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  • Weekend Box Office- January 24-26, 2014

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    People decided to ride along with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube again this weekend. Before you judge me for that horrible beginning please be gentle. It is early and I have no excuse for it.

    After setting the record for biggest January opening, Ride Along easily kept the top spot with $21.1 million with January’s other big story, Lone Survivor, poised to cross $100 million next week.

    There was only one new release this week. I, Frankenstein could not even keep up with the horrid first week of The Legend of Hercules only bringing in $8.2 million. Both of those movies were released by Lionsgate, although I am sure the studio is not worried as they sit on the mound of cash from The Hunger Games franchise.

    1. Ride Along- $21.1 million/ $75.4 million

    2. Lone Survivor- $12.6/ $93.6

    3. The Nut Job- $12.3/ $40.2

    4. Frozen- $9.0/ $347.8

    5. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit- $8.8/ $30.1

    6. I, Frankenstein- $8.2/ $8.2

    7. American Hustle- $7.1/ $127.0

    8. August: Osage County- $5.0/ $26.5

    9. The Wolf of Wall Street- $5.0/ $98.0

    10. Devil’s Due- $2.7/ $12.8

  • Weekend Box Office- November 29- December 1

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    It looks like droves of people headed to the theater over the holiday. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Frozen teamed up to make it the biggest Thanksgiving weekend ever with Catching Fire adding another $110 million over the five day period. Disney’s Frozen opened way bigger than it was expected to with $93 million in five days.

    On the opposite end of new releases was the Jason Statham/James Franco thriller Homefront which couldn’t break $10 million for the holiday. Jason Statham has become the Tyler Perry of action movies. You are going to get two a year and they are always the same.

    1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- $74.5 million/ $296.5 million

    2. Frozen- $66.7/ $93.0

    3. Thor: The Dark World- $11.1/ $186.7

    4. The Best Man Holiday- $8.4/ $63.4

    5. Homefront- $6.9/ $9.7

    6. Delivery Man- $6.9/ $19.4

    7. The Book Thief- $4.8/ $7.8

    8. Black Nativity- $3.8/ $5.0

    9. Philomena- $3.7/ $4.7

    10. Last Vegas- $2.7/ $33.1 

  • Weekend Box Office- November 22-24, 2013

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    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opened at #1. We knew it would. The only question was what kind of records it would set. How about the biggest November opening ever and the fourth biggest weekend take in history? That is what $161.1 million will get you. It trailed only The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. For more perspective the second film in the franchise has almost equaled Thor: The Dark World’s three week take in one weekend.

    The final Hunger Games Book, Mockingjay, will be split into two movies with the first opening November 21, 2014 and the second a year later in November 2015. Just consider it your new Thanksgiving tradition. Turkey, cranberry sauce and Jennifer Lawrence.

    1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- $161.1 million/ $161.1 million

    2. Thor: The Dark World- $14.1/ $167.8

    3. The Best Man Holiday- $12.5/ $50.3

    4. Delivery Man- $8.2/ $8.2

    5. Free Birds- $5.3/ $48.5

    6. Last Vegas- $4.4/ $53.9

    7. Bad Grandpa- $3.4/ $95.4

    8. Gravity- $3.4/ $245.5

    9. 12 Years a Slave- $2.8/ $29.3

    10. Dallas Buyers Club- $2.7/ $6.4 

  • Weekend Box Office- November 15-17, 2013

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    Thor got more competition than was expected this weekend. The God of Thunder remained in first with $38.4 million and in two weeks has already passed the first film’s worldwide gross. The total now stands at $479 million.

    The Best Man Holiday is a sequel to the 1999 film, The Best Man, and it played like it had only been a few years since its release and not fourteen. It nearly doubled its expected take bringing in $30.6 million. We can assume that there won’t be another long wait before another movie in the franchise is released.

    Gravity kept is amazing run going crossing half a billion dollars worldwide.

