1. The Social Network - $26m / $26m / $120m
2. Let Me In - $12m / $12m / $42m
3. Legend of the Guardians - $10.5m / $30m / $60m
4. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - $10m / $36m / $60m
5. The Town - $9.5m / $64m / $90m
6. Case 39 - $7m / $7m / $19m
7. Easy A - $6.5m / $42m / $60m
8. You Again - $5m / $16m / $28m
9. Devil - $3.5m / $27.5m / $35m
10. Alpha and Omega - $3m / $19m / $26m
The Social Network arrives with the best reviews of the past couple of years and has positioned itself as the Oscar frontrunner. Now, whether that translates into audience love is another beast. Those looking at it simply as "that Facebook movie" will be hard to win over and it seems like there is already a backlash building against it. Similarly, Let Me In has pretty damn terrific reviews but this very different take on the vampire/horror subgenre might be too pensive for mainstream audiences. Both films have the critics on their side big time, and given the time of the year, that is the best buzz a film needs. Modest openings, leggy runs. Elsewhere, Case 39 opens (actually in theatres!) after a nearly 3 year delay. It'll be good promotion for Zellooper or whatever we're going to call them. They are together because they are in love. Or they are together so she can seem relevant and he can seem straight.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Scream 4 Wraps Production, First Still and Behind the Scenes Video Release
Entertainment Weekly scored the first official image released for Scream 4 - Gale in the barn. All signs lead me to believe the film's barn sequence will be epic, so I was happy to see this. The caption for the image is as follows:
"COURTENEY COX SCREAMS AGAIN - When Scream 4 opens April 15, 10 years have passed. Cox's character, Gale Weathers, is now married to Dewey (Cox's real-life husband, David Arquette). 'I kind of gave up my job as the entertainment journalist,' says Cox. 'I'm bored with my life and my marriage.' Bringing a little excitement to town is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell). Her return leads to more Ghostface murders, which reenergize Gale. Says Cox, 'Thing start happening, and I couldn't be more thrilled.'"
Meanwhile, Entertainment Tonight went behind the scenes for some brief interviews with Cox, Campbell, Arquette, Craven and Roberts. Footage from that is here.
And as the segment mentions, Scream 4 wraps production this week. Today, the 24th, is rumored to be the last day giving it an almost exact 3 month shoot with a budget said to be around $40 million. It was fun anxiously awaiting for info about the film as it was filmed and discovering new cast members. But it looks like that is all till the film's trailer premieres. I expect it before the end of the year.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
BOX: Who cares about Gordon Gekko when Laurie Strode and Ripley are in the same movie?
1. Legend of the Guardians - $24m / $24m / $78m
2. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - $20m / $20m / $56m
3. The Town - $14m / $47m / $85m
4. You Again - $13m / $13m / $42m
5. Easy A - $10m / $32m / $58m
6. Devil - $5.5m / $21m / $33m
7. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $5m / $52m / $64m
8. Alpha and Omega - $5m / $15.5m / $26m
9. Takers - $1.6m / $55m / $59m
10. The American - $1.3m / $35m / $38m
The top two are gambles. Most are predicting Wall Street 2 to open in the high 20's, low 30's - a number I'm not getting at all. I don't know if its the combo of the current state of the financial market and the amount of press Michael Douglas is getting of late, but its not like the original is still talked about that much. And random sequels that come out decades after the original rarely do well. But whenever I "don't get" why others predictions are so high, I usually end up in the wrong. Zack Snyder's owl movie would be the type of movie that should open higher given the drought of family films in early September, but there's minimal buzz on this. Still, it has the animated family market to itself till early November. As for You Again, it had one of my favorite lines in a trailer of recent ("Somebody call Us Weekly...") and the combo of Jamie Lee and Sigourney has my ticket money, but last week's Easy A - with its great reviews and red hot starlet - has seemingly already eclipsed it.
God, that was a lot for a non-summer weekend.
2. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - $20m / $20m / $56m
3. The Town - $14m / $47m / $85m
4. You Again - $13m / $13m / $42m
5. Easy A - $10m / $32m / $58m
6. Devil - $5.5m / $21m / $33m
7. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $5m / $52m / $64m
8. Alpha and Omega - $5m / $15.5m / $26m
9. Takers - $1.6m / $55m / $59m
10. The American - $1.3m / $35m / $38m
The top two are gambles. Most are predicting Wall Street 2 to open in the high 20's, low 30's - a number I'm not getting at all. I don't know if its the combo of the current state of the financial market and the amount of press Michael Douglas is getting of late, but its not like the original is still talked about that much. And random sequels that come out decades after the original rarely do well. But whenever I "don't get" why others predictions are so high, I usually end up in the wrong. Zack Snyder's owl movie would be the type of movie that should open higher given the drought of family films in early September, but there's minimal buzz on this. Still, it has the animated family market to itself till early November. As for You Again, it had one of my favorite lines in a trailer of recent ("Somebody call Us Weekly...") and the combo of Jamie Lee and Sigourney has my ticket money, but last week's Easy A - with its great reviews and red hot starlet - has seemingly already eclipsed it.
God, that was a lot for a non-summer weekend.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
BO DIX: Easy #1
1. Easy A - $22m / $22m / $70m
2. The Town - $15m / $15m / $48m
3. Devil - $14m / $14m / $32m
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $11m / $45.5m / $68m
5. Alpha and Omega - $7m / $7m / $22m
6. Takers - $3m / $52m / $57m
7. The American - $3m / $33m / $38m
8. Going the Distance - $2m / $17.5m / $21m
9. Machete - $2m / $24.5m / $28m
10. The Other Guys - $2m / $115m / $118m
Well-reviewed Easy A and The Town should both be in for modest and leggy runs. Meanwhile, Devil could open stronger but will drop fast due to Shyamalan's involvement.
GO EMMA STONE!
I'm so happy for her. And not just because she feels like a Lindsay Lohan reboot. And Easy A feels like Mean Girls 2. Well, maybe a lot of that. I'm just happy for me.
2. The Town - $15m / $15m / $48m
3. Devil - $14m / $14m / $32m
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $11m / $45.5m / $68m
5. Alpha and Omega - $7m / $7m / $22m
6. Takers - $3m / $52m / $57m
7. The American - $3m / $33m / $38m
8. Going the Distance - $2m / $17.5m / $21m
9. Machete - $2m / $24.5m / $28m
10. The Other Guys - $2m / $115m / $118m
Well-reviewed Easy A and The Town should both be in for modest and leggy runs. Meanwhile, Devil could open stronger but will drop fast due to Shyamalan's involvement.
GO EMMA STONE!
I'm so happy for her. And not just because she feels like a Lindsay Lohan reboot. And Easy A feels like Mean Girls 2. Well, maybe a lot of that. I'm just happy for me.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
MTV VMA's are tonight.
While I won't once again bash the network for being a showcase for people with no other lifeskills than getting trashed and getting STD's that like to be watched by 12-year-olds, I will say that last year's VMAs was one of the best in years. The performances were all terrific (Beyonce and Gaga, especially) and of course it had one of pop culture's watercolor-iest moments in the form of Kanye's dissing of Taylor to her face. Both are expected to return in hopefully what will be one of the most awkward moments in television history. I hope Kanye does something stupid again. That would be amazing. Looking forward to watching Florence + The Machine and Gaga perform. Will have to close my ears when Katy Perry delivers another terrible live performance. And hoping that host Chelsea Handler is drunk off her ass and tells some people off to their face. As for the winners, I hope....
Female Video of the Year - Telephone
Video of the Year - Bad Romance
Female Video of the Year - Telephone
Video of the Year - Bad Romance
Saturday, September 11, 2010
4 more 4 Scream 4; Bell & Brody discuss the film
Some of this is a little late, some of it new:
Shanae Grimes (Beverly Hills 90210), Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Brittany Robertson (Life Unexpected) and Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights) have all joined the cast of Scream 4. Craven himself showed a pic of Robertson and Teegarden filming this past week. It would appear that these aren't substantial roles, and are small cameos in the various Stab sequels that will pop up throughout the film. That could also be the roles that Kristen Bell and Anna Paquin are playing, but I doubt we'll know for awhile. Or any combination of the 6 could be the opening? So basically the population of Woodsboro is now 80% white women between the age of 18 and 22?
