The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday box office was led by Contraband [CNTRB] which looted an estimated $28.8 million over the 4-day weeeknd. The Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL] actioner attracted an audience that was 55% over the age of 30.
The Beauty and the Beast 3D [BTB3D] re-release finished a distant second at $23.5 million over the long weekend.
In third place, Mission: impossible - Ghost Protocol [MISS4] banked another $14.2 million to advance its total to $189.4 million.
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Pantelion Films has dropped the full, theatrical trailer for the Spanish-language comedy Casa de Mi Padre [CDMPD] starring Will Ferrell [WFERR], Gael Garcia Bernal [GGBER] and Diego Luna [DLUNA]. Are Ferrell fans willing to sit through a subtitled film? Find out when the satire opens limited on March 16th.
The 2012 box office got off to a huge start as horror fans packed theaters last weekend for The Devil Inside [DVNSD]. Three new releases hope the trend continues over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Disney had tabled the re-release of Beauty and the Beast 3D [BTB3D] until The Lion King 3D broke out last September. Beauty and the Beast is considered a classic that was even Oscar-nominated for Best Picture before a separate category had been created for feature animation....
Focus Features has revealed the first teaser for the latest Wes Anderson [WANDE] film Moonrise Kingdom [MNRSK] on Apple. The familiar look and feel of the film is distinctly Wes Anderson, almost to the point of self-parody now.
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent...
Roadside Attractions has unveiled the first trailer for the comedy Friends with Kids [FWKID] written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein). Westfeldt also stars as a woman who decides to have a child with a friend, played by Adam Scott [ASCOT], while leaving their life open to dating other people, that happens to look like Ed Burns [EBURN] and Megan Fox [MEFOX]. Reuniting from Bridesmaids are Kristen Wiig [KWIIG], Maya Rudolph [MRUDO] and Westfeldt's real-life husband...
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for the coming-of-age drama Girl in Progress [GRLNP], previously titled Ansiedad. Eva Mendes [EMEND] stars as a single mother juggling work and an affair with a married man while raising her daughter, Ansiedad, who wants to grow up now. Girl in Progress opens in limited release on April 27th.
An international trailer for Lionsgate's remake of the French teen comedy LOL [LOL] has appeared online. Miley Cyrus [MCYRU] stars as a rebellious teenager who puts boys and partying ahead of school. Demi Moore [DMOOR] plays her frustrated, single mother. Rumor has Lionsgate putting LOL's theatrical release on hold until after The Hunger Games due to a lack of promotional dollars. Though judging from the trailer, there are more glaring reasons for a lack of release date.
The low-budget, found footage horror genre remains popular as The Devil Inside [DVNSD] grossed an estimated $34.5 million to lead the weekend box office, The opening is the third highest ever for the month of January. The young audience however gave the film low marks which indicates a short stay at the box office.
After two weeks at the top, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [MISS4] came in second at $20.5 million, advancing its total to $170.2 million.
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Open Road Films has unleashed the first trailer for the horror remake Silent House [SILNH]. Elizabeth Olsen [EOLSE] plays a young woman who finds herself trapped inside her family's remote lake house. The 88-minute film is presented in real-time as though it was shot in one long, continuous take. Silent House, which took 2011 Sundance Festival by storm, will open wide on March 9th.
Hollywood ushers in the first weekend of 2012 with one new release at the box office. The low-budget horror film The Devil Inside [DVNSD] aims to take down the big-budget franchise tentpole Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol [MISS4], the number one movie for the last two weeks. Whoever wins, Paramount wins since the studio distributes both films. Tom Cruise has been winning back old fans who are calling the fourth Mission: Impossible the best in the series. The buzz should propel Ghost...
