Starving for new movies? Well the box office is about to get a little bit busy ahead of the US summer season. With Jurassic World looking set to devour audiences within a few weeks, studios decided that it’d be safer to open up before that flick came stomping in. Which is how the box office debuted not one, not two …
Normally, the only box office disasters that we hear about involve films that fail to break a certain margin when it comes to numbers, not landscapes. But at least one disaster flick has managed to not only pull in the crowds, but prove that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can still lead a tentpole USA summer movie. After last year’s disappointing …
Is it safe? Is it safe to debut another flick that doesn’t rhyme with Shmage of Meltron? Nope! Avengers: Age of Ultron easily held onto its first place from last week at the North American box office, banking another $77.2 million. That makes for the second-highest second weekend gross of all time, just behind the first film which hauled in …
Wait, a movie starring the cream of the crop action stars of today, fast cars, gorgeous locales and a production budget large enough to film scenes that destroy entire nations is doing well at the box office? Yep, you betcha! Furious 7 continued to do some fantastic numbers at the US box office, holding onto the top spot with another …
Chappie may have taken first place at the box office, but considering the overall results for the North American top ten, it was like winning a foot race against a coma patient. Neil Blomkamp’s third movie crashed and burned in terms of cash, taking in a mere $13.3 million on opening in the slowest weekend of 2015 so far. In …
Valentines Day. Romance. Ball gags. Yep, it looks like 50 Shades Of Grey cleaned up real good over the weekend, with audiences flocking to cinemas and then later hardware stores for some uh, emergency rope. Yes, the soft kind, behind the rougher rope. That’ll fool them. Opening up to over $81.6 million at the North American box office, Fifty Shades …
More than a decade ago, the most popular inverterbrate on television hit cinemas in a classic film that was haf family-fun, half trippy horror that involved David Hasslehoff, bubble parties and a mercenary fish who had a penchant for ripping the lips off of smartass petrol attendants. Now, there’s a new SpongeBob in town. And he just dethroned the current …
For a third week in a row, American Sniper led the box office, on a weekend that is usually outclassed by Super Bow action. It was another great weekend for the Clint Eastwood directed film, and a massive flop for not one but three new releases which barely managed to make a combined total of $18 million overall. Project Almanac …
Cash once ruled Colorado commerce. From Denver’s neighborhood diners to mountain-town gift shops, physical …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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