First shown at the WonderCon this past weekend, the full trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman [SWHTM] in now online. The reimagining of the classic fairy tale is set firmly in the fantasy realm loaded witth mythological creatures large and small. Kristen Stewart [KSTEW] stars as the title character, the only person in the land fairer than the evil Queen, played by Charlize Theron [CTHER]. Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] plays the huntsman hired to kill Snow, but instead trains her to defeat...
Fox has unleashed a second trailer for the alternate history film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [ALVH] Based on the best-selling mashup novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, the film tells the secret life of the country's 16th President, played by Benjamin Walker [BWALK], as he fought the undead from creating their own nation in the Civil War. Timur Bekmambetov [TBEKM] directed the action horror set to open wide on June 22nd.
AMC Theaters has unveiled the full, theatrical trailer for the sci-fi actioner Prometheus [PROME], directed by Ridley Scott [RSCOT]. The filmexplores the background of the space jockey seen in the original Alien and its link to the origins of mankind on Earth. Charlize Theron [CTHER], Michael Fassbender [MFASS], Noomi Rapace [NRAPA] and Idris Elba [IELBA] lead the cast of the highly-anticipated summer release.
As the only new wide release for the weekend, the feature adaptation of the 1980s TV series 21 Jump Street [21JST] brought in an estimated $35.0 million to easily top the weekend box office. The comedy attracted a broad audience that was 53% male and 50% under the age of 25.
After two weeks at the top, The Lorax [LORAX] dropped to second place with $22.8 million. The animated film has grown $158.4 million.
John Carter [OMARS] tumbled 55% in its second weekend to $13.5 million for...
Warner Bros. has revealed the first trailer for the horror film Chernobyl Diaries [CHRNB] on Apple. Produced and written by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity), the film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme tour" guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of...
Warner Bros. has finally debuted the first trailer for the supernatural comedy Dark Shadows [DRKSH] on Apple. Johnny Depp [JDEPP] and director Tim Burton [TBURT] teams up once again to adapt the TV series from the late 1960s. Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, a wealthy playboy in 1752 who gets turned into a vampire by a heartbroken witch, played by Eva Green [EGREE]. He awakens in 1972 to find his estate Collinwood Manor in disrepair and inhabited by his descendants, who are a...
Hollywood sends out only one wide release this weekend as the highly-anticipated The Hunger Games is poised to chop off the box office legs of any holdovers next weekend. Based on the TV series from the 1980s, the action comedy 21 Jump Street [21JST] looks to benefit from the lack of competition. Jonah Hill [JHILL] and Channing Tatum [CTATU] star as two youthful cops who go undercover as high school students to investigate a drug ring. Sony has played up the R-rated humor in its...
Third time's the charm. Universal has uploaded a new trailer for the sci-fi actioner Battleship [BTSHP] that finally makes the film somewhat appealing. The alien-technology-meet-military-hardware story still looks like a rip-off of Transformers, but the action and destruction appear first-rate. Taylor Kitsch [TKITS] looks to rebound from the John Carter fiasco, and avoid the box office poison label ifBattleship sinks.
With three new wide releases underperforming at the box office, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax [LORAX] repeated at the top with an estimated $39.1 million. The animated environmental tale declined 44% in its second weekend, bringing its total gross to $122.0 million.
The $250 million sci-fi epic John Carter [OMARS] opened in second place with just $30.6 million. The century old character bombed with young moviegoers and appealed primarily to older guys as its audience were 65% male and 60% over the...
The first promotional trailer for the feature adaptation of the Jack Kerourac novel On the Road [ONTRD] has appeared online. Directed by Walter Salles [WSALL], the film about the beatnik generation stars Sam Riley [SRILE] as Sal, Garrett Hedlund [GHEDL] as Dean, Kristen Stewart [KSTEW], Kirsten Dunst [KDUNS], Viggo Mortensen [VMORT], Terrence Howard [THOWA] and a host of others. Though not yet announced, On the Road will likely makes its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