Meanwhile, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody have talked about their respective parts of the film and the film itself.
Bell, in Parade
Brody, in Movieline
Shanae Grimes (Beverly Hills 90210), Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Brittany Robertson (Life Unexpected) and Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights) have all joined the cast of Scream 4. Craven himself showed a pic of Robertson and Teegarden filming this past week. It would appear that these aren't substantial roles, and are small cameos in the various Stab sequels that will pop up throughout the film. That could also be the roles that Kristen Bell and Anna Paquin are playing, but I doubt we'll know for awhile. Or any combination of the 6 could be the opening? So basically the population of Woodsboro is now 80% white women between the age of 18 and 22?
Meanwhile, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody have talked about their respective parts of the film and the film itself.
Bell, in Parade
Brody, in Movieline
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
BO DIX: One more week til Easy Emma
1. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $25m / $25m / $65m
2. The American - $7m / $29.5m / $41m
3. Takers - $5.5m / $47.5m / $56m
4. Machete - $5m / $22m / $30m
5. The Expendables - $3.6m / $99m / $105m
6. Going the Distance - $3.5m / $13.5m / $19m
7. The Last Exorcism - $3.3m / $38m/ $43m
8. Eat Pray Love - $3m / $74.5m / $80m
9. The Other Guys - $2.9m / $112m / $117m
10. Inception - $2.7m / $282m / $288m
One of the deadest weekends in 2 years. Ouch. Yeah, so The American got a D- from Cinemascore. Clooney also holds the distinction of having one of only a handfull of movies to receive all F's from the tracking site: Solaris. I think this says more about the general retardation of mainstream audiences than it does about the quality of filmmaking. But whatevs.
2. The American - $7m / $29.5m / $41m
3. Takers - $5.5m / $47.5m / $56m
4. Machete - $5m / $22m / $30m
5. The Expendables - $3.6m / $99m / $105m
6. Going the Distance - $3.5m / $13.5m / $19m
7. The Last Exorcism - $3.3m / $38m/ $43m
8. Eat Pray Love - $3m / $74.5m / $80m
9. The Other Guys - $2.9m / $112m / $117m
10. Inception - $2.7m / $282m / $288m
One of the deadest weekends in 2 years. Ouch. Yeah, so The American got a D- from Cinemascore. Clooney also holds the distinction of having one of only a handfull of movies to receive all F's from the tracking site: Solaris. I think this says more about the general retardation of mainstream audiences than it does about the quality of filmmaking. But whatevs.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Summer Box-Office Recap & Labor Day Predix
This will be one of those weekends where any of this week's openers or last week's number one film could be #1. I'm using the basis that if Grindhouse bombed, why would Machete do well? Going the Distance has some fun ads, but most of the reviews aren't too kind. The American has okay reviews, but its the type of movie that needs good to great reviews to bring its target audience in. All should hit double digits, none will make more than $40m when all is said and done.
