Young moviegoers return to the theaters before the Super Bowl as Chronicle [CHRNC] earned an estimated $22.0 million to finish atop the weekend box office. The found footage film about kids abusing their superpowers attracted an audience that was 61% under the age of 25 and 55% male.
The Woman in Black [WMBLK] debuted a close second with $21.0 million. The supernatural horror brought out a crowd that was 57% under the age of 25 and 59% female.
Last week's top film The Grey [TGREY]...
Three new films debut this Friday for moviegoers looking for a diversion during Super Bowl weekend. The top spot looks to be a closely fought contest between Chronicle [CHRNC] and The Woman in Black [WMBLK]. Fox’s Chronicle gives the superhero genre the found footage treatment. The PG-13 rated film focuses on three high school students who capture themselves using their newfound superpowers. By the nature of concept, stars are nowhere to be seen in found footage films and success depends...
An international trailer has been uploaded for the psychological thriller Red Lights [REDLT] directed by Rodrigo Cortés (Buried). Cillian Murphy [CMURP] and Sigourney Weaver [SWEAV] play two scientists who study metapsychic phenomena, but clash with a world famous psychic, played by Robert De Niro [RDENI]. Millennium Entertainment acquired Red Lights at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it drew a mixed reaction.
CBS Films has launched the teaser trailer for the horror film 7500 [FLT75]. Ryan Kwanten, Leslie Bibb [LBIBB], Amy Smart [ASMAR], Scout Taylor-Compton [STAYL] and Jamie Chung [JCHUN] star in the supernatural thriller that's basically Ghosts on a Plane. All that's missing is Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Takashi Shimizu of The Grudge, 7500 takes off on August 31st.
Summit has dropped the debut teaser for the dance sequel Step Up 4 [STUP4], a series previosuly released by Walt Disney. The fourth film features a new cast dancing and flash mobbing against the backdrop of Miami.
Summit has unveiled the first trailer for the action adventure The Cold Light of Day [TCOLD]. The next Superman Henry Cavill [HCAVI] stars as a man must rescue his family after they are kidnapped while on vacation in Spain. He finds out his father, played by Bruce Willis [BWILL], was an CIA agent hiding a government secret that also involves a woman, played by Sigourney Weaver [SWEAV]. The Cold Light of Day is scdeduled to opens wide on April 6th.
Open Road Films scored its first number movie as its second release ever The Grey [TGREY] banked an estimated $20.0 million. Liam Neeson [LNEES] once again demonstrated his draw as an action star. Males made up 60% of the opening weekend audience.
Last weekend's champ Underworld: Awakening [UNDW4] came in second at $12.5 million, a 51% drop from its opening weekend.
One for the Money [1MONY] debuted in third place with $11.8 million. The Katherine Heigl [KHEIG] comedy attracted...
Three new films join another action-packed weekend at the box office. Liam Neeson [LNEES] figures to lead the way with the R-rated man vs. nature thriller The Grey [TGREY] about plane crash survivors stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. Buzz had been building since the first trailer showed Neeson fending off a pack of hungry wolves with fists of broken mini-bottles. Reviews have been surprising good for this type of film, though new distributor Open Road may not be able to match the...
New Line has unleashed the full, theatrical trailer for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island [MYSTR] with an introduction from stars Dwayne Johnson [TROCK] and Josh Hutcherson [JHUTC]. The new trailer expands from the original teaser by showing off its main selling point, its special effects, all in 3D.
Open Road Films has released the domestic trailer for the sci-fi actioner Lockout [LCKOT]. Titled internationally as Escape from M.S. One, which probably sounded too much like Escape From New York, the futuristic film stars Guy Pearce [GPEAR] as a falsely convicted ex-government agent sent to a space station prison to rescue the President's daughter, played by Maggie Grace [MGRAC], which sounds exactly like Escape From New York. Lockout opens wide on April 20th.
