The box office never sleeps, but it took a nap this weekend as all the new releases struggled to meet pre-release expectations. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [WALS2] rules first place with an estimated $19.0 million opening, a best for director Oliver Stone [OSTON]. The sequel primarily appealed to adults who remembered the seminal classic from 1987.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole [GHOOL] finished in second place with $16.3 million. Though directed by Zach Snyder...
The year of movies that flashback to the ‘80s continues with the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [WALS2] directed once again by Oliver Stone [OSTON]. Michael Douglas [MDOUG] reprises his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, newly out of prison for his white collar crimes from the first film. Older moviegoers should welcome the return of the iconic ‘80s character especially in a timely drama about the recent financial crisis. Fox hopes Shia LaBeouf [SLABE] as the new young banker will...
After winning the Audience Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, The King's Speech [KNGSP] is shaping up to be one of this year's leading awards contender. The Weinstein Co. has debuted the first trailer for the biographical drama starring Colin Firth [CFIRT] as King George VI, who took over the throne of England when his brother Edward abdicates in 1936. The reluctant King has a speech impediment and needs the help of a therapist to overcome his stammer before he can...
Warner Bros. has unleashed the full trailer for the first half of the final chapter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 [HPOT7]. With plenty of action and special effects, the seventh film looks to be an epic cliffhanger to the finale.
Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction -- the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their...
William Shakespeare's tragic love story 'Romeo and Juliet' gets a CG-animated makeover as Gnomeo & juliet [GNOME]. The House of Capulet and the House of Montague have been reimagined as families of garden gnomes inhabiting neighboring yards. James McAvoy [JMCAV] and Emily Blunt [EBLUN] lead a very British voice cast as the star-crossed couple in the new trailer on Apple. Touchstone Pictures distributes the family film originally set to be released by Miramax Films.
An adult-targeted film prevailed over three others aimed at younger moviegoers as The Town [TOWN] grossed an estimated $23.8 million to lead the weekend box office. Strong reviews convinced audiences that Ben Affleck [BAFFL] has cemented his comeback as a leading man in a film he also directed. With great word of mouth, the heist thriller should enjoy healthy returns for many weeks to come.
Easy A [EASYA] opened in second place with $18.2 million. The high school comedy also earned...
What would you do if you found out your best friend's wife was cheating on him? Easy, you tell him. But apparently it's The Dilemma [DILEM] by Hollywood standard conventions. Apple has the first trailer to the Universal comedy starring Vince Vaughn [VVAUG] that previously went by Your Cheating Heart, then Cheaters, then What You Don't Know before settling on the current title. Hey, if Winona Ryder [WRYDE] was really married to Kevin James [KJAME] in real life, she would cheat on him...
Yesterday Lionsgate acquired the distribution rights to the drama Rabbit Hole [RBHOL] and now here's the first look at the film. Nicole Kidman [NKIDM] and Aaron Eckhart [AECKH] play a couple dealing with the accidental death of their 4-year-old son. While Kidman's performance has already been touted as Oscar-worthy, Diane Wiest [DWIES] looks to be more than holding her own. Lionsgate will release Rabbit Hole this December as their main awards contender.
Sony Screen Gems has unveiled the first trailer for the thriller The Roommate [RMATE], a Gossip Girl version of Single White Female. Leighton Meester [LMEES] stars a mentally disturbed college freshman who becomes obssessed with her roommate, played by Minka Kelly [MKELL]. The psycho beyatch attacks her friends and wants to be the sole influence in her life.
Warner Bros. has delivered a second and much funnier trailer for the comedy Due Date [DUDAT] on Apple. The new trailer adds more to the story and explains why Robert Downey Jr. [RDOWN] can't fly so he had to hitch a ride with Zach Galifianakis [ZGALI]. There are better jokes, bigger pratfalls and zippier verbal exchanges, plus just the appearance of Danny McBride [DMCBR] is always funny.
