Paramount has released the second, full trailer for action thriller Jack Reacher [1SHOT] based on the Lee Child novel. One Shot. Tom Cruise [TCRUI] stars as a former military police officer who is brought in to help investigate a case why a sniper has been framed of murdering five random people. Rosamund Pike [RPIKE], Richard Jenkins [RJENK], David Oyelowo[DOYEL] and Werner Herzog, yes Werner Herzog [WHERZ] co-star in Jack Reacher, which opens December 21st.
MGM has revealed the teaser trailer for the horror remake Carrie [CARIE] based on the Stephen King novel. Chloe Grace Moretz [CMORE] stars as a shy teenager sheltered by her religious mother and bullied by her schoolmates to the point where she unleashes her telekinetic power on her small town during the senior prom. Carrie opens March 15th.
Five new releases were no competition for Liam Neeson as Taken 2 [TAKE2] stay atop the weekend box office with an estimated $22.5 million. The action sequel has banked $86.8 million in 10 days.
Ben Affleck's Argo [ARGO] debuted in second place with $20.1 million. The hostage thriller attracted an audience that was 93% was over the age of 25 and 54% female. With excellent word of mouth, the Awards hopefulshould have long legs.
Sinister [SINIS] grossed $18.3 million to open at the third...
Warner Bros. has cut a second trailer for the period action drama Gangster Squad [TFGSQ] on Apple. Due to the tragic shooting in Colorado, the film took out the shootout set inside Grumann's Chinese Theater. The scene has been reshot in Los Angeles Chinatown as seen in the new trailer. Originally set to open last month, Gangster Squad will now arrive in theaters January 11th.
Sony has launched a second trailer for the killng Bin Laden drama Zero Dark Thirty [ZDTHR] on Apple. Kathryn Bigelow [KBIGE] directed the film about the decade-long manhunt for the leader of Al Qaeda leading up to the raid of his compound in Pakistan by the U.S. Navy Seal Team Six.
Even with high expectations heading into last weekend, Taken 2 [TAKE2] outperformed the competition by a wide margin. As with most highly anticipated sequels, Taken 2 was likely front-loaded by fans and headed for a 50% drop to about $23 million, which may be enough to hold off the slew of newcomers at the box office.
Warner Bros.’ Argo [ARGO] arrives in theaters riding a crescendo of Oscar buzz. Ben Affleck [BAFFL] directs and stars in the film based on the true story of how the CIA...
The Weinstein Co. has unveiled the second theatrical trailer for Django Unchained [DJANG] on Apple. Quentin Tarantino [QTARA] directs the Southern actioner set before the Civil War, now with Jonah Hill [JHILL]. Jamie Foxx [JFOXX] stars as a slave who joins a bounty hunter, played by Christoph Waltz [CWALT], to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington [KWASH]) from a plantation owner, played by Leonardo DiCaprio [LDCAP]. Django Unchained hits theaters on December 25nd.
Fox Searchlight has released the debut trailer for the biopic Hitchcock [AHMKP] on Apple. Anthony Hopkins [AHOPK] stars as the iconic filmmaker while Helen Mirren [HMIRR] plays his wife Alma Reville. Their love story is set during the making of his most famous film Psycho. Scarlett Johansson [SJOHA] plays Janet Leigh while Jessica Biel [JBIEL] plays Vera Miles. Hitchcock opens November 23rd.
Topping the weekend box office with an estimated $50 million, Taken 2 [TAKE2] more than doubled up on the opening of the 2009 original. The debut is the third highest ever in October and the best for a PG-13 rated film. The crowd-pleasing action sequel attracted a broad audience that was 52% male and 56% over the age of 25.
Hotel Transylvania [HTRNS] was bumped to second place with $26.3 million, a 38% decline from its debut. The animated comedy has earned $76.0 million.
Expanding wide...
Business is about to pick up once again as Fox unleashes the action sequel Taken 2 [TAKE2]. 2009’s Taken took the industry by surprise with a $24.7 million debut on Super Bowl weekend, which Hollywood typically counterprograms with female-targeted fares. Showing tremendous legs, Taken finished with $145 million and made Liam Neeson [LNEES] an action star who went on to topline The A-Team, Unknown and The Grey. The sequel shifts the setting from Paris to Istanbul but does not stray far...
