Topping the box office for a third straight weekend, The Dark Knight Rises [BATM3] took in an estimated $36.4 million, a 41% decline from the previous weekend. The concluding chapter in the Batman trilogy now totals $354.6 million.
Total Recall [RECAL] debuted in second place with a lackluster $26.0 million. The sci-fi remake attracted primarily older male moviegoers. Poor reviews and word of mouth are likely to erase any long-term prospects.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [WIMP3] also...
Whether moviegoers remain spooked by the Colorado shooting tragedy or are staying home to watch the Olympics, The Dark Knight Rises [BATM3] has not kept pace with The Dark Knight despite a bigger opening weekend. Since the overall box office is affected and not just Batman, The Dark Knight Rises should be able to hold back two new wide releases and retain the top spot for a third weekend with about $33 million.
Colin Farrell [CFARR] stars in Sony’s PG-13 rated remake of the popular 1990...
The Weinstein Co. has revealed the first trailer for the crime drama Killing Them Softly [KILTS] based on the George V. Higgins novel "Cogan's Trade". Reuniting with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt [BPITT] plays a mob enforcer hired to track down two crooks who robbed one of their poker game. Killing Them Softly hits theaters October 19th.
Relativity Media has cut a third trailer for the horror film House at the End of the Street [ENDST] starring "The Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence" [JLAWR]. If you didn't think the first two trailers already spoiled enough of the movie, then this is the one that will spoil the rest and save you an admission ticket come September 21st.
Millennium Films has debuted the first trailer for the Southern drama The Paperboy [PAPRB] directed by Lee Daniels [LDANI] of Precious. Set in Florida of the 1960s, Zac Efron [ZEFRO] plays a young man who helps his reporter brother investigate a possibly wrongfully convicted man on death row, and at the same timefalls for the convict’s lover, played by Nicole Kidman [NKIDM]. Matthew MCConaughey [MMCCO], David Oyelow [DOYEL] and John Cusack [JOHNC] co-star in the film which premiered at...
Paramount has uploaded the teaser trailer for the horror sequel Paranormal Activity 4 [PNAC4] on Apple. The fourth installment in the found footage franchise haunts a Skyping session. Paranormal Activity 4 arrives October 19th.
Lionsgate has unveiled the debut trailer for the ensemble comedy The Big Wedding [TBWED] on Apple. The all-star cast appearing to collect a paycheck are Robert De Niro [RDENI], Diane Keaton [DKEAT], Susan Sarandon [SSARA], Robin Williams [RWILL], Katherine Heigl [KHEIG], Amanda Seyfried [ASEYF], Topher Grace [TGRAC] and Ben Barnes [BBARN]. De Niro and Keaton play divorced parents who are forced to pretend to be married at of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative...
The full domestic and international theatrical trailers for Skyfall [JB23] are now online. Daniel Craig [DCRAI] returns as James Bond who is missing and presumed dead as a result of M, Judi Dench [JDENC] once again, compromised the identities of numerous MI6 agents. The introduces Ralph Fiennes [RFIEN] as seemingly M's replacement, Ben Whishaw [BWHIS]as Q, and a blonde Javier Bardem [JBARD] as the villain. With its themes of fear and resurrection, Skyfall shares many similarities with the...
Fox has finally revealed the domestic trailer for the action sequel Taken 2 [TAKE2]. Liam Neeson [LNEES] returns to "do what he does best" when his wife, played by Famke Janssen [FJANS], gets kidnapped by the relatives of the Albanians killed in the first film. This time around, their daughter played by Maggie Grace [MGRAC] is free to roam and does her best Jason Bourne impression.
Topping the weekend box office easily with an estimated $64.0 million, The Dark Knight Rises [BATM3] nevertheless tumbled 60% from its debut. Despite beating The Dark Knight in its opening weekend, the third film has fallen behind the pace of its predecessor at $289.1 million over 10 days.
Ice Age: Continental Drift [ICEA4] banked $13.3 million to remain second overall, bringing its total to $114.8 million.
The Watch [NEIBW] bombed with a $13.0 million opening in third place. The...
