While a couple of special effects ladened spectacles flopped at the box office, The Martian [MARTN] remained in first place with an estimated $37.0 million. The sci-fi film declined just 32% to bring its total across $108.7 million.
Hotel Transylvania 2 [HTRN2] held second with $20.3 million. The animated sequel has booked $116.8 million after 3 weekends.
Widely panned by critics and moviegoers alike, Pan [PAN1] debuted at the third spot with just $15.5 million.
The Walk [TWALK] was...
Universal has revealed the trailer for the 1950s period comedy Hail, Caesar! [HAILC] written and directed by the Coen brothers [COEN]. Set during the tailend of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Josh Brolin [JBROL] stars as a studio fixer who has many problems to fix including locating a kidnapped movie star, played by Geroge Clooney [GCLOO]. Hail, Caesar! opens on February 6th.
The final trailer has been unveiled for the final installment in the YA dystopian sci-fi saga The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 [HGAM4]. Like the previous chapter, Lionsgate has decided not to release a full-length trailer for a franchise that already has a devoted fanbase. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 ends on November 20th.
Walt Disney has released a new trailer for Pixar's animated fantasy The Good Dinosaur [DINOS], now with talking dinosaurs. The lead Apatosaurus "Arlo" is voiced by Raymond Ochoa, while his human companionnicknamed "Spot" is voiced by Jack Bright. Jeffrey Wright [JWRIG] and Frances McDormand [FMCDO] voices Arlo's parents. The Good Dinosaur lands in theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
Open Road has dropped the first, redband trailer for the crime drama Triple 9 [TRPL9]. Casey Affleck [CAFFL] stars as an idealistic rookie police officer partnered with a hard-nosed veteran payed by Woody Harrelson [WHARR]. In a Atlanta run by crooked cops and Russian mobsters, the rookis is targeted for a 999 (code for officer down) as a diversion for a heist. Triple 9 hits theaters February 19th.
Buoyed by free publicity and excellent word of mouth, The Martian [MARTN] blasted off with an estimated $55.0 million, within striking distance of the October record of $55.8 million set by Gravity two years ago.
Last weekend's champ Hotel Transylvania 2 [HTRN2] secured second with $33.0 million. The animated sequel decayed just 32% in its second weekend to bring its total to $90.5 million.
Expanding to wide release, Sicario [SICAR] took in $12.1 million to take third place. The crime...
NASA announced the discovery of recent water on Mars this week just as The Martian [MARTN] arrives theaters. Fox can’t be any happier with the free publicity for their PG-13 rated sci-fi film. Matt Damon [MDAMO] stars as an astronaut stranded on the red planet who must survive solely on his scientific knowledge. Damon played a similar role in Interstellar, which opened to $47.5 million last November, while Sandra Bullock's stranded-in-space flick Gravity set the October record two years...
Lionsgate has premiered the trailer for the romance The Choice [CHOCE] based on the Nicholas Sparks novel on Moviefone. Teresa Palmer [TPALM] stars as a young woman who catches the eye of her new neighbor, played by Benjamin Walker [BWALK]. She must decide whether she wants to be with him or her doctor boyfriend, played by Tom Welling. The Choice hits theaters on February 5th.
Gramecy Pictures has revealed the first trailer for the horror film The Forest [FORST]. Set in the Aokigahara Forest of Japan where people go to commit suicide, Natalie Dormer [NDORM] stars as a young American who goes in search of her twin sister to uncover her fate. The Forest arrives in theaters January 8th.
Fox has unveiled the full-length trailer for the western The Revenant [REVEN], which was inspired by true events. Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu [AGINA] sets out for wilderness to film in natural light conditions. The Revenant opens limited on Christmas before expanding wide on January 8th.
In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio [LDCAP]) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own...
