Harry and Lloyd ruled the box office once again while Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Interstellar performed well in their second weeks. Nearly 20 years after audiences were first introduced to bumbling morons Harry and Lloyd, Dumb & Dumber To finished in first with a $38.05 million opening weekend. The sequel was Jim Carrey’s biggest … Continue reading
It’s been a couple weeks since a Friday Five was posted up, but we’re back. The past couple weeks saw Comikaze and a rather slow week in the entertainment industry. Things certainly picked up this week and the list of this week’s big events can be found below. Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, … Continue reading
Perhaps Disney learned its lesson from promoting Frozen (although with $1.275 billion in worldwide box office gross perhaps “lesson” isn’t the appropriate word). Disney essentially hid the fact that there was a good chunk of singing in Frozen including songs that would become worldwide hits that would linger in our ears for months. They’re not … Continue reading
Mark Wahlberg is teaming up with Peter Berg again for a film adaptation of the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man. The film version will be titled The Six Billion Dollar Man. Nice to see they took inflation into account. Wahlberg will star as former astronaut Steve Austin (not the 3:16 WWE Steve … Continue reading
Monday got you down? The minions are here with their first trailer ahead of their summer 2015 release. Universal released the teaser poster over the weekend and today, we get to follow the minions through time as they search for the ultimate master to serve. Minions is in theaters July 10, 2015 and features the … Continue reading
Halloween weekend was a pretty light one at the box office, leading to a rare virtual tie at the top. New release Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal and defending top film Ouija each brought in about $10.9 million. Nightcrawler was certainly a tough sell. Even with overall favorable reviews from critics, it was difficult to get … Continue reading
Disney Animation’s adaptation of the obscure Marvel comic Big Hero 6 arrives in theaters November 7 (check here for local release dates). The action-adventure comedy features the voice work of Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., James Cromwell and Maya Rudolph among others. While you’ve probably seen the trailers, liked frequent Facebook updates, followed … Continue reading
Marvel Studios hosted a not-so-secret secret fan and press event at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood this morning to announce some big upcoming projects. Here is the live blog of what is going on and being revealed: 11:05 a.m. – Event has begun. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will take to the stage shortly … Continue reading
Regardless of how awful word of mouth and critic reviews are, horror movies will always do at least modestly well in the month of October. Coupled with only one other major wide release and Universal’s Ouija managed to take first place with an estimated $20 million. The board game adaptation featured an overwhelmingly young, 25-and-under … Continue reading
While much of the marketing around Disney’s Into the Woods has centered around Meryl Streep and the supporting cast, it’d be easy to forget that Johnny Depp is a part of this musical (yes, the trailers are misleading you). Entertainment Weekly is giving us a first look at Depp as the Big Bad Wolf as … Continue reading
If you think you’ve seen the last of John Carter following the dud that Disney released a couple years ago, think again. The movie, TV and merchandising rights have reverted back to Edgar Rice Burrough’s estate which announced that it would seek a new studio to continue the sci-fi adventure. “John Carter of Mars was … Continue reading
Following news that New Line Cinema had bumped The Conjuring 2 out of its October 23, 2015 planned release date, Deadline now reports that director James Wan has signed a two-pronged deal with the studio. Wan, who is currently wrapping up directing duties on Fast & Furious 7, will return to direct The Conjuring sequel … Continue reading
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