Universal saved the prophetic line "You sunk my Battleship!" for itself as Battleship [BTSHP] opened a distant second with an estimated $25.4 million, less than half of The Avengers [AVNGR] in first place with $55.1 million. The Marvel superheroes stand at $457.1 million after three weekends. Battleship failed to appeal to young moviegoers as 66% of the audience was over the age of 25, while 57% were male.
The Dictator [DICTR] debuted in third place at $17.4 million, and $24.5 million...
An international trailer has been uploaded for the male stripper drama Magic Mike [MGCMK]. Marketed as this generation's Saturday Night Fever, the film looks more like a male version of Coyote Ugly. While the domestic trailer focused on Channing Tatum [CTATU] in the title character, The new trailer follows the path of new kid, played by Alex Pettyfer [APETT] in a role similar to Piper Perabo, as he discover a whole new world in exotic dancing.
Focus Features has debuted the first trailer for the historical drama Hyde Park on Hudson [HPHUD] starring Bill Murray [BMURR] as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Olivia Williams [OWILL] as his wife Eleanor and Laura Linney [LLINN] as his mistress Daisy.
Three new wide releases enter the box office fray, but the blockbuster holdover The Avengers [AVNGR] still looms large. The Marvel superheroes declined 50%, respectable after its record-smashing debut, in its second weekend and should improve on that in its third weekend. The crowd-pleasing The Avengers looks to bank another $57 million, which should be enough to remain in the pole position.
The classic board game Battleship [BTSHP] has been turned into a sci-fi actioner featuring...
CBS Films has debuted the first trailer for the drama The Words [WORDS] starring Bradley Cooper [BCOOP], Zoe Saldana [ZSALD] and Olivia Wilde [OWILD], Dennis Quaid [DQUAI] and Jeremy Irons [JIRON]. It's a confusing mess even with the help of a narrator. Let's just go to the official synopsis:
Young writer Rory Jansen finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back...
Lionsgate has revealed the full, theatrical trailer for the comedy Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection [MADWP] on Apple. In a bid to broad its audience, Eugene Levy [ELEVY] and Denise Richards [DRISH] are cast opposite Tyler Perry [TPERR] in a fish out of water story. Actually, make that two fish out of the water story as a white family hides out in the home of Madea under the Witness Protection Program and then Madea takes on New York City. Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection...
Lionsgate has unleashed the first trailer for the horror film The Possession [TPOSN]. Jeffrey Dean Morgan [JDMOR] and Kyra Sedgwick [KSEDG] play the parents of a young girl who bought an antique wooden box at a yard sale and unleashed a dibbuk, an evil spirit that slowly takes over her body from the inside, literally. Usually associated with Catholicism , the phenomenon of demonic possession and exorcism gets the Jewish treatment. The Possession takes place August 31st.
Fox has debuted the first trailer for the uplifting drama Won't Back Down [WBACD]. Viola Davis [VDAVI] and Maggie Gyllenhaal [MGYLL] play mothers from different backgrounds who team up to transform a failing public school into a charter school for thier children. Won't Back Down is scheduled to open on September 28th.
Open Road has released the first trailer for the action comedy Hit and Run [HITRN] directed by Dax Shepard [DSHEP] who also stars with his buddies Bradley Cooper [BCOOP] and Kristen Bell [KBELL]. Shepard plays a former getaway driver who is pulled back in by his former criminal associates. Hit and Run opens on August 24th.
Breaking another record with another $103.2 million, The Avengers [AVNGR] became the first film to cross $100 million in its second weekend and crushing the previous mark of $76.5 million held by Avatar. The superhero team-up held 50% of its record opening weekend.
Dark Shadows [DRKSH] grossed $28.8 million to debut in second place. The vampire comedy attracted an audience that was 57% female and 73% over the age of 25.
Think Like a Man [TLKAM] finished third with $6.3 million, bringing...
