Open Road has premiered the trailer for the musical documentary Justin Bieber's Believe [JBBLV]. Directed once again by Jon M. Chu [JCHU], the 3D film features interviews with the teenage popstar and his circle of supporters as well as new behind-the-scenes concert footage. Justin Bieber's Believe drops on Christmas Day.
Sony has debuted the trailer for the inspirational drama Heaven is for Real [HVNFR]. Based on a true story, Greg Kinnear [GKINN] and Kelly Reilly [KREIL] play the real-life couple Todd and Sonja Burpo with a four-year-old son named Colton. After an accident landed him in the emergency room, the boy claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. He is able to recount details of his journey about meeting people that passed before he was even born. Heaven is for Real ...
With The Wolf of Wall Street vacating this slot and not opening until Christmas, there is only one new wide release in the weekend between Thor: The Dark World [THOR2] and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The Thor sequel performed as expected, but did not break out for more. The word of mouth is not excellent enough to prevent the usual frontloading suffered by blockbuster sequels. Thor: The Dark World could drop around 55% to $39 million in its second weekend.
In 1999, The Best Man...
Paramount has released the first teaser trailers for the Biblical epic Noah [NOAH] on Apple. Directed by Darren Aronofsky [DARON], the film stars Russell Crowe [RCROW] as the man chosen by God to build an an ark to save his family and assorted animals before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world. Noah is currently scheduled to open on March 28th.
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Summit has unleashed the full-length trailer for the sci-fi adaptation Divergent [DVRGN] based on yet another best-selling young adult book set in a dystopian future. In a world where everyone is divided into five distinct factions based on their personalities, Shailene Woodley [SWOOD] plays a young woman who finds out she does not fit into any one type, and these Divergents are considred dangerous individuals to their society as a whole. Theo James [TJAME] leads fellow Divergents that...
Walt Disney has unveiled the teaser trailer for the fantasy Maleficent [MALEF]. Angelina Jolie [AJOLI] stars as the wicked witch in the live-action retelling of Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty. Elle Fanning [EFANN] co-stars as Princess Autora, who is protrayed as an infant by Jolie's real-life daughter Vivienne as seen running in the trailer. Maleficent arrives on May 30th.
Opening with an estimated $86.1 million at the weekend box office, Thor: The Dark World [THOR2] missed Skyfall's record by just a couple of millions. The Marvel superhero sequel attracted an audience that was 61% over the age of 25 and 62% male. The box office rose slightly from Friday to Saturday and with good word of mouth, Thor: The Dark World may actually have better legs than the typical blockbuster sequel.
Jackass Present: Bad Grandpa [JCKA4] maintains its impressive hold with...
Universal has released a second trailer for the war in Afghanistan drama Lone Survivor [LSURV] on Apple. Based on a true story, Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL], Taylor Kitsch [TKITS], Emile Hirsch [EHIRS] and Ben Foster [BFOST] play four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to kill a senior Taliban target when they are ambushed by the enemy after making a difficult moral decision. Directed by Peter Berg [PEBER], the film could turn out to be a surprise awards contender. Lone Survivor opens limited on...
Marvel returns to conquer the box office with its superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World [THOR2]. The first Thor opened at $65.7 million in May 2011. Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] and Tom Hiddleston [THIDD] then took their Norse mythological sibling rivalry to 2012’s The Avengers, which as everyone knows is now the all-time opening weekend champion. The Avengers gave the Iron Man franchise a 36% boost from Iron Man 2’s $128.1 million to Iron Man 3’s $174.1 million. A similar uptick would put...
Universal has dropped the full, theatrical trailer for the buddy action comedy Ride Along [RDLON] starring Ice Cube [ICUBE] and Kevin Hart [KHART]. Ride Along arrives in theaters on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the...
