After securing the second biggest opening weekend of all times behind its predecessor, Avengers: Age of Ultron [AVNG2] will also likely claim the second biggest sophomore weekend ever. Two new wide releases will pose little competition. The word of mouth on the sequel is not as great as The Avengers, which slid 50% in its second weekend, but should be better than Iron Man 3’s 58% drop-off. Avengers: Age of Ultron will likely decline somewhere in between to around $90 million.
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New Line has unveiled the redband trailer for the comedy sequel Vacation [VACTN]. Chevy Chase [CCHAS] and Beverly D'Angelo reprise their roles from the comedy franchise. Ed Helms [EHELM] is the latest actor to star as Rusty Griswold, while Christina Applegate [CAPPL] co-stars as his wife. Rusty revisits his childhood by taking his family on a cross-country drive to Wally World. Vacation starts in theaters on July 29th.
Sony has dropped the trailer for the musical dramedy Ricki and the Flash [RICFL]. Meryl Streep [MSTRE] stars as a former 1980s rockstar who returns home to make things right with her children, played by her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer and Sebastian Stan [SSTAN]. Rick Springfield plays a bandmember while Kevin Kline [KKLIN] plays her ex-husband. Didn't this movie just come out as Danny Collins? Jonathan Demme [JDEMM] directed from a script by Diablo Cody. Ricki and the Flash rolls...
Warner Bros. has revealed a second trailer for the sequel Magic Mike XXL [MGCM2]. Channing Tatum [CTATU], Matt Bomer [MBOME], Joe Manganiello [JOMAN], Kevin Nash and Adam Rodriguez are joined by Donald Glover [DOGLO] and and Michael Strahan.
Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, “Magic Mike XXL” finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house...
Roadside Attractions has released the full-length, domestic trailer for the drama Mr. Holmes [ASLTM] starring Ian McKellen [IMCKE] as the famed detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted from the Mitch Cullin novel "A Slight Trick of the Mind", Mr. Holmes begins its limited release on July 17th.
1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare....
Warner Bros. has uploaded a third trailer for the disaster porn flick San Andreas [SANDR] featuring a cover of "California Dreamin'" by Sia. Despite the massive earthquake that devastated Nepal, San Andreas is still on track to hit theaters on May 29th.
Despite a strong start at the weekend box office that was pacing ahead of The Avengers, the sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron [AVNG2] settled with an estimated $187.7 million, short of the record of $207.4 million. Saturday night was knocked down by the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight of the Century that dominated the cultural conversation of the nation. The sequel also lacked unique urgency of The Avengers coming together for the first time. The audience was 59% male and 59% over the age of 25.
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Three years ago, The Avengers blew away all expectations and set a new opening weekend high of $207.4 million that shattered the previous mark by more than $30 million. Will history be made once again at the box office as the sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron [AVNG2] arrives this weekend? The warmly received first film held on to bank $623.4 million. The same cast returns with director Joss Whedon [JWHED] once again at the helm.The PG-13 rated sequel introduces a couple of new members Scarlet...
Summit has unleashed the teaser trailer for the fantasy The Last Witch Hunter [TLWH] starring Vin Diesel [VDIES] as an immortal warrior protecting humanity against evil witches. The Last Witch Hunter hits theaters on October 23rd.
The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the...
Sony has revealed the teaser trailer for the Biblical thriller Risen [CLAVU] on USA Today. Joseph Fiennes [JFIEN] stars as the fictional Clavius, who is assigned by Pontius Pilate to investigate what happened to Jesus following the crucifixion in oredr to quell a rebellion. Risen opens wide on January 22nd.
