April 2012

Weekend Box Office: Jack Black’s Bernie a bigger winner than all four wide releases

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Aside from the fact that Think Like a Man is now officially the year’s surprise hit, the box office for wide releases this weekend has been totally uninteresting, with openers The Five-Year Engagement, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Safe, and The Raven all performing worse than expected. Thus, if there’s a story to be told, it’s that the small […]

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Peter Jackson responds to 48FPS criticisms

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Jackson has responded to the numerous criticisms bloggers waged against a CinemaCon preview of the 48-frames-per-second shooting style on The Hobbit. This new technology, which uses double the traditional amount of frames to eliminate judder and blur, vastly improving the clarity of action in 3-D presentations, has been

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Friday Box Office: Five-Year Engagement a non-starter, Think Like a Man remains juggernaut

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The box office may have been cooking last weekend, but it appears that the kitchen is now closed. Last week’s big winner Think Like a Man reclaimed the #1 spot, trouncing the competition from four new films, including the Jason Segel/Emily Blunt rom-com The Five-Year Engagement, which I had pegged to gross a strong $26 million

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The Avengers opens big overseas, Battleship still strong

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In its first two days of release in 25 countries internationally, The Avengers has amassed a whopping $36 million — a powerful indication that it will positively explode when it opens in the United States next Friday. As reported by Variety‘s Stuart Oldham, the Joss Whedon-directed superhero ensemble was particularly strong in the United Kingdom, pulling

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Beauty and the Beast, Bambi headed back to Disney Vault

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Fans of Disney’s legendary animated films Beauty and the Beast and Bambi have one final weekend to purchase Blu-Ray/DVD copies for their collections before both become unavailable for an indefinite period of time. As of April 30, production will cease on the current “Diamond Edition” combo packs of both films. They are the latest casualties of the

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