter sword. A certificate of authenticity and all the usual good stuff that accompanies a $300 dollar figure will come along with it.

    There will only be 500 pieces made and retails for $329.99.

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  • Wii U Shows Strong First Week Sales

    Nintendo’s sixth home console is off to a strong start but not quite the sales that its predecessor saw.

    Reports are that Nintendo sold approximately 400,000 Wii U consoles in its first week of release. That is a strong start but not as big as the Wii’s release which saw 600,000 units sold back in 2006.

    It was an all around great sales week for anything Nintendo in general. Along with the Wii U’s sales, Nintendo announced that almost 300,000 Wii’s, 275,000 DS systems and 250,000 3DS systems were sold in the same week.

    Only time will tell if the Wii U is truly a hit with sales always spiking at launch and during the holiday season.

     

  • Halo 4 Sales Set New Record

    Master Chief Still Has The Appeal.

    Microsoft has reported that the November 6th launch of Halo 4 was the largest in the franchise’s history. The return of Master Chief grossed $220 million dollars on launch day alone which math should tell us is over 3.5 million copies sold. Microsoft expects first week sales to be over $300 million.

    Halo 4 is the first game in the Halo series not be made by series creators Bungie. 343 Industries took over development and crafted Halo 4 as the first game in a new trilogy.

    With Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releasing today it will be interesting to see how big the first day numbers are for the game especially since it is multi-platform.

  • G4 Cancels X-Play And Attack Of The Show

    Shows Canned In Wake Of Networks Re-Branding.

    Sad news today that G4 has cancelled both Attack of the Show and X-Play with the network changing brands next year from a tech channel to a more GQ-inspired men’s channel. Cause apparently men don’t play video games.

    Both shows will have farewell runs with the final episodes airing in December with old hosts returning and best-of content being shown.

    X-Play started in 2003 and has aired more than 1,300 episodes. Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb hosted the show for the majority of the time until Sessler left G4 earlier this year. Attack of the Show began in 2005 as a replacement for the show The Screen Savers. The show had its own share of hosts come and go with Kevin Pereira being the mainstay before he left to work in production earlier this year.

    We here will miss both shows greatly as they were a big part of geek culture for almost a decade.

     

  • God Of War: Ascension Pre-Order Extra Is Sparta Approved.

    How About Some Leonidas With Your Kratos?

    In today’s video game culture it is normal to have different retailers offer you assorted pre-order bonuses to get you to reserve a game at their store. Gamestop may have jumped the Spartan shark with their latest bit of offer for the upcoming God of War: Ascension.

    When you reserve the game at any Gamestop you will be able to download a set of armor and a special spear from the movie 300. You know, that hot movie that came out five years ago. So should we just assume with this offer that Kratos and Leonidas are in the same Spartan canon? Probably not but let’s say it is true to make this seem more fun.

    God of War: Ascension releases on March 13, 2013.