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02 Battleship
03 The Dictator
04 Dark Shadows
05 What To Expect When You’re Expecting
06 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
07 The Hunger Games
08 Think Like A Man
09 The Lucky One
10 The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Category Archives: Movies
‘Star Wars’: Its modest opening day 35 years ago
By Michael Krumboltz
Thirty-five years ago, Hollywood changed forever. “Star Wars” hit cinemas on May 25, 1977. But, while the film went on to be one of the biggest blockbusters of all time and launched sequels, prequels, TV shows, action figures, LEGO sets, and more, you may be surprised to learn that on its opening day, only a modest number of folks got to see it.
That’s because the film opened in just 32 theaters across the nation. It opened on a Wednesday. By Friday, it had expanded to a whopping 43 theaters. Contrast that to Marvel’s “The Avengers,” which opened in 4,349 theaters, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Promo posters for Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Machete Kills promo poster
Robert Rodriguez have not one, but two movies coming in out in the coming year, And with production underway, we now have teaser posters for both films.
First comes the sequel to Machete, Machete Kills, which the original cast back on-screen including Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez and a new villain played by Mel Gibson, and new cast members Amber Heard and Sofia Vergara. All stars appear on the poster, except for Jessica Alba who played Sartana in the original movie, now mysteriously absent on the poster.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill for is also underway, Rodriguez’s follow-up to the 2005 cult-classic, which reportedly will begian production sometime this summer. Casting is currently underway, but Miller’s graphic novel A Dame to Kill For features Clive Own’s character Dwight so it is presumed that will return. We should hear more about this movie as well in the coming weeks.
The Avengers smashes $1bn barrier at global box office
Simon Brew
The Avengers smashes past Dark Shadows, and the $1bn mark at the global box office. It’s really doing quite well.
We suspect that it’s safe to call Marvel and Joss Whedon’s The Avengers movie a hit now. This past weekend, it topped the American box office for the second week running, bringing in a staggering $103.1m in the US alone. It comfortably edged out the week’s big new release, Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, which had to be content with $28.8m.
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Box Office Shocker: ‘Avengers’ Opens to Record Shattering $200.3 Million
by Pamela McClintock
The Disney and Marvel Studios tentpole makes history in nabbing the biggest opening of all time in North America; globally “Avengers” has earned a massive $641.8 million in 12 days.
Joss Whedon’s The Avengers has set a new bar in opening to a walloping $200.3 million at the domestic box office, the largest debut ever and kicking of summer 2012 in high style.
The Avengers — marking a major victory for Disney and Marvel Studios — easily dethroned Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which opened to $169.2 million last summer, then the largest number in history.
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