In the slowest weekend at the box office since September of 2001, The Possession [TPOSN] remained in first place with an estimated $9.5 million. The horror film declined 46% in its second weekend to bring its total to $33.3 million.
Holding on to the second spot, Lawless [LWLES] took in $6.0 million, down 40% from its debut. The crime drama has banked $23.5 million.
The Words [WORDS] earned just $5.0 million to open in third place. The Bradley Cooper drama attracted mainly older women...
Fox has revealed the first trailer for the family comedy Parental Guidance [PGUID]. Billy Crystal [BCRYS] and Bette Midler [BMIDL] star as a couple who decides to babysit their three grandkids for a week while their parents are away for work. Hilarity ensues. Parental Guidance opens this Christmas.
The weekend after Labor Day is typically slow at the box office as folks head back to school and work. This year looks to be one of the worse in recent memories as two new wide releases open with little buzz. CBS Films has slotted the drama The Words [WORDS] starring Bradley Cooper [BCOOP] as an author who stole someone else’s work and then must pay the price for his unearned success. Cooper opened Limitless to $18.9 million in March 2011, but that film had a what-if angle to hook in...
For those moviegoers who haven't seen the six-minute online trailer, Warner Bros. has unveiled the theatrical trailer for the sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas [CLATL] on Apple.
"Cloud Atlas" explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire...
Roadside Attractions has released the debut trailer for the latest found footage horror film The Bay [THBAY] on Apple. Directed by Barry Levinson [BLEVI], the film chronicles a deadly outbreak where a mutant breed of parasitic isopod from the Chesapeake Bay infect the people of a small town and take over their bodies. Originally set to be released by Lionsgate, The Bay is instead being dumped to theaters as well as VOD simultaneously on November 2nd.
Paramount has unleashed the debut trailer for the latest reimagined fairy tale Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters [HNGWH] on Apple. Jeremy Renner [JRENN] and Gemma Artheton [GARTE] star as the brother and sister from Grimm's collected stories who have grown to become professional exterminators of witches. With hokey dialogue and unispired story telling, the R-rated actioner looks derivative of every steampunk fantasy film we've seen before from Underworld to The Brothers Grimm to Van Helsing...
Horror fans turned out during the long Labor Day Weekend and put Lionsgate's The Possession [TPOSN] atop the weekend box office with an estimated $21.3 million from Friday to Monday. The opening is the second highest for the holiday weekend behind Halloween's $30.6 million in 2007. The audience was 59% female and 54% under the age of 25.
Lawless [LWLES] debuted in second place with $13.0 million over the 4-day weekend and $15.2 million since opening on Wednesday. The period crime drama...
IFC Films has revealed the domestic teaser for the drama On the Road [ONTRD] based on classic novel by Jack Kerouac. Sam Riley [SRILE] stars as aspiring writer Sal Paradise who on his travels bonds with a young couple, Garrett Hedlund [GHEDL] as Dean Moriarty and Kristen Stewart [KSTEW] as his wife Marylou. On the Road hits theaters beginning December 21st.
CBS Films has released a redband trailer for the comedy Seven Psychopaths [7PSYC], which is basically the same as the greenband trailer except with more colorful, foul language.
The summer movie season looks to go out on a whimper with three new releases over Labor Day weekend. Lionsgate unleashes the PG-13 rated horror film The Possession [TPOSN], which gives the exorcism phenomenon a Jewish twist. The real-life story of a haunted dibbuk box that inspired the movie has been widely circulated online, which should help stoke popular interest. The billing of producer Sam Raimi should also attract horror fans. Taking over 2816 theaters, The Possession could bank...
