Did Justin Timberlake fail to break bigger with Friends With Benefits? Did X-Men: First Class come up on the smallish side? Big, fiery bombs don’t fall along the margins. Like the following summer-movie-season flameouts, they detonate—and impress—in full view: 1. Green Lantern: Who lost more here? The studio that spent $200 million (at least) on a film that still hasn’t made that [...]
Olivia Wilde decided to go sheer, romantic and completely dotty in Gucci at the premiere of Cowboys & Aliens in London yesterday. It somewhat reminded us of Miley’s Cyrus‘ similar silhouette at the EMA’s last year! Miley’s dress was a tad more demure though. What’s sonot demure about Olivia’s, you ask? While we’re fans of the polka-dot, we’re just wondering whether there’s too [...]
With its “Smurfs” becoming perhaps the biggest surprise hit at the box office this summer, Sony announced Tuesday that it’s moving forward with a sequel. “Smurfs 2″ will debut August 2, 2013, the studio said, with Jordan Kerner serving as producer. Sony didn’t release any other details, including whether or not Neil Patrick Harris will be back to take [...]
Bolstered by strong reviews, “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” notched a solid $1.25 million in midnight showings on Friday, according to studio estimates. The James Franco-led prequel offered late-night screenings in 1,124 locations. It will expand to 3,648 theaters in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend. Numbers for those early a.m. showings [...]
After a rare weekend photo-finish race at the box office between Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens and Sony/Columbia’s The Smurfs, which saw Cowboys come out ahead by about $800,000 when the final results were announced, The Smurfs has staged a comeback. In midweek business on Monday and Tuesday, the live/animated feature earned $10,669,520 while Cowboys lassoed $8,532,300. That’s a whopping 25-percent lead for The Smurfs. Total box [...]
Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the weekend beginning on July 29, with “Cowboys & Aliens” and “The Smurfs” producing a tie for first place, according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters. 1 (*) Cowboys & Aliens ……………….. $ 36.2 million 1 [...]
New reviews this week “The Smurfs” PG — Little ones 5 and older may giggle their way through this labored mix of live-action and animated comedy, which brings the tiny blue beings out of their isolated, timeless woodland village (and their 1980s Saturday morning TV series, which was based on characters created in the 1950s by [...]
According to Deadline, it is approximated that the movie Cowboys & Aliens, a sci-fi alien western film that is based on the graphic novel of the same name, will open up with $15 million. Deadline also estimated that the movie will have a total gross of almost $40 million, which is below the expected total gross of $45 [...]