    This weekend will be huge with the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which is looking to set records for November opening and how many times I can see a movie because Jennifer Lawrence is in a wetsuit.

    1. Thor: The Dark World- $38.4 million/ $149.9 million

    2. The Best Man Holiday- $30.6/ $30.6

    3. Last Vegas- $8.8/ $46.9

    4. Free Birds- $8.3/ $42.2

    5. Bad Grandpa- $7.6/ $90.2

    6. Gravity- $6.2/ $240.5

    7. Ender’s Game- $6.2/ $53.7

    8. 12 Years a Slave- $4.7/ $24.9

    9. Captain Phillips- $4.5/ $97.6

    10. About Time- $3.6/ $11.5

  • Weekend Box Office- November 8-10, 2013

     

    Photo courtesy nypost.com
    Photo courtesy nypost.com

    Thor landed in first as expected with $86.1 million which is nowhere near the insane $175 million Iron Man 3 opened with back in May but it was a good increase over the original film’s opening of $65 million in 2011. In two weeks the sequel has amassed a hefty $327 million worldwide and will pass the original’s entire theatrical run next week.

    Thor and company should rule the box office again next week and then will have to get out of the way for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on November 22nd which is looking to have an insane $150 million opening.

    1. Thor: The Dark World- $86.1 million/ $86.1 million

    2. Bad Grandpa- $11.3/ $78.7

    3. Free Birds- $11.1/ $38.1

    4. Last Vegas- $11.1/ $33.5

    5. Ender’s Game- $10.8/ $44.0

    6. Gravity- $8.4/ $231.1

    7. 12 Years a Slave- $6.6/ $17.3

    8. Captain Phillips- $5.8/ $90.9

    9. About Time- $5.1/ $6.6

    10. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $2.8/ $109.9

     

     

  • Here Is The Final Trailer For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Photo courtesy beyondhollywood.com
    Photo courtesy beyondhollywood.com

    How about one final trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire? I liked the first movie but we get it, Katniss is awesome at the bow and the President is a dickbag. I am ready to see this so I can watch how badass Finnick is in the movie.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22, 2013.

  • Check Out The Quarter Quell Posters For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    All photos courtesy collider.com
    All photos courtesy collider.com

    You are either here for Jennifer Lawrence in a spandex suit of you are a huge fan of [amazon_link id=”B0084IG7KC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Hunger Games[/amazon_link]. Don’t worry, we don’t judge.

    For you Hunger Games fans keep scrolling down to see all of the character posters for the Quarter Quell that will take place in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire where previous winners will have to make their way back into the game of survival.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

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  • The First Trailer For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Is Here

    Photo courtesy huffingtonpost.com
    Photo courtesy huffingtonpost.com

    If you were watching the MTV Movie Awards last night I would first like to apologize for wasting your time on that. Second, at least you were treated with the first look at the trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Of course you could have just waited for it to go online and saved yourself the trouble of watching MTV for two hours and wondering who won the award for “Best Twilight Moment Ever”.

    Check out the trailer below. Katniss and Peeta embark on their victory tour as the President and Truman Capote plot to kill them both. Oh and Thor’s brother does his best Jim Caviezel impersonation.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ‘Capitol’ Portraits

    All photos courtesy collider.com
    All photos courtesy collider.com

    Here are the newest set of photos from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. There are ones for Katniss, Haymitch, Cinna, Effie and Caesar and they have a washed out, classic look to them. Lionsgate has plenty of time to change all the posters to say Academy Award Winner Jennifer Lawrence.

    I actually prefer this shot.

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    Check out the rest of the photos below

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

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  • New Posters For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Photo courtesy IGN
    Photo courtesy IGN

    The Victory Tour has begun for Katniss and Peeta as the first posters for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire have gone online.

    The two faux loves are thrust back into the games for the 75th annual event which takes previous winners and has them fight it out again as civil unrest begins to rise up between all the districts.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

    Photo courtesy IGN
    Photo courtesy IGN