1. Going the Distance - $12m / $12m / $34m
2. Machete - $11m / $11m / $26m
3. Takers - $10.5m / $37.5m / $58m
4. The American - $10m / $13m / $33m
5. The Last Exorcism - $8m / $33m / $46m
6. The Expendables - $6m / $91.5m / $108m
7. Eat Pray Love - $5m / $68.5m / $82m
8. The Other Guys - $4m / $105.5m / $114m
9. Inception - $3.5m / $276m / $284m
10. Nanny McPhee Returns - $3m / $22m / $29m
SUMMER 2010 GROSSES:
(all grosses are final projections)
1. Toy Story 3 - $410m
2. Iron Man 2 - $313m
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $300m
4. Inception - $284m
5. Despicable Me - $244m
6. Shrek Forever After - $239m
7. The Karate Kid - $177m
8. Grown Ups - $160m
9. The Last Airbender - $132m
10. Salt - $118m
11. The Other Guys - $114m
12. The Expendables - $108m
13. Robin Hood - $106m
14. Sex and the City 2 - $96m
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $91m
16. Eat Pray Love - $82m
17. Knight and Day - $77m
18. The A-Team - $77m
19. Dinner For Schmucks - $74m
20. The Sorcerer's Apprentice - $62m
21. Get Him to the Greek - $61m
22. Takers - $58m
23. Letters to Juliet - $53m
24. Predators - $52m
25. Killers - $47m
26. The Last Exorcism - $46m
27. Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - $43m
28. Step Up 3D - $42m
29. Vampires Suck - $35m
30. Marmaduke - $34m
31. Charlie St. Cloud - $32m
32. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - $30m
33. Nanny McPhee Returns - $29m
34. Piranha 3D - $26m
35. Ramona and Beezus - $26m
36. The Switch - $24m
37. Lottery Ticket - $24m
38. The Kids Are All Right - $23m
39. Just Wright - $22m
40. Splice - $17m
41. Jonah Hex - $11m
42. MacGruber - $8.5m
And that's about it for the wide releases. I'd like to say I maintained all year that Toy Story 3 would be the year's highest grossing movie and that Iron Man 2 wouldn't perform much higher than the original. BOO YAH! I think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 will probably surpass Iron Man 2 to be the year's second highest grossing movie. As for the rest of the fall releases, I'm not even certain of anything crossing $200m. But I'll save those predix for another blog post.
For Summer 2010 (out of the 42 films listed above):
3D Films - 7
Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations - 26
1. Going the Distance - $12m / $12m / $34m
2. Machete - $11m / $11m / $26m
3. Takers - $10.5m / $37.5m / $58m
4. The American - $10m / $13m / $33m
5. The Last Exorcism - $8m / $33m / $46m
6. The Expendables - $6m / $91.5m / $108m
7. Eat Pray Love - $5m / $68.5m / $82m
8. The Other Guys - $4m / $105.5m / $114m
9. Inception - $3.5m / $276m / $284m
10. Nanny McPhee Returns - $3m / $22m / $29m
SUMMER 2010 GROSSES:
(all grosses are final projections)
1. Toy Story 3 - $410m
2. Iron Man 2 - $313m
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $300m
4. Inception - $284m
5. Despicable Me - $244m
6. Shrek Forever After - $239m
7. The Karate Kid - $177m
8. Grown Ups - $160m
9. The Last Airbender - $132m
10. Salt - $118m
11. The Other Guys - $114m
12. The Expendables - $108m
13. Robin Hood - $106m
14. Sex and the City 2 - $96m
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $91m
16. Eat Pray Love - $82m
17. Knight and Day - $77m
18. The A-Team - $77m
19. Dinner For Schmucks - $74m
20. The Sorcerer's Apprentice - $62m
21. Get Him to the Greek - $61m
22. Takers - $58m
23. Letters to Juliet - $53m
24. Predators - $52m
25. Killers - $47m
26. The Last Exorcism - $46m
27. Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - $43m
28. Step Up 3D - $42m
29. Vampires Suck - $35m
30. Marmaduke - $34m
31. Charlie St. Cloud - $32m
32. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - $30m
33. Nanny McPhee Returns - $29m
34. Piranha 3D - $26m
35. Ramona and Beezus - $26m
36. The Switch - $24m
37. Lottery Ticket - $24m
38. The Kids Are All Right - $23m
39. Just Wright - $22m
40. Splice - $17m
41. Jonah Hex - $11m
42. MacGruber - $8.5m
And that's about it for the wide releases. I'd like to say I maintained all year that Toy Story 3 would be the year's highest grossing movie and that Iron Man 2 wouldn't perform much higher than the original. BOO YAH! I think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 will probably surpass Iron Man 2 to be the year's second highest grossing movie. As for the rest of the fall releases, I'm not even certain of anything crossing $200m. But I'll save those predix for another blog post.
For Summer 2010 (out of the 42 films listed above):
3D Films - 7
Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations - 26
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