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  • Weekend Box Office July 26-28, 2013

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    The Wolverine opened up at number one just like everyone thought it would, but its $55 million take was on the lighter side of expectations with studio estimates leaning more towards a $70 million opening. While initially this would be considered a disappointment, The Wolverine pulled in $86 million from the foreign box office and with a budget of only $115 million, the film is already sitting at almost $150 million after one weekend of release. The gross was on par with 2011’s [amazon_link id=”B004LWZW4C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]X-Men: First Class[/amazon_link] which opened with $55.1 million.

    The Conjuring held over amazingly well in its second weekend. Normally horror movies fall off the face of the Earth in their second weeks, but the James Wan-directed feature managed to pull in $22 million. After two weeks the $20 million film has grossed almost $100 million worldwide.

    1. The Wolverine- $55.0 million/ $55.0 million

    2. The Conjuring- $22.1/ $83.8

    3. Despicable Me 2- $16.0/ $306.3

    4. Turbo- $13.3/ $55.7

    5. Grown Ups 2- $11.5/ $101.6

    6. Red 2- $9.4/ $35

    7. Pacific Rim- $7.5/ $84.0

    8. The Heat- $6.8/ $141.2

    9. R.I.P.D.- $5.9/ $24.3

    10. Fruitvale Station- $4.6/ $6.3

  • Weekend Box Office- July 19-21

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    Two big bombs this weekend would normally be a cause of worry, but when a small film hits it big, it eases the news. James Wan’s The Conjuring hit it huge over the weekend raking in $41 million. Wan has become the go-to director for small budget horror. The director of the original Saw and last year’s Insidious has another low risk/high reward winner on his hands. His next film will have a bit more at stake because he will take over the director chair for Fast & Furious 7.

    It was a double bad break for Ryan Reynolds this weekend. He had two huge movies that both failed to reach even low expectations. Turbo, the DreamWorks animated feature, only managed $21.5 million which is one of the lowest totals ever for a DreamWorks animated feature. Then we have R.I.P.D. which cost $130 million to produce and it seemed like the writing was on the wall before the movie even released. The comic -based film could only bring in just over $12 million and will probably be a movie you see on TNT on a week to week basis before you know it.

    1. The Conjuring- $41.5 million/ $41.5 million

    2. Despicable Me 2- $25.1/ $276.2

    3. Turbo- $21.5/ $31.2

    4. Grown Ups 2- $20.0/ $79.5

    5. Red 2- $18.5/ $18.5

    6. Pacific Rim- $15.9/ $68.2

    7. R.I.P.D.- $12.7/ $12.7

    8. The Heat- $9.3/ $129.2

    9. World War Z- $5.2/ $186.9

    10. Monsters University- $5.0/ $248.9

  • First Trailer For RED 2 Gets The Gang Back Together

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    2013, the year of Bruce Willis, is in full effect. With a new Die Hard coming and his role in G.I. Joe: Retaliation you would figure he would call that a year and be done. Nope! We still have the sequel to 2010’s hilarious [amazon_link id=”B003Q6D2B4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]RED[/amazon_link] (based on the Warren Ellis comic) coming in August. And here is the first trailer.

    Willis’ Frank Moses appears to be enjoying domestic life with Mary-Louise Parker when John Malkovich shows up with a problem. Seems Helen Mirren has accepted a contract, along with a host of other assassins, to track him down and kill him since he is enemy number one on Interpol’s list. Like in the first RED, Malkovich steals this preview as well. Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones come along for the ride this go round also.

    RED 2 releases on August 2, 2013.