Shocking, great choice.
AMPAS confirms.
More thoughts later.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving Box: Confessions of a Gyllenhathawaholic
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - $54m / $222m / $320m
2. Tangled - $30m / $45m / $115m
3. Megamind - $14m / $132.5m / $168m
4. Burlesque - $12m / $17m / $36m
5. Faster - $11m / $16m / $32m
6. Unstoppable - $10.5m / $59.5m / $80m
7. Love and Other Drugs - $9m / $12.5m / $25m
8. Due Date - $6m / $83.5m / $96m
9. The Next Three Days - $5m / $15m / $24m
10. Morning Glory - $3.5m / $27m / $33m
Not much to say here. Everything nosedives next week. Blah.
2. Tangled - $30m / $45m / $115m
3. Megamind - $14m / $132.5m / $168m
4. Burlesque - $12m / $17m / $36m
5. Faster - $11m / $16m / $32m
6. Unstoppable - $10.5m / $59.5m / $80m
7. Love and Other Drugs - $9m / $12.5m / $25m
8. Due Date - $6m / $83.5m / $96m
9. The Next Three Days - $5m / $15m / $24m
10. Morning Glory - $3.5m / $27m / $33m
Not much to say here. Everything nosedives next week. Blah.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Box: Penultimate Potter for The Next Three Weeks
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - $130m / $130m / $330m
2. Megamind - $16m / $109.5m / $175m
3. Unstoppable - $13.5m / $42.5m / $90m
4. The Next Three Days - $12m / $12m / $36m
5. Due Date - $8m / $71.5m / $94m
6. Morning Glory - $5m / $20m / $33m
7. Skyline - $4.5m / $19m / $29m
8. For Colored Girls - $3m / $35m / $42m
9. Red - $2.5m / $84m / $90m
10. Fair Game - $1.5m / $3.8m / $12m
Harry Potter begins what will be a three week run as the top movie in the country. This will also be the biggest box office weekend of the year, due solely to the boy (still?) wizard. About a month ago I would have said Next Three Days had the potential to debut in the high teens / low 20's, but now it might be lucky just to hit double digits. Suck it, Paul Haggis. Fair Game and 127 Hours will also go head to head to hit the ten spot. While screen counts aren't yet available for either, I'll give the edge to the Naomi/Valerie.
2. Megamind - $16m / $109.5m / $175m
3. Unstoppable - $13.5m / $42.5m / $90m
4. The Next Three Days - $12m / $12m / $36m
5. Due Date - $8m / $71.5m / $94m
6. Morning Glory - $5m / $20m / $33m
7. Skyline - $4.5m / $19m / $29m
8. For Colored Girls - $3m / $35m / $42m
9. Red - $2.5m / $84m / $90m
10. Fair Game - $1.5m / $3.8m / $12m
Harry Potter begins what will be a three week run as the top movie in the country. This will also be the biggest box office weekend of the year, due solely to the boy (still?) wizard. About a month ago I would have said Next Three Days had the potential to debut in the high teens / low 20's, but now it might be lucky just to hit double digits. Suck it, Paul Haggis. Fair Game and 127 Hours will also go head to head to hit the ten spot. While screen counts aren't yet available for either, I'll give the edge to the Naomi/Valerie.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Office: 'Glory' Holed by Chris Pine
1. Megamind - $26.5m / $79.5m / $170m
2. Unstoppable - $25m / $25m / $80m
3. Skyline - $18m / $18m / $46m
4. Due Date - $16m / $58m / $98m
5. Morning Glory - $13m / $16m / $42m
6. For Colored Girls - $9.5m / $33m / $56m
7. Red - $5.5m / $79.5m / $92m
8. Paranormal Activity 2 - $3.5m / $82m / $92m
9. Saw 3D - $3.5m / $44m / $53m
10. Secretariat - $2.8m / $55m / $62m
Skyline is iffy. It looks god awful and probably is, but it could also be #1 given its that type of special effects driven action movie that occasionally breaks out this time of year. I'm thinking Unstoppable should limit its potential. That and, again, it looks god awful. Rachel McAdams once again draws raves for a movie that she will do more for than it will do more for her career. But I guess Diane Keaton likes working with her?
Random: I'm watching the CMAs. I want to see Gwyneth Paltrow in her country debut. Nicole looks pretty, her lips don't look too big. Taylor Swift sounded awful and I loved her clueless "WHAT?" at the end. Reba's cover of Beyonce's super-awesome, super-underappreciated "If I Were a Boy" was also kinda bad. Sugarland's performance, however, was just terrific. And it is just me or is there a country music award show every 2 months?
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I'm fucking sick of this song.
2. Unstoppable - $25m / $25m / $80m
3. Skyline - $18m / $18m / $46m
4. Due Date - $16m / $58m / $98m
5. Morning Glory - $13m / $16m / $42m
6. For Colored Girls - $9.5m / $33m / $56m
7. Red - $5.5m / $79.5m / $92m
8. Paranormal Activity 2 - $3.5m / $82m / $92m
9. Saw 3D - $3.5m / $44m / $53m
10. Secretariat - $2.8m / $55m / $62m
Skyline is iffy. It looks god awful and probably is, but it could also be #1 given its that type of special effects driven action movie that occasionally breaks out this time of year. I'm thinking Unstoppable should limit its potential. That and, again, it looks god awful. Rachel McAdams once again draws raves for a movie that she will do more for than it will do more for her career. But I guess Diane Keaton likes working with her?
Random: I'm watching the CMAs. I want to see Gwyneth Paltrow in her country debut. Nicole looks pretty, her lips don't look too big. Taylor Swift sounded awful and I loved her clueless "WHAT?" at the end. Reba's cover of Beyonce's super-awesome, super-underappreciated "If I Were a Boy" was also kinda bad. Sugarland's performance, however, was just terrific. And it is just me or is there a country music award show every 2 months?
