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...
The Toronto International Film Festival has debuted the international trailer for the thriller The Company You Keep [COYKP] starring Robert Redford [RREDF] who also directed. Sony Picture Classics will distribute domestically.
Jim Grant (Redford) is a widowed single father and attorney living in Albany. What none of his friends or clients know is that Jim was once a member of the activist/terrorist organization the Weather Underground. Wanted for robbery and the murder of a security...
CBS Films has debuted the redband teaser for the raunchy comedy The To Do List [TODOL]. Aubrey Plaza [APLAZ] introduces the movie where she plays a former high school nerd who comes up with a list of sexual acts she wants to experience before heading to college. The To Do List will hit theaters next Valentine's Day on February 14th.
A trio of new films crashed and burned at the weekend box office as The Expendables 2 [XPND2] remained in first place with an estimated $13.5 million. The action sequel declined 53% in its second weekend to bring its running total to $52.3 million.
The Bourne Legacy [BORN4] also held the second spot at $9.3 million. The spy sequel has earned $85.5 million after 3 weekends.
ParaNorman [PNORM] decayed 39% in its second weekend to $8.5 million, while fellow sophomore release The Odd Life of...
The last weekend of August is typically slow at the box office and this year won’t be an exception as Hollywood dumps three new wide releases. Although The Expendables 2 [XPND2] underperformed its predecessor, the action sequel doesn’t have much in the way of competition. The Expendables 2 should repeat at the top spot with about $13 million.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt [LGORD] toplines the actioner Premium Rush [PRUSH] as a bike messenger chased through the streets of Manhattan. Originally set...
The Weinstein Co. has produced the debut trailer for the comedy Butter [BUTER] set in the world of competitive butter carving. Jennifer Garner [JEGAR] stars as the ambitious wife of the Iowa State Butter Carving Champion who is retiring after his 15-year reign. Wanting to remain in the spotlight, she decides to pick up the spreading knife herself and finds herself competiting against two unlikely contestants: her husband’s mistress, played by Olivia Wilde [OWILD], and a 10-year-old...
A redband trailer for the Prohibition-era crime drama Lawless [LWLES] has debuted online. The Weinstein Co. apparently doesn't believe the starpower led by Shia LaBeouf [SLABE] and Tom Hardy [THARD] are enough to sell a period film set during the 1920s, so they've flashed some nudity and spilled more blood to entice the male demographics. Lawless opens on August 29th.
Summit has released the domestic trailer for the drama The Impossible [IMPSB] on Apple. Based on a true story, Ewan McGregor [EMCGR] and Naomi Watts [NWATT] play parents with three sons vacationing in Thailand, when a giant tsunami sweep through Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004. Set to a cover of U2's "One" by Damien Rice, the trailer lets you know that this is a uplifting, feelgood story by giving away its ending. The Impossible opens in limited release starting December 21st.
Even though the sequel packed more starpower than the first film, The Expendables 2 [XPND2] banked an estimated $28.75 million, short of the original's $34.8 million opening two years ago. The R-rated action film expectantly attracted an audience that was 63% male and 65% over the age of 25.
Last weekend's champ The Bourne Legacy [BORN4] captured $17.0 million, dropping 55% in its second weekend.
The animated ParaNorman [PNORM] debuted in third place with $14.0 million. Focus Features...
