DreamWorks and Touchstone has released the full theatrical trailer for the rock'em sock'em robots movie Real Steel [RSTEL] starring Hugh Jackman [HJACK].
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom...
Paramount and Marvel successfully launched the new superhero movie Thor [THOR] to an estimated $66.0 million opening weekend. The comic character based on the Norse god of thunder appealed primarily to older males as 72% of the audience was over the age of 25 and 63% males. 3D accounted for 60% of the revenue.
Last week's champ, Fast Five [FFUR5] crashed 62% from its debut to $32.5 million. The cumulative total reads $139.9 million.
Sony's Jumping the Broom [JUMPB] finished third...
For the fifth year in a row, a Marvel superhero movie opens the first weekend of May to mark the beginning of the summer movie season. This year, Paramount introduces Thor [THOR] with relative unknown Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] as the fallen Norse God of Thunder. Natalie Portman [NPORT] and Anthony Hopkins [AHOPK] co-star in the PG-13 rated film, which adds an element of fantasy to the modern superhero story. Even though the comic character is not as well known as Iron Man or Wolverine...
Sony has debuted the first trailer for The Professional II, I mean Colombiana [CLMBA]. Produced by Luc Besson, the actioner stars Zoe Zaldana [ZSALD] as a female assassin who seeks to avenge the death of her parents which she witnessed as a child.
Lionsgate has unleashed the full, theatrical trailer for Conan the Barbarian [CONAN] with actual footage from the film. Jason Momoa stars as the Cimmerian warrior in the fantasy remake, which also features Rachel Nichols [RNICH], Stephen Lang [SLANG] and Rose McGowan [RMCGO].
Fox Searchlight has unveiled the trailer for their Sundance acquisition drama Martha Marcy May Marlene [MMMM] on Apple. Newcomer Elizabeth Olsen [EOLSE] stars as a young woman who flees a cult and struggles to reassimilate with her family as she is haunted by painful memories and damaged from her brainwashed experience. Oscar-nominee John Hawkes [JHAWK] co-stars as the cult leader.
Warner Bros. has released the theatrical trailer for Green Lantern [GLANT] and the full scope of the superhero movie is finally revealed. The comical tone of the first teaser has been replaced by the serious melodramatics of a space opera. Ryan Reynolds [RREYN] stars as Hal Jordan, chosen to be the first human Green Lantern in order to battle an intergalactic threat against Earth. The trailer expands on the story and gives us a glimpse the main cast including Blake Lively [BLIVE]...
Showing The Fast and the Furious franchise is just heating up, the fifth entry Fast Five [FFUR5] reached an estimated $83.6 milion to set the mark for best April opening ever. Fast & Furious held the previous high at $70.9 million. The street racing actioner set in Brazil attracted a diverse crowd and brought in young moviegoers as 52% of the audience was under the age of 25.
After two weeks at the top, Rio [RIO] finished second with $14.4 million. The animated film sits at $103.6...
Focus Features has released the first trailer for the romance One Day [1DAY] directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education). Anne Hathaway [AHATH], sporting a British accent, and Jim Sturgess [JSTUR] play a couple who meet the night of their college graduation and began a platonic friendship that lasts for two decades. The story examines a single day, July 15th, from each of those twenty years to track their evolving friendship as they experience success, love and loss in life, until they...
Paramount has launched the full, theatrical trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon [TFRM3] on Apple. As described by Frances McDromand [FMCDO], the space race to the Moon had been about the recovery of a crashed robot. That event has now led to an all out robot invasion on earth. Sam, played Shia LaBeouf [SLABE], is once again somehow in the middle of the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. While the action and special effects looks spectacular in the trailer, the movie...
