Despite getting off to a slower start than Divergent on Friday, the sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent [DVRG2] caught up to its predecessor and earned an estimated $54.0 milion to lead the weekend box office. The audience was 60% female and 55% under the age of 25, which is broader yet younger than the original film last year.
Last week's crown holder Cinderella [CINDE] slipped 49% to $34.5 million. The fantasy has amassed $122.0 million.
Run All Night [ALNIT] finished third with...
Just one year after Lionsgate launched another post-apocalyptic franchise based on a YA book series with Divergent, the sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent [DVRG2] arrives in theaters. Divergent debuted with $54.6 million and expectations are higher for Insurgent. Since then, Shailene Woodley [SWOOD] and Ansel Elgort [AELGO] starred together in The Fault in Our Stars, while Miles Teller [MTELL] won acclaim for Whiplash. In a bid to broaden the audience, marketing on the PG-13 rated...
EuropaCorp has dropped the teaser trailer for their action franchise reboot/recast/relaunch The Transporter Refueled [TRNS4] on Apple. Ed Skrein takes over the role of Frank Martin, made famous by Jason Statham. Trailer music doesn't get any more overplayed than "How do you like me now?" by The Heavy. With a different actor also starring in "The Transporter: The Series" on TV, who will pay to see this new guy in theaters? The Transporter Refueled opens wide on June 19th.
Fox has uploaded the debut trailer for the teen drama Paper Towns [PRTWN] adapted from the bestselling novel authored by John Green, who also wrote The Fault in Our Stars. The coming-of-age story stars Nat Wolff [NWOLF] and Cara Delevingne as his neighbor and crush. She enlists him for an all-night revenge plot through their hometown before disappearing the next morning. He finds clues she left behind for him to decipher. He and his friends then embarks on an adventure to track her...
Warner Bros. has unleashed the trailer for the drama Max [MAX1]. Robbie Amell [RAMEL] plays a dog handler in the U.S. Marine who died during combat in Afghanistan. His younger brother then adopts the dog who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder into the family as they help each other heal their loss. The story looks to be a heart-warming tale with a seemingly unnecessary villain tacked on for the third act. Max is relased in theaters on June 26th.
Sony has powered up the teaser trailer for the sci-fi comedy Pixels [PIXEL] adapted from a Patrick Jean short film. Adam Sandler [ASAND] takes on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other arcade icons from the 1980s.
When intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game...
Focus Features has revealed the full-length trailer for the horror prequel Insidious 3 [NSID3] written and directed by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell. Thie film follows the gifted psychic played by Lin Shaye as she use her ability to astral project into another dimension called "The Further" in order to help a family with a teenage girl targeted the same entity that went on to haunt the Lambert family. Insidious 3 lands in theaters on June 5th.
Moviegoers were brought back to theaters by Disney's live-action remake of theri animated classic Cinderella [CINDE], earning an estimated $70.1 million to easily outdistance the competition. The debut tops Malefiecent's $69.3 million, which had the benefit of Angelina Jolie, summer and 3D surcharges. Families made up 66% of the audience, which skewed 77% female and 56% under 25 years old.
Run All Night [ALNIT] debuted in second place with $11.0 million. The male-targeted actioner...
Relativity has unveiled the trailer for the horror film Before I Wake [SOMNI], previously titled Somnia, from the director of Occulus.
Jessie (Kate Bosworth [KBOSW]) and Mark (Thomas Jane [TJANE]) decide to take in a sweet and loving 8-year-old boy, Cody. Unbeknownst to them, Cody is terrified of falling asleep. At first, they assume his previous unstable homes caused his aversion to sleep, but soon discover why: Cody’s dreams manifest in reality as he sleeps. In one moment they...
Disney continues to mine its animated fairy tale classics with a live-action remake of Cinderella [CINDE], perhaps the most popular princess of them all. Lily James [LJAME] slips on the iconic role, while Cate Blanchett [CBLAN] plays the evil step-mother and Helen Bonham-Carter [HBCAR] the fairy godmother. As if the PG-rated fantasy needed any more help, Disney has attached the short ‘Frozen Fever’, a continuation of the 2013 blockbuster film Frozen. Advance ticket sales are pacing...
