Extras! 19 February 2015
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: February 19, 2015
Monday Box Office Report
Exodus: Gods and Kings may have finally toppled Mockingjay this past weekend, but it did so barely. Opening at 3503 locations, Exodus barely raked in $24.5 million across North America. Compared to other biblical epics, that’s far less than Darren Aronofsky’s Noah ($43.7 million) on opening weekend, and about on par with Son Of God ($25.6 million), a film that …
Monday Box Office Report – Hungry for new releases?
Nothing really new to report on over the North American box office. It was a quiet weekend, with Mockingjay dominating for the third weekend in a row, despite a 62% drop in revenue earned. The only real new release was The Pyramid, which debuted in ninth place. Despite a low take of just over $1.3 million, this is actually good …
Monday Box Office Report – Penguins go hungry
Even though most people had the itis after a massive thanksgiving day feast, movie seats were still filled to capacity. Let’s see how the top ten did at the North American box office, and please pass the gravy. Last Updated: December 1, 2014
Monday Box Office Report – Ain't nothing to mock here
And it’s the endgame! It’s that time of the year where the finish line is in sight, and some of the bigger blockbusters have been saved for last. Surprising no one, the next chapter in The Hunger Games saga took the number one slot. With the biggest debut of the year, The Hunger Games: Mockinjay Part 1 took an easy …
Midweek Movie Mouth-Off: What did you think of DUMB AND DUMBER TO?
Monday’s international box office report saw Disney’s highly acclaimed Big Hero 6 booted off the top spot, only to be replaced by… Dumb and Dumber To. I would like to think that cinema has matured and outgrown the kind of humour that we had twenty years ago, and a sequel to Dumb and Dumber was just… unnecessary. Critics haven’t exactly …
Monday Box Office Report – Things get dumb
Taking first place from Disney’s Big Hero 6, the long awaited sequel to Dumb and Dumber took the number one spot with a $38 million haul at the North American box office. That makes for the biggest opening ever for a movie directed by the Farrelly Brothers, and on par with similar movies such as Anchorman 2 ($39.5 million). The …
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Here’s a fun fact: the original Dumb and Dumber came out in 1994. Twenty years ago. Damn, now doesn’t that make you feel old? Dumb and Dumber To Two decades later, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have reprised their roles as lovable imbeciles Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne for Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to Dumb and Dumber from original …
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