The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania When a series of strange happenings befall their resort, the Drac Pack sets out to uncover the mystery behind The...
Warner Bros. has released a second, full trailer for the drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [ELAIC] on Apple. Rather than the uneven roller coaster of the original trailer, the new one mentions 9/11 right away and goes strictly for heart-tugging sentimentality. Newcomer Thomas Horn stars as a nine-year-old who's father died in the World Trade Center. He finds a key and is convinced locating the lock will reveal a special message from his father. Extremely Loud and Incredibly...
Lionsgate has premiered the first trailer for the horror film The Cabin in the Woods [CBNWD], which had been on the shelf of a bankrupt MGM for over two years. Pre-Thor Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] leads a group of five friends into a remote cabin in the woods that turns out to be a hunting ground fenced in for some mysterious, monstrous killers. The Cabin in the Woods will finally see release on April 13th, 2012.
With no new wide release in the traditionally slow weekend for box office after Thanksgiving, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 [TWLI4] earned an estimated $16.9 million to three-peat at number one. The vampire romance has already drawn $247.3 million.
The Muppets [MUPET] proved to be extremely front-loaded, dropping 62% to $11.2 million in its second weekend. The movie apparently appealed more to fanboys than family movigoers.
Moving up to third place after opening fifth last...
Open Road Films has unveiled the full trailer for the wilderness adventure The Grey [TGREY] with an introduction from star Liam Neeson [LNEES] and Frank Grillo. It's not much different from the teaser, and retains the money shot of Neeson preparing to fight wolves with his knuckles of broken glass minibottles, which rumor has it doesn' pay off in the actual movie. Audiences will find out on January 27th.
Disney has released a new trailer for the action adventure John Carter [OMARS] starring Tyler Kitsch [TKITS] as the pulp science-fiction hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The new cut wisely drop the Civil War footage set on Earth, which had only confused viewers who couldn't tell which scenes actually on Mars versus Earth. The trailer offers the first good look at some of the Martian creatures and a gladiator arena battle reminiscent of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. ...
Warner Bros. has revealed the first trailer for the romance The Lucky One [LUCON] in a featurette intercut with interviews of the cast and author Nicholas Sparks, whose novel served as the source of adaptation. Zac Efron [ZEFRO] stars as a Marine serving in Iraq who finds a photograph of a woman he doesn't know which became his lucky charm. When he returns to the United States, he sets out to find her and predictably as the trailer reveals, falls in love with her. The Lucky One is...
Three new family films fight for Thanksgiving holiday leftovers as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 [TWLI4] sucked in $62.3 million over the five-day weekend to repeat in first place. The vampires have already amssed $221.3 million in10 days.
The Muppets [MUPET] successfully made its comeback with an estimated $42.0 million over the long weekend. The film played to all four quadrants as the audience was split evenly between males and females, while 54% was under the age of 25.
Three new family films fight for moviegoers over the long Thanksgiving weekend, but none are expected to overtake current box office title holder The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 [TWLI4]. Although the fanbase has crested, plenty of Twihards remain eager to visit and revisit the wedding of Bella and Edward. Breaking Dawn Part 1 looks to crack around $62 million over the 5-day holiday weekend.
After more than a decade of absence from theaters, The Muppets [MUPET] has return to the...
Nailing the fifth best opening weekend of all times, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 [TWLI4] bite off an estimated $139.5 million. However, the fourth installment failed to top the series best $142.8 million from 2009's The Twilight Saga: New Moon. As expected 80% of the audience was female, while 50% was over the age of 25. All the Twilight films have been extremely front-loaded by Twihards.
Happy Feet Two [HPYF2] finished second with a disappointing $22.0 million, barely...
The Weinstein Co. has released the official trailer for the historical drama W.E. [WE] directed by Madonna [MADON]. Playing like a spin-off to last year's The King's Speech, W.E. focuses on the the romance between the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne in 1936 to his brother Albert, who became King George VI. Abbie Cornish [ACORN] plays a modern New York woman who tries to learn if Wallis, played by Andrea...