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I'm fucking sick of this song.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Boxy: Megaweekend
Three openers should inject some much needed life into the fall box office. Megamind will open around fifty million and no one will remember it in two years. Due Date, which a few weeks ago seemed like it would have a bigger run, seems to have cooled due to average at best reviews. Don't expect Hangover-esque legs. And Tyler Perry's butchering of a classic play will open to about what his films usually open to and disappear just as fast as all his previous efforts. Seem a bit negative toward this trio? Well, sure, they'll kickstart theatre lines, but the terrible to okay reviews say all three better do their best before the wizard arrives in two weeks.
1. Megamind - $48m / $48m / $180m
2. Due Date - $36m / $36m / $110m
3. For Colored Girls - $22m / $22m / $60m
4. Saw 3D - $9m / $40.5m / $58m
5. Paranormal Activity 2 - $7m / $77m / $94m
6. Red - $6.5m / $69.5m / $88m
7. Jackass 3D - $4m / $109.5m / $120m
8. Hereafter - $3.5m / $28m / $36m
9. Secretariat - $3m / $50m / $58m
10. The Social Network - $2.5m / $84m / $100m
1. Megamind - $48m / $48m / $180m
2. Due Date - $36m / $36m / $110m
3. For Colored Girls - $22m / $22m / $60m
4. Saw 3D - $9m / $40.5m / $58m
5. Paranormal Activity 2 - $7m / $77m / $94m
6. Red - $6.5m / $69.5m / $88m
7. Jackass 3D - $4m / $109.5m / $120m
8. Hereafter - $3.5m / $28m / $36m
9. Secretariat - $3m / $50m / $58m
10. The Social Network - $2.5m / $84m / $100m
Monday, November 1, 2010
Horrorfest: November 1st Edition
DEAD RINGERS
(1988)
After watching this, I'm a bit confused as to why this is sometimes put on "Scariest Movies" lists. I get that its Cronenberg and has elements of psychological thriller, but mostly its a straight drama. Perhaps its the Ick factor? Maybe I need a gynecologist. Or a vagina. Dunno. I'm not knocking the film for any of this and it certainly has its fair share of creepy elements - best of all Jeremy Irons' terrific performance. Watching this I realized he's an actor I'm not overly familiar with, only in name. Also, Genevieve Bujold is spot on as the actress with the awesome name of Claire Niveau. GRADE: B+
THE WALKING DEAD - Ep. 1.1 "Days Gone Bye"
YAH! A ZOMBIE SERIES! Oh, how long I've waited for a zombie series and bless AMC for bringing us one in all its gory glory. I've felt for a long time that a zombie series would work - where would the survivors go? would the zombies eventually die off (again)? how would they hide from the zombies? what about supplies and power sources? are the zombies the biggest danger or will the living turn on itself? FUN STUFF! As a huge fan of Romero's original trilogy and latter day zombie fare like 28 Days Later, this had me salivating from the get go. Much as I may love the zombies, the human stories of the films - often very dark and not making man look good - are what has always struck me about these films and stayed with me. While The Walking Dead hasn't shown the dark side of the living just yet, the characters it introduced last night are instantly likeable and should have no trouble sustaining a few seasons. In particular, I loved Lennie James (not listed on IMDB for some reason?) and his character's hesitation over shooting his zombie wife. Andrew Lincoln makes a classic "western" hero, a perfect change from the tortured lone survivor. His scene at the open with Jon Bernthal (terrific here, a surprise given how awful he was on the middling Eastwick) boasted fantastic writing. All in all, this was one of the best pilots I've seen in years. Like all great pilots, it has counting the days till the next episode. I find myself sad that there will only be six episodes making up the first season. GRADE: A
(1988)
After watching this, I'm a bit confused as to why this is sometimes put on "Scariest Movies" lists. I get that its Cronenberg and has elements of psychological thriller, but mostly its a straight drama. Perhaps its the Ick factor? Maybe I need a gynecologist. Or a vagina. Dunno. I'm not knocking the film for any of this and it certainly has its fair share of creepy elements - best of all Jeremy Irons' terrific performance. Watching this I realized he's an actor I'm not overly familiar with, only in name. Also, Genevieve Bujold is spot on as the actress with the awesome name of Claire Niveau. GRADE: B+
THE WALKING DEAD - Ep. 1.1 "Days Gone Bye"
YAH! A ZOMBIE SERIES! Oh, how long I've waited for a zombie series and bless AMC for bringing us one in all its gory glory. I've felt for a long time that a zombie series would work - where would the survivors go? would the zombies eventually die off (again)? how would they hide from the zombies? what about supplies and power sources? are the zombies the biggest danger or will the living turn on itself? FUN STUFF! As a huge fan of Romero's original trilogy and latter day zombie fare like 28 Days Later, this had me salivating from the get go. Much as I may love the zombies, the human stories of the films - often very dark and not making man look good - are what has always struck me about these films and stayed with me. While The Walking Dead hasn't shown the dark side of the living just yet, the characters it introduced last night are instantly likeable and should have no trouble sustaining a few seasons. In particular, I loved Lennie James (not listed on IMDB for some reason?) and his character's hesitation over shooting his zombie wife. Andrew Lincoln makes a classic "western" hero, a perfect change from the tortured lone survivor. His scene at the open with Jon Bernthal (terrific here, a surprise given how awful he was on the middling Eastwick) boasted fantastic writing. All in all, this was one of the best pilots I've seen in years. Like all great pilots, it has counting the days till the next episode. I find myself sad that there will only be six episodes making up the first season. GRADE: A